Address
836 S Rodney French Blvd, New Bedford, MA 02744
- This page, River Herring Counting Workshop, is offered by
- Division of Marine Fisheries
River Herring Counting Workshop
Contact
Diadromous Fish Project Leader - Brad Chase
Address
836 S Rodney French Blvd., New Bedford, MA 02744
Overview
DMF held a river herring counting workshop in Gloucester in 2005 on volunteer visual counting methods that ushered in contemporary river herring monitoring in Massachusetts. Much information has been collected and lessons learned. Now DMF will host a workshop on March 12, 2025, in New Bedford to report on the 20 years of monitoring. The workshop will focus on volunteer visual counts in the morning and electronic and video counting technologies in the afternoon.
The workshop is open to professional and volunteer herring counting practitioners. Please contact John Sheppard at john.sheppard@mass.gov for more information and to register.
Agenda
| 8:30 | Greetings |
| 8:50 | Dr. Gary Nelson, DMF – DMF visual counting protocol design |
| 9:30 | John Sheppard, DMF – Results/ lessons learned from DMF protocol |
| 10:00 | Michael Palmer, APCC - APCC's River Herring Monitoring Program: Fostering Stewardship and Conservation |
| 10:30 | Break |
| 10:40 | Dr. Andy Hrycyna and Daria Clark, Mystic River Watershed Association – Visual and video counting comparison |
| 11:05 | Heather Rockwell and Luke Cadrin, Barnstable Clean Water Coalition – Cape Cod run count experiences |
| 11:30 | Group Discussion on visual counting |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 | Peter MacLeod, Innovasea – HydroAI video counting |
| 13:30 | Dr. Zhongqi Chen, Woodwell Climate Research Center - AI video counting |
| 14:00 | Brad Chase, DMF – Electronic counting |
| 14:25 | Brad Chase, DMF – Set the plate for discussion on future monitoring |
| 14:30 | Group Discussion |
| 15:00 | Conclusion |
Contact
Address
836 S Rodney French Blvd., New Bedford, MA 02744