Jeff Yapalater ‘Big Mahi ’ Freeport Tuna Club MACOORA Board Member

1. Jeff Yapalater ‘Big Mahi’ Freeport Tuna Club MACOORA Board Member We aren’t just tuna!

2. Gregory P. DiDomenico Executive Director 609-675-0202 gregdi@voicenet.com www.gardenstateseafood.org • A voice for the fish and seafood industry throughout New Jersey • The Garden State Seafood Association is a statewide organization of commercial fishermen and fishing companies, related businesses and individuals working in common cause to promote the interests of the commercial fishing industry and seafood consumers in New Jersey. • The Association’s primary goal is to assure that our marine resources are managed responsibly and that all of the people in New Jersey, whether as anglers or as seafood consumers will be able to enjoy the bounty of New Jersey’s rich coastal and offshore waters for generations. • GSSA members care about the environment and the waters in which they fish. They care about their industry and the consumers they serve.

3. IOOS data & models John P. Manderson NOAA Fisheries ECOS program Retrospective analysis Adaptive sampling Process studies Regional scale statistical habitat models Hypotheses Mechanistic habitat models Tools for Space & Time based Ecosystem Management

4. Dewayne FoxAssociate Professor Delaware State University Fisheries ecology and management Coupling biotelemetry and remote sensing data to provide insights into behavior and habitat requirements End product focused on providing resource managers with data required for management of aquatic resources

5. Greetings My Name is Hassan Moustahfid PhD. Marine Biologist/Project ManagerNOAA Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS®) Program My goal is to bring “life” to Ocean Observing System And make IOOS inclusive of marine resources

7. The New Jersey • Commercial Fishing Industry • According to the National Marine Fisheries Service, • New Jersey ranks 4th in the value of commercial • seafoodharvested, among the 14 states along the • Atlantic seaboard. • According to the National Marine Fisheries Service, • in 2008 New Jersey’s commercial fishermen brought • in almost over 160 million pounds of fish and shellfish • with a value at the dock of $168,688,110. Using a conservative 4:1 multiplier, these landings generated three-quarters of a billion dollars of economic activity. • New Jersey’s Seafood Retail and Import/Export industry has annual sales in excess of $2 Billion. • According to the Department of Commerce in 2008 a total of 1,561 jobs in processing and wholesale were directly related to commercial fishing industry. • Major commercial fishing ports along the Atlantic Seaboard showing the quantity of fishes landed and the value of these landings for 2007 and 2008. New Jersey Ports are highlighted.

8. Commercial Fishing Industry Partnerships • The New Jersey Fishing Industry and GSSA are • uniquely qualified to provide first hand observations • of real – time ocean environmental conditions. • Our vessels can serve as the most efficient research • platforms and captains and crew have the experience to • perform scientific tasks and adhere to rigorous methodologies. • The commercial fishing industry is willing to cooperate to solve fact based problems with fact based solutions. • An appropriate relationship with scientific institutions and other ocean user groups can form the basis of future progress designed to address common issues. • Data can be collected and analyzed in an effort to avoid incidental catch of certain species. • Data can be collected and analyzed to increase the efficiency of fishing operations.

9. Integrated Ocean Observing Systems Measure variability of the fluid at space-time scales required to understand the physics • “Fish can’t overcome physics” • Behavior, physiology & life history • tightly coupled to dynamic properties • of the fluid ocean.

10. NOAA FATE (2008-2010)

11. Frontal index = Ln(Strength of / Distance to) Frontal index

12. ApplicationButterfish Mortality Cap for the LoligoFishery Problem: Management seeks to reduce butterfish by-catch in the Loligo fishery

13. Integrated Bycatch Reduction Model (Squid/Butterfish) Combining data layers Social Data (Fishing Behavior) Biological Data ( Abundance) Physical Data (Water Column)

14. Integrated Bycatch Reduction Model (Squid/Butterfish) Combining data layers IOOS and CTD Data Social Data (Fishing Behavior) Biological Data ( Abundance) Physical Data (Water Column)

15. Integrated Bycatch Reduction Model (Squid/Butterfish) Combining data layers NMFS Survey Data Social Data (Fishing Behavior) Biological Data ( Abundance) Physical Data (Water Column)

16. Integrated Bycatch Reduction Model (Squid/Butterfish) Combining data layers Social Data (Fishing Behavior) Biological Data ( Abundance) Improved FATE Habitat Models Physical Data (Water Column)

17. Integrated Bycatch Reduction Model (Squid/Butterfish) Surveys/Interviews Fishermen Decision-making and Fishermen Habitat Models Combining data layers Social Data (Fishing Behavior) Biological Data ( Abundance) Physical Data (Water Column)

18. Industry, Federal & Academic Partners inAn Experimental approach to butterfish bycatch reduction in the North Atlantic Loligo fishery Social Scientist/Policy Steven Gray (Rutgers) Fisheries Management Jason Didden (MAFMC) Physical & Biological Oceanographers Josh Kohut (Rutgers) Matt Oliver (University of Delaware) Industry & Outreach Greg DiDomenico (GSSA) Eleanor A. Bochenek (Rutgers) Fishery Scientists/Ecologists John Manderson (NMFS) Olaf Jenson (Rutgers) Laura Palamara (Rutgers) Talia Young (Rutgers)

19. Use of telemetry for fish behavior Dewayne A. Fox Delaware State University

20. Atlantic Sturgeon Management 1891 NJ prohibited catch of mamoose sturgeon 1990 Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Sturgeon 1998 US coast wide moratorium 2007 Status Review Team recommended listing 2010 October 6th Proposed Ruling

21. 5 Distinct Population Segments (DPS) • Threatened (Recommended) • Gulf of Maine • Endangered(Recommended) • South Atlantic • Carolina • Chesapeake Bay • New York Bight Status Review 2007

22. DE Coast Hudson River Long Island Sound www.vemco.com NCCTC Methods • Monitoring • Existing standardized passive array • VR2 • 6.5 year battery life • Sampling • Coastal Sampling

23. Sampling Results • 2009 n=51 • 49kg (21-93) • 2010 n=54 (39) • 47kg (19- >140)

24. 7/1 7/1 9/20 4/1 12/3 4/1 Last Download Aid in Management • Movements • Migration paths • 95% detected within 7km of shore • 85% within state waters • Timing

25. The Atlantic Cooperative Telemetry Network: a collaborative approach to telemetry data exchange in the eastern United States

26. About acoustic telemetry… • Historically short-term regional studies using manual tracking techniques • Labor intensive • Weather dependent • Expensive $$$$$ • New technology • Longer tag life • More information from tags • Passive receivers • Lower cost $$

27. With passive receivers comes… • A way to… • look at presence/absence inan area • track multiple species at a given time

28. What is ACT? • It all started with sturgeon…… • 2006 ASMFC Atlantic Sturgeon Technical Committee Meeting

29. ACT Development • 2006 - 15 researchers • 2010 - 62 researchers • >3700 shared transmitter codes

30. ACT Current Data-Sharing Researcher B Researcher A Researcher E Researcher D Researcher F Researcher C

31. Planned Data Sharing Researchers can request information for their tagged fish Unknown tag codes Researcher A Researcher C Researcher B

32. NOAA’s Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS®) ProgramIOOS® Biological Observations Project -Observations to Apps- Hassan Moustahfid, PhD. MACOORA Annual Meeting October 28-29, 2010 Hoboken, NJ

33. IOOS®Core Variables For more details Please visit www.IOOS.GOV/Catalog Temperature Salinity Water level Currents Surface Waves Surface Winds Ocean color Dissolved oxygen pH pCO2 Heat flux Bottom character Pathogens Bathymetry Ice distribution Contaminants Stream flow Dissolved nutrients Optical properties Total suspended matter Colored dissolved organic matter Fish species Fish abundance Zooplankton species Phytoplankton species Zooplankton abundance list could be expanded based on identified needs...

34. IOOS BIOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS PROJECT System Concept Diagram Consumers & Applications Participating Resources Terminology &Conventions Web Services Data Resources 1 • Human User Interactions • Download • Manual transfer (e.g., to Excel, GIS, analytical applications) Participant Web Service text xml • Browser Integration • Browser-based Discovery, Display, Mapping, Analysis Data Resources 2 WEB SERVICE kml NetCDF Database Connection MatLab • Direct Analytical Integration • Direct to NetCDF, MatLAB, r, etc. etc.! Data Resources 3 Forwarding to additional web service distribution Data Extract Terminology &Conventions dcterms / dwc FGDC / ISO Metadata Practices ioosbds CF Conventions DwC & IOOS XML Guidelines

35. Observations to Fisheries Management Decisions Depth Sea Surface Temperature Primary production Secondary production Atl. Cod Fish density Red Hake Products to Aid Fisheries Management Integrated layers for analyses specific targeted management needs Etc.! Maps source NOAA/NEFSC

36. Thank You Hassan Moustahfid Hassan. Moustahfid@noaa.gov 301/427-2447 ioos.gov “Oceans”

37. Backup

38. PILOT PROJECT Partners: NOAA. Fisheries, NOAA Marine Sanctuaries, Univ. of Hawai’i, Census of Marine Life, USGS/OBIS-USA, State of Hawai’i, National Park Services ~50 islands and atolls Rapid Ecological Assessment Fish Censuses Stationary Point Counts (SPC) fishery independent surveys (pres/abs/abund – reef fish) Towed-diver Surveys (TDS) Consumers/Apps: Population assessments Monument Boundary Exclusive Economic Zone Courtesy of Dr. Jill Zamzow (PIFSC/CRED)

39. Data access webservice- ERDDAP 39

40. In-situ Data Interoperability PROGRAMDATA IOOS DATA NDBC Web Coverage Service & OPeNDAP Sensor Observation Service 1 IOOS Data Standards NDBC DAC (buoys): C-MAN, VOS, NOS NERRS, etc. High-Frequency Radar (HFR) surface currents IOOS DAC:Regional observations TAO DAC:Tropical Atmosphere Ocean DART DAC:Deep-Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis Currents Waves NDBC Data Assembly Centers (DACs) Temperature Sensor Observation Service 2 IOOS Data Standards CO-OPS Water Level National Water Level Observation Network PORTS® Salinity 3 Web Coverage Service & OPeNDAP NOAA CoastWatch Winds IOOS Data Standards Satellite Ocean Color (Aqua MODIS, Terra MODIS, SeaWiFS) Ocean Color (chlorophyll) 4 Sensor Observation Service and others IOOS Data Standards IOOS Regions (MACOORA, NERACOOS, others) Federal, State, Local, and Industry data

42. OBS. To APPS System Concept Diagram Data & Metadata Portals, Clearinghouse and Search Public presence or restricted access as desired Participating Resources Web Services Consumers & Applications Search • Human User Interactions • Download • Manual transfer (e.g., to Excel, GIS, analytical applications) Data Resource Participant Web Service text xml ERRDAP kml • Browser Integration • Browser-based Discovery, Display, Mapping, Analysis Data Resource Database Connection NetCDF MatLab Data Assembly • Direct Analytical Integration • Direct to NetCDF, MatLAB, r, etc. etc.! Data Resource Data Extract graphs & maps Forwarding to additional web service distribution namespaces: Terminology & Configuration Key DwC & IOOS XML Guidelines FGDC / ISO Metadata Practices dcterms / dwc original data ioosbds CF Conventions standards Biological Data Terminology (presence/absence/abundance) The lightning bolt indicates where terminology and configuration activities apply. Technologists and data developers working for both IOOS and participants do the configuration. web services applications