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Fisheries Habitat Publications

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Environmental Review BMPs

An Overview of Environmental Review at DMF, 2020 (video)
Fish Passage Guidelines, 2020, Open PDF file, 219.82 KB (English, PDF 219.82 KB)
Evaluating the Impacts of Residential Docks Over Salt Marsh and Eelgrass (video)
Time of Year Recommendations (TR-47), Open PDF file, 997.86 KB (English, PDF 997.86 KB)
Cape Cod Dredging Recommendations, Open PDF file, 490.61 KB (English, PDF 490.61 KB)
Conservation Mooring Recommendations, Open PDF file, 716.32 KB (English, PDF 716.32 KB)
Aquaculture Permitting in Massachusetts
Aquaculture Permitting Website Final Report, 2020, Open PDF file, 135.49 KB (English, PDF 135.49 KB)
Dock BMP Recommendations, Open PDF file, 1.85 MB (English, PDF 1.85 MB)
Herbicides and Diadromous Fishes, Open PDF file, 183.42 KB (English, PDF 183.42 KB)
Alum Treatment and Diadromous Fishes, Open PDF file, 301.48 KB (English, PDF 301.48 KB)

Artificial Reef

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

Climate Change

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

Eelgrass

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

In-Lieu Fee Project Reports

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

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

Salt Marshes and Estuaries

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

Seafloor Studies

Development of Side Scan Sonar Methodology to Survey Derelict Lobster Pots, 2017, Open PDF file, 3.63 MB (English, PDF 3.63 MB)
Application of CMECS to the Northwest Atlantic, 2014, Open PDF file, 15.57 MB (English, PDF 15.57 MB)
Padanaram Bathymetry, 2010, Open PDF file, 5.1 MB (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
Sidescan Sonar SOP Manual, Open PDF file, 2.98 MB (English, PDF 2.98 MB)
Underwater Video SOP Manual, Open PDF file, 1.37 MB (English, PDF 1.37 MB)

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