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Paul J. Diodati
Director
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Division of Marine Fisheries
251 Causeway Street, Suite 400
Boston, MA 02114
(617) 626.1520
Fax (617) 626.1509
Massachusetts State Seal

March 23 , 2007

Mr. William Adler, Executive Director
Mass. Lobstermen's Association, Inc.
8 Otis Place
Scituate, MA 02066-1323

Dear Bill,

Thank you for your continued publication of DMF's spring trawl survey station locations to promote cooperation with Massachusetts' lobstermen and other fixed gear fishermen. DMF's trawl survey provides information for many uses including environmental reviews and groundfish assessments. It is critical to the integrity of the survey that we maintain access to sampling sites.

We ask that all fixed gear fishermen review the attached table of station location details and the accompanying figures which plot the locations of all selected sample sites from north of Cape Ann to east of Cape Cod. We request that all fixed gear be kept clear of station locations (1.5 n. mi. diameter circle as shown in figure - center point reported in table) for the indicated periods. We will make every attempt to complete stations during the assigned period to minimize inconvenience to fixed gear fishermen. Fishermen can contact the R/V Gloria Michelle on VHF channels 13 or 16 to determine the updated daily schedule. In the event of a delay due to weather, we will resume our schedule as soon as working conditions are safe. Station location information can also be accessed at the DMF website.

The DMF Director is prepared to attach restrictions to permit renewals (under 322 CMR 7.01 (7)) mandating that fixed gear not be set on designated trawl survey sites for the announced dates. It remains our hope that this action will be unnecessary.

Personnel aboard the NOAA R/V Gloria Michelle (65’ western rigged steel stern trawler with a blue hull and white deckhouse) will carefully check each site for marked gear by cruising along a selected tow path at least once before the net is set. Undertaken at 2.5 knots, twenty-minute tows cover approximately 0.8 n mi., generally along a depth contour. We encourage communicating helpful information to the R/V officers (via channels 13 or 16).

 

Sincerely,

______________________
Jeremy King
Resource Assessment Project Leader

 

CC: Paul Diodati

 

Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries May 2007 Spring Trawl Survey Station Locations Massachusetts Bay to New Hampshire
Center of Tow Area
Area Description
General Description
Depth
Range of Dates
Latitude
Longitude
Loran
Sta. ID#
Cape Ann and Coffin's Beach
0 - 30
May 12 - 14
 42 ° 40.31 70 ° 41.74
13819.9
\
 44363.3
5-1
North Castle Neck
0 - 30
May 12 - 14
 42 ° 41.31 70 ° 43.85
13828.2
\
 44372.5
5-2
NE of Great Neck, Ipswich
31 - 60
May 12 - 14
 42 ° 43.17 70 ° 44.61
13821.5
\
 44383.6
5-3
Mouth of Plum Island Sound
31 - 60
May 12 - 14
 42 ° 41.93 70 ° 43.14
13839.5
\
 44374.7
5-4
E of Newbury
61 - 90
May 12 - 14
 42 ° 46.69 70 ° 44.79
13805.5
\
 44402.0
5-5
NE of Castle Neck
61 - 90
May 12 - 14
 42 ° 42.95 70 ° 42.34
13809.5
\
 44377.5
5-6
E of Plum Island Sound
61 - 90
May 12 - 14
 42 ° 44.35 70 ° 44.59
13817.0
\
 44390.0
5-7
NNW of Lanesville
91 - 120
May 12 - 14
 42 ° 42.99 70 ° 39.79
13792.8
\
 44373.1
5-8
Salisbury Beach
91 - 120
May 12 - 14
 42 ° 50.25 70 ° 45.10
13788.6
\
 44422.0
5-9
E of Rockport
91 - 120
May 11 - 13
 42 ° 39.64 70 ° 33.20
13768.0
\
 44343.4
5-10
N of Folly Cove
121 - 180
May 12 - 14
 42 ° 43.53 70 ° 38.09
13779.0
\
 44373.5
5-11
E of Eastern Point
121 - 180
May 11 - 13
 42 ° 35.42 70 ° 35.16
13803.3
\
 44324.5
5-12
NE of Flat Ground
121 - 180
May 12 - 14
 42 ° 41.66 70 ° 34.10
13764.4
\
 44354.8
5-13
NE of Halibut Point
181 +
May 12 - 14
 42 ° 43.86 70 ° 36.11
13765.3
\
 44370.5
5-14
NE of Pigeon Cove
181 +
May 12 - 14
 42 ° 42.88 70 ° 33.32
13753.4
\
 44360.2
5-15
   
 
 
  
Massachusetts Nahant Bay
0 - 30
May 10 - 12
 42 ° 26.86 70 ° 55.62
13978.4
\
 44316.4
5-16
Bay Nantasket Beach
0 - 30
May 9 - 11
 42 ° 16.79 70 ° 51.35
14000.6
\
 44249.8
5-17
Stellwagen Ledges
31 - 60
May 9 - 11
 42 ° 14.08 70 ° 44.21
13968.0
\
 44221.0
5-18
Nantasket Beach
31 - 60
May 9 - 11
 42 ° 17.17 70 ° 51.37
13999.3
\
 44251.8
5-19
E of Harding Ledge
31 - 60
May 9 - 11
 42 ° 18.11 70 ° 49.82
13984.0
\
 44254.2
5-20
E of Harding Ledge
61 - 90
May 9 - 11
 42 ° 18.58 70 ° 48.28
13972.3
\
 44254.3
5-21
Off Littles Point, Swampscott
61 - 90
May 10 - 12
 42 ° 27.01 70 ° 52.45
13957.0
\
 44310.5
5-22
S of Outer Breakers
91 - 120
May 10 - 12
 42 ° 26.93 70 ° 50.14
13942.4
\
 44305.5
5-23
S of Halfway Rock
91 - 120
May 11 - 13
 42 ° 28.63 70 ° 46.34
13909.2
\
 44302.9
5-24
S of Middle Ground
91 - 120
May 11 - 13
 42 ° 32.69 70 ° 43.31
13869.0
\
 44324.7
5-25
E of Eastern Point
121 - 180
May 11 - 13
 42 ° 34.37 70 ° 36.14
13813.7
\
 44322.7
5-26
Outer Massachusetts Bay
121 - 180
May 10 - 12
 42 ° 22.35 70 ° 41.61
13910.7
\
 44264.0
5-27
Outer Massachusetts Bay
121 - 180
May 10 - 12
 42 ° 19.33 70 ° 42.33
13930.5
\
 44243.0
5-28
Outer Massachusetts Bay
181 +
May 10 - 12
 42 ° 25.55 70 ° 39.38
13880.5
\
 44277.6
5-29
Outer Massachusetts Bay
181 +
May 13 - 15
 42 ° 29.28 70 ° 37.59
13850.2
\
 44295.0
5-30

* Loran coordinates are plotted on NOAA paper charts. Please refer to Lat/Long for greater accuracy.

 

Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries May 2007 Spring Trawl Survey Station Locations Cape Cod Bay
Center of Tow Area
Area Description
General Description
Depth
Range of Dates
Latitude
Longitude
Loran
Sta. ID#
Western Humarock
0 - 30
May 9 - 11
42
°
8.22
70
 °
40.96
13975.5
\
 44180.8
4-1
Cape Cod Bay Off Ellisville Harbor
0 - 30
May 7 - 16
41
°
49.73
70
 °
31.06
13999.4
\
 44053
4-2
Sandy Neck
0 - 30
May 7 - 16
41
°
44.48
70
 °
19.33
13951.9
\
 44003.3
4-3
East End of Cape Cod Canal
31 - 60
May 7 - 16
41
°
47.94
70
 °
28.33
13990.7
\
 44037.8
4-4
E of Ellisville
31 - 60
May 7 - 16
41
°
50.98
70
 °
29.63
13985.3
\
 44058.5
4-5
N of Barnstable Harbor
31 - 60
May 7 - 16
41
°
46.66
70
 °
16.90
13928.3
\
 44012.7
4-6
N of Barnstable Harbor
61 - 90
May 7 - 16
41
°
47.50
70
 °
17.52
13928.2
\
 44018.7
4-7
Cape Cod Bay
61 - 90
May 7 - 16
41
°
50.86
70
 °
18.97
13921.0
\
 44041.2
4-8
E of Manomet
61 - 90
May 7 - 16
41
°
54.70
70
 °
29.62
13968.2
\
 44081.1
4-9
E of Manomet
91 - 120
May 7 - 16
41
°
54.69
70
 °
25.62
13943.9
\
 44074.5
4-10
Cape Cod Bay
91 - 120
May 7 - 16
41
°
52.10
70
 °
20.86
13927.2
\
 44051.5
4-11
E of Brant Rock
91 - 120
May 9 - 11
42
°
5.75
70
 °
32.41
13934.1
\
 44152.0
4-12
E of Brant Rock
121 - 180
May 9 - 11
42
°
5.95
70
 °
31.12
13925.3
\
 44150.8
4-13
NW of Fishing Ledge
121 - 180
May 7 - 16
41
°
59.55
70
 °
24.20
13913.6
\
 44101.7
4-14
NW of Fishing Ledge
121 - 180
May 7 - 16
41
°
58.16
70
 °
22.68
13910.8
\
 44090.8
4-15
   
 
 
 
 
 
Eastern NW of Rock Harbor
0 - 30
May 7 - 16
41
°
48.79
70
 °
3.01
13837.0
\
 44004.9
4-16
Cape Cod Bay Billingsgate Shoal
0 - 30
May 7 - 16
41
°
50.48
70
 °
9.55
13867.3
\
 44024.9
4-17
N of Barnstable Harbor
31 - 60
May 7 - 16
41
°
49.53
70
 °
13.95
13898.0
\
 44026.0
4-18
W of Great Island, Wellfleet
31 - 60
May 7 - 16
41
°
54.10
70
 °
7.89
13841.0
\
 44043.8
4-19
W of Great Island, Wellfleet
61 - 90
May 7 - 16
41
°
53.30
70
 °
10.61
13861.1
\
 44043.0
4-20
E of Wood End
61 - 90
May 7 - 16
42
°
1.19
70
 °
8.66
13812.2
\
 44086.5
4-21
E of Fishing Ledge
91 - 120
May 7 - 16
41
°
56.24
70
 °
12.12
13856.1
\
 44063.0
4-22
E of Fishing Ledge
91 - 120
May 7 - 16
41
°
56.71
70
 °
15.09
13871.8
\
 44070.1
4-23
NNW of Fishing Ledge
121 - 180
May 7 - 16
42
°
0.28
70
 °
22.00
13896.6
\
 44102.0
4-24
WSW of Wood End
121 - 180
May 7 - 16
42
°
0.44
70
 °
15.92
13859.0
\
 44093.1
4-25
NW of Race Pt.
181 +
May 7 - 16
42
°
6.47
70
 °
21.38
13863.0
\
 44137.4
4-26
W of Race Pt.
181 +
May 7 - 16
42
°
4.19
70
 °
20.00
13865.8
\
 44123.0
4-27
NW of Race Pt.
181 +
May 7 - 16
42
°
6.52
70
 °
19.17
13849.4
\
 44134.2
4-28

* Loran coordinates are plotted on NOAA paper charts. Please refer to Lat/Long for greater accuracy.

 

Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries May 2007 Spring Trawl Survey Station Locations East of Cape Cod

Center of Tow Area
Area Description
General Description
Depth
Range of Dates
Latitude
 Longitude
Loran
Sta. ID#
East of Cape Cod E of Wellfleet
0 - 30
May 15 - 18
 41 °
55.68
 69 °
58.45
13778.2
\
 44038.9
3-1
N of Highland Light
0 - 30
May 15 - 17
 42 °
3.08
 70 °
3.92
13775.2
\
 44089.8
3-2
Nauset Beach, Eastham
31 - 60
May 15 - 18
 41 °
52.48
 69 °
56.42
13781.3
\
 44017.0
3-3
SE of Highland Light
31 - 60
May 15 - 17
 42 °
2.00
 70 °
1.91
13768.5
\
 44080.8
3-4
E of Monomoy
31 - 60
May 16 - 18
 41 °
35.19
 69 °
54.82
13851.2
\
 43910.4
3-5
E of Pleasant Bay
61 - 90
May 16 - 18
 41 °
44.03
 69 °
51.99
13794.8
\
 43960.2
3-6
E of Chatham Inlet
61 - 90
May 16 - 18
 41 °
40.25
 69 °
52.05
13812.9
\
 43937.8
3-7
N of Peaked Hill Bar
91 - 120
May 7 - 16
 42 °
6.01
 70 °
8.72
13789.0
\
 44114.7
3-8
NE of Highland Light
91 - 120
May 15 - 17
 42 °
3.89
 70 °
1.72
13758.0
\
 44091.5
3-9
E of Nauset Harbor
91 - 120
May 16 - 18
 41 °
48.14
 69 °
53.22
13783.4
\
 43986.5
3-10
E of Nauset Harbor
121 - 180
May 16 - 18
 41 °
49.73
 69 °
52.86
13774.0
\
 43995.6
3-11
N of Highland Light
121 - 180
May 15 - 17
 42 °
5.26
 70 °
2.65
13757.0
\
 44100.8
3-12
NNE of Race Pt.
121 - 180
May 7 - 16
 42 °
6.52
 70 °
13.44
13815.0
\
 44125.0
3-13

* Loran coordinates are plotted on NOAA paper charts. Please refer to Lat/Long for greater accuracy.

 

Map showing tow locations for resource assessment survey - areas from NH to Boston Harbor

Map showing resource assessment tow locations - cape cod bay and east of cape cod