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Fisheries Habitat Publications

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Environmental Review BMPs

An Overview of Environmental Review at DMF, 2020 (video)
Open PDF file, 219.82 KB,  Fish Passage Guidelines, 2020 (English, PDF 219.82 KB)
Evaluating the Impacts of Residential Docks Over Salt Marsh and Eelgrass (video)
Eelgrass Survey Guidelines, 2010 (TR-43)
Open PDF file, 490.61 KB,  Cape Cod Dredging Recommendations (English, PDF 490.61 KB)
Open PDF file, 716.32 KB,  Conservation Mooring Recommendations (English, PDF 716.32 KB)
Aquaculture Permitting in Massachusetts
Open PDF file, 135.49 KB,  Aquaculture Permitting Website Final Report, 2020 (English, PDF 135.49 KB)
Open PDF file, 1.85 MB,  Dock BMP Recommendations (English, PDF 1.85 MB)
Open PDF file, 183.42 KB,  Herbicides and Diadromous Fishes (English, PDF 183.42 KB)
Open PDF file, 301.48 KB,  Alum Treatment and Diadromous Fishes (English, PDF 301.48 KB)

Artificial Reef

Open PDF file, 1.42 MB,  Natural vs. Artificial Reef Productivity in Nantucket Sound, 2020 (English, PDF 1.42 MB)
Open PDF file, 4.7 MB,  Yarmouth Side Scan Sonar Report 2020 (English, PDF 4.7 MB)
Open PDF file, 15.15 MB,  Designing a Plan to Reuse Dredged Rock to Protect the Boston Harbor Shoreline 2017 (English, PDF 15.15 MB)
Open PDF file, 1.61 MB,  Yarmouth Reef ENF Narrative 2012 (English, PDF 1.61 MB)
Open PDF file, 5.82 MB,  Harwich Reef ENF Narrative 2012 (English, PDF 5.82 MB)
Open PDF file, 4.77 MB,  Massachusetts Artificial Reef Plan (English, PDF 4.77 MB)

Climate Change

Open PDF file, 70.69 KB,  DMF Climate Change Policy Statement (English, PDF 70.69 KB)
Open PDF file, 4.08 MB,  DMF Facilities Vulnerability Assessment Report (English, PDF 4.08 MB)

Eelgrass

DMF Blog about Seagrass in Massachusetts
Open PDF file, 2.39 MB,  Massport Conservation Moorings and Effect on Eelgrass Final Report, 2019 (English, PDF 2.39 MB)
Open PDF file, 1.93 MB,  Duxbury Bay Citizens Science Eelgrass Surveys, 2018-2019 (English, PDF 1.93 MB)
Open PDF file, 1.91 MB,  Eelgrass Baseline Surveys in Wareham, 2018-2019 (English, PDF 1.91 MB)
Open PDF file, 2.73 MB,  Does Bay Scalloping Impact Eelgrass? 2019 Presentation (English, PDF 2.73 MB)
 BioSonics vs. Divers for Mapping Eelgrass, 2019 (peer-reviewed)
Citizen Science Eelgrass Rapid Assessment Protocol
Open PDF file, 6.05 MB,  Hubline (Hub3, 2010-2016) Eelgrass Restoration Final Report, 2018 (English, PDF 6.05 MB)
Open PDF file, 7.12 MB,  Salem Sound Mapping 2017 (English, PDF 7.12 MB)
Open PDF file, 4.26 MB,  Duxbury Bay Mapping 2016 (English, PDF 4.26 MB)
Open PDF file, 1.25 MB,  Conservation Moorings in Eelgrass (poster), 2011 (English, PDF 1.25 MB)
Open PDF file, 353.93 KB,  Boston Harbor Eelgrass Restoration, 2010 (peer-reviewed) (English, PDF 353.93 KB)
Open PDF file, 1.24 MB,  Hubline (Hub1, 2004-2007) Eelgrass Restoration Final Report, 2009 (English, PDF 1.24 MB)

In-Lieu Fee Project Reports

Open PDF file, 918.31 KB,  Reef 2022 Annual Report (English, PDF 918.31 KB)
Open PDF file, 788.28 KB,  Reef 2021 Annual Report (English, PDF 788.28 KB)
Open PDF file, 3.87 MB,  Reef 2020 Annual Report (English, PDF 3.87 MB)
Open PDF file, 1.27 MB,  Reef 2019 Annual Report (English, PDF 1.27 MB)
Open PDF file, 2.89 MB,  Eelgrass 2019 Annual Report (English, PDF 2.89 MB)
Open PDF file, 942.6 KB,  Eelgrass 2018 Annual Report (English, PDF 942.6 KB)
Open PDF file, 1.32 MB,  Eelgrass 2017 Annual Report (English, PDF 1.32 MB)
Open PDF file, 2.07 MB,  DMF ILF Program 2013 Annual Report (English, PDF 2.07 MB)
Open PDF file, 1.37 MB,  DMF ILF Program 2012 Annual Report (English, PDF 1.37 MB)
Open PDF file, 356.79 KB,  DMF ILF Program 2011 Annual Report (English, PDF 356.79 KB)
Open PDF file, 5.11 MB,  Identifying and Prioritizing Restoration Opportunities for Coastal Aquatic Habitats in the Massachusetts Bays Region (English, PDF 5.11 MB)

Ocean Planning

An Overview of the Ocean Plan and Fisheries Working Group, 2020 (video)
2014 Fisheries Workgroup Report

Offshore Wind

Open PDF file, 377.84 KB,  Offshore Wind and the Fishing Industry, 2020 (English, PDF 377.84 KB)
Open PDF file, 236.31 KB,  Recommended Fisheries Studies for Offshore Wind Development (English, PDF 236.31 KB)
Open PDF file, 476.57 KB,  Management Objectives and Research Priorities for Offshore Wind and Fisheries (English, PDF 476.57 KB)
Open PDF file, 3.56 MB,  Why the Mass Wind Energy Is Where It Is, 2017 (English, PDF 3.56 MB)

Salt Marshes and Estuaries

Open PDF file, 1.31 MB,  PCB Bioaccumulation in Seaweed, 2019 (English, PDF 1.31 MB)
Open PDF file, 756.44 KB,  Are Docks High Enough? 2018 (English, PDF 756.44 KB)
Open PDF file, 1.25 MB,  Dock Shading in Salt Marshes, 2018 (English, PDF 1.25 MB)
Open PDF file, 1.33 MB,  Nitrogen Loading and Salt Marshes, 2018 (English, PDF 1.33 MB)
Open PDF file, 1.02 MB,  Nitrogen Loading and Mercury Bioaccumulation, 2017 Poster (English, PDF 1.02 MB)
Biogeographic Gradients in Phragmites, 2016
Salinity Tolerance in Phragmites, 2018

Seafloor Studies

Open PDF file, 3.63 MB,  Development of Side Scan Sonar Methodology to Survey Derelict Lobster Pots, 2017 (English, PDF 3.63 MB)
Open PDF file, 15.57 MB,  Application of CMECS to the Northwest Atlantic, 2014 (English, PDF 15.57 MB)
Open PDF file, 5.1 MB,  Padanaram Bathymetry, 2010 (English, PDF 5.1 MB)
Using a Ponar Grab (video)
Infauna Sieving Example (video)
Sampling a Grab for Grain Size and Infauna (video)
Long-term Camera Recording Experiment: Bamboo Shark Hatching (video)

Standard Operating Procedures

The Burlap Disc Method: Planting and Monitoring Eelgrass (Zostera marina)
Using the TERFS (Transplanting Eelgrass Remotely with Frames System) Methods to Plant Eelgrass (Zostera marina)
The Horizontal Rhizome Method: Planting and Monitoring Eelgrass (Zostera marina)
Monitoring Eelgrass (Zostera marina) in a Reference Bed
Monitoring Eelgrass (Zostera marina) at SeagrassNet Site Salem Sound MS 45.1
Citizen Science Eelgrass Rapid Assessment Protocol
Open PDF file, 2.98 MB,  Sidescan Sonar SOP Manual (English, PDF 2.98 MB)
Open PDF file, 1.37 MB,  Underwater Video SOP Manual (English, PDF 1.37 MB)

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