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Last Updated:
August 27, 2010
   
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William Hoffman
Aquatic Biologist III
Fish Biology
Commercial Fisheries Sampling and Special Projects
Annisquam River Marine Fisheries Field Station
Gloucester
   
  DMF Responsibilities
 
  • Manage the Commercial Fisheries Sampling Project
 
  • Supervise and implement the Small Pelagic Fisheries Bycatch Dockside Monitoring Study
 
  • Coordinate and implement the striped bass and Atlantic cod acoustic telemetry studies
   
  Other Areas of Expertise
 

Cooperative research; acoustic telemetry, fisheries dependent sampling

   
  Education
 

1993 - B.S. Environmental Biology, Department of Biology and Marine Biology, Roger           Williams University, Bristol RI.

   
  Research Interests
 

Marine Fisheries Ecology, Biogeography and movements of fishes found in the Gulf of Maine; Commercial fishing methods and techniques.

   
  DMF Technical Reports
 

McKiernan, D.J., R. Johnston, and W. Hoffman. 1999. Southern Gulf of Maine raised           footrope trawl experimental whiting fishery. Massachusetts Division of Marine           Fisheries Technical Report TR-3. 87 p. pdf (5,887 kb)

   
  Other Publications
 

Hoffman, W.S., S.J. Correia, and D.E. Pierce 2007. Implementing the Industry-Based           Survey for Gulf of Maine Cod Pilot Study. Final Report for Contract #:           EA133F-03-CN-0109.  Submitted to the National Marine Fisheries Service. August.

   
 

Hoffman, W.S., D.J. Salerno, S.J. Correia, and D.E. Pierce, 2005. Implementing the           Industry-Based Survey for Gulf of Maine Cod Pilot Study. Final Report for           Contract #: EA133F-03-CN-0010.  Submitted to the National Marine Fisheries           Service. July.

   


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