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Field Activity Details for field activity 2022-025-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): NFWF/Monitoring Beach Marsh (MN00GSM)

Principal Investigator(s): Neil Kamal Ganju

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Data Type(s): Other: Unknown

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To practice boat operations on the Muddy Waters for ongoing NFWF fieldwork.

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Start Port/Location: East Falmouth, MA

End Port/Location: East Falmouth, MA

Start Date: 2022-08-03

End Date: 2022-08-03

Equipment Used:

Information to be Derived: No data will be collected. This is for operations practice only.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Practiced deploying and recovering bottom landing platforms using small release bridle and grapnel dragging technique to recover from the Muddy Waters. This was in preparation for upcoming field work for the NFWF project in southern NJ. Personnel for this activity were Robert "Bo" Bales, Olivia De Meo, and Steve Suttles. No data was collected on this FA.

Staff: Robert Bales, Olivia De Meo, Steven Suttles

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Notes: This FA is for boating and platform deployment/recovery practice. We will not be collecting data.

Location:

Waquoit Bay. Launching from Childs River boat ramp.

Boundaries
North: 41.58103875 South: 41.53312564 West: -70.54973602 East: -70.50476074

Platform(s):

photo of Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters

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