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Topic: Fish for Science - Central CA (it's a free boat trip)!  (Read 5199 times)

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Experienced anglers needed for hook-and-line fishing project used to monitor California marine protected areas (MPAs) along the central California coast!

California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program (CCFRP) volunteers aide local scientists in the collection of valuable data on economically important marine fish species by fishing on board party boats out of Monterey and Half Moon Bay. Once caught, each fish is identified, measured, tagged and released at their respective MPA or reference site. Data recorded from these fishing expeditions will eventually be used by state regulators to evaluate the effectiveness of MPAs in the region.

CCFRP is a partnership of the fishing and scientific communities of central California.By combining the expertise and ideas of fishermen and scientists, we have successfully established protocols that are to gather information for fisheries management and to monitor potential changes in local fish populations with reference to marine protected areas.

This project is a collaborative effort among researchers from CA Sea Grant at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories and SLOSEA/Center for Coastal Marine Sciences at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and the captains and crew of F/Vs Admiral, Caroline, Fiesta, Huli Cat, New Captain Pete, Pacific Horizon, Patriot, Princess, Queen of Hearts, Rita G, Salty Lady, and Tigerfish.

Join us for a day on the water and some awesome fishing while contributing to our understanding of important marine populations!

Note: Volunteer anglers should have a fair amount of experience fishing in the marine environment. Volunteer anglers must be at least 16 years of age in order to participate. All participants must be able to spend extended periods of time (up to 10 hours per day) on a recreational fishing boat, in potentially rough waters. An interest in marine fish/fishing is strongly desired. Please also note that there will be no individual take on these cruises, in accordance with our CDFG Scientific Collecting Permits.

For more information or to be added to our list of interested volunteers, contact:

California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program
CA Sea Grant / Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
8272 Moss Landing Road | Moss Landing, CA 95039
p: (831) 771-4443 f: (831) 632-4403
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Big Jim, just spoke with Cheryl at the number in the post.  Here are the dates she has thus far

August 8 - 11 Monterey
August 15-18 Half Moon Bay
September 12 - 15 Half Moon Bay
September 19 - 22 Monterey

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As an expat of the wildlife biology crowd and moderatly obsessed fisherman, I would love to do this! :smt006

I am pretty sure I can do both Half Moon Bay trips if there is still room  :smt001
I will know for sure tomorrow.

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Can you please provide the details of this study?  The data is only as good as the methods use to gather and interpret it.  We should all understand exactly what is going on before volunteering to participate.


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Big Jim, just spoke with Cheryl at the number in the post.  Here are the dates she has thus far

August 8 - 11 Monterey
August 15-18 Half Moon Bay
September 12 - 15 Half Moon Bay
September 19 - 22 Monterey

Thanks Brandi!!
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Sincerely,

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Dude, I'm in!!  :smt003


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PolePole - If you want more information regarding this study please visit the follow MLML web page
http://seagrant.mlml.calstate.edu/research/ccfrp/


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Less Mental than before, Still savage AF tho <3

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would they be the mothership??? looks like a PB trip........would love to "Get Some" of this...fishing protected waters legally....If there were earlier dates I'd be down for this... :smt044 :smt044 :smt044 anytime before aug-sept works for me or after....maybe nxt yr..... :smt009
It's all about Today!!! Because who knows what tomorrow will bring... so Better get OTW n GetSome


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Thanks for the heads up on this Jim. I'm signed up for 8/11 and on the waiting list for 8/10. Hope to see you both days but definitely the 11th.

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Thanks for the heads up on this Jim. I'm signed up for 8/11 and on the waiting list for 8/10. Hope to see you both days but definitely the 11th.

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Awesome!

dpshim, FishMaster 1, Fish Flogger and Big Jim...sounds like a fun time on the water to me!!

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Hi All,

Please click the following link (http://seagrant.mlml.calstate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/CCFRP-2010-Report-06032010_Final.pdf) for detailed information regarding study protocols, etc.  As for open volunteer dates, we still have limited availability on:

August 9 (Monterey)
August 16 - 18 (Half Moon Bay)

September 12 - 15 (Half Moon Bay)
September 19 - 22 (Monterey)

Thanks and hope to see some of you out there soon!

Cheryl Barnes
Graduate Student, Fisheries & Conservation Biology
Program Representative, California Sea Grant

Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
8272 Moss Landing Road | Moss Landing, CA 95039
p: (831) 771-4443   f: (831) 632-4403
e: seagrant@mlml.calstate.edu


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Why are hook and line surveys deemed an appropriate method (vs other methods such as trawl surveys or visual dive surveys) to evaluate the effectiveness of MPAs in the region?  This method requires the fish to actually be feeding.  We all know that fishing can be good the one day and bad they next with things such as weather, currents, moon phases, lure choice, and what you ate for breakfast affecting the fishing.  How do you ensure your sample set is statistically valid?

This just smells of feel-good PR to me.  Gee, let's involve the fisherman.

Sorry, just speaking my mind here.

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visual dive surveys

Dive at Ano Nuevo?  naaaaah

But I see your point polepole.  i was wondering about the hook and line thing myself before you wrote.  Any controls used for hook size can be criticized for introducing biased selection of a certain fish size, i.e., small sabiki-ish jigs = dinker population


 

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