Recreational Survey – Shakedown August 2022

August 15 - 16, 2022 F/V Fin Chaser Ocean City, MD

Author

Mike O’Brien (UMCES)

Participants

Scientific crew (DHS, MOB)
- Check out of Beach Bum West-O
Full crew (DHS, MOB, TS, DS, mate)
- 0630 - 1500: Recreational fishing survey aboard F/V Fin Chaser
  - 312 Talbot St, Ocean City, MD 21842
Scientific crew returns to Solomons, MD. Unpack and return truck.

Times calculated at 12 knots.

0500: MOB, DHS, TS meet at Talbot St Pier, load gear onto F/V Fin Chaser
0530: Fin Chaser depart Talbot St Pier, transit to Great Eastern Reef control site
- 38 25.829, 74 46.062
0655: Arrive Great Eastern Reef control site.
- Mate arranges gear for jigging.
- Sci crew organizes MS-222 bucket
- Environmental data recorded
0705: Mate begins jigging for 15 minutes.
- All fish are weighed and measured.
- First 10 black sea bass are sacrificed.
0720 Mate ends jigging.

0725: Survey crew begins drop survey.
- 15 x 3 minute drops.
- All fish are weighed and measured.
- First 10 black sea bass are sacrificed.
0900: Drop survey ends. Transit to K07 experimental site.
- 38 21.201, 74 42.15
0930: Arrive K07 experimental site.
0940: Mate begins jigging for 15 minutes. Data and specimen collection as above.
0955: Mate ends jigging.
1000: Survey crew begins drop survey, conducted as above.
1130: Drop survey ends. Return to Talbot St Pier.
1305: Arrive Talbot St Pier. Unload gear.