Long-term Otter Trawl Survey

Long-term Otter Trawl Survey is performed at various estuarine and inner continental shelf sites during July and September each year. Trawl used has a length of 4.9 m and 6 mm bar mesh at the cod end. Tows (n=3) are 2 minutes long. For each tow 20 individuals of each species are measured (fish - TL or FL, crabs - BW, sex is also noted) and the remainder are counted. Shrimp, hermit crabs and mud crabs are not counted.

Citation: Vasslides, J. M., J. L. Rackovan, J. L. Toth, R. Hagan, and K. W. Able. 2011. Metadata Manual for Fish and Environmental Records at the Rutgers University Marine Field Station. IMCS Technical Report #2011-1.

Published: November 12, 2018 at 15:28

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