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Email Reports |
F/V
Mary K Leg 2 |
| Friday,
13 March 2009 |
SENT
BY BOATRACS BOAT-TO-EMAIL SERVICE FROM:CHIEF
SCI MARY K
MESSAGE:ALTHOUGH IT IS COLD, THE SEAS HAVE LAID DOWN FOR US GIVING US
THE CHANCE TO REALLY CRANK OUT SOME STATIONS. BOTH WATCHES ARE IN THE
GROOVE AND PROCESSING STATIONS WITH
GREAT EFFICIENCY. WE ARE CURRENTLY PROCESSING OUR LAST DEEPWATER STATION
FOR THIS LEG AND WILL BE SPENDING THE REMAINDER OF THE TRIP PICKING
UP THE "INSHORE" STATIONS EAST OF NEW
JERSEY AND SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND. THIS LAST DEEPWATER TOW HAS GIVEN US
PLENTY OF MONKFISH TO WORK WITH, OVER 208KG. WE ALSO ENCOUNTERED 216KG
OF RED CRABS AT THIS STATION. SO FAR WE HAVE CAUGHT 3 OF THE ELUSIVE
BLACKFIN MONKFISH. THEY WILL BE RETURNING TO THE LAB WITH US FOR FURTHER
STUDY. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL LATE WINTER TO BE AT SEA. THE GANNETS AND GULLS
HAVE BEEN
CONSTANT COMPANY AND EVERYONE HAS BEEN ENJOYING WATCHING THE GANNETTS
FEED.
ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND, I KNOW WE WILL.
GEOFF SHOOK CHIEF SCIENTIST MARY K.
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| Friday,
13 March 2009 |
The
Mary K continues to bang out the offshore stations. The weather has
improved and they are making good progress, finishing up the deep stuff
near Hudson Canyon. They have one more deep tow and then they will head
up onto the shelf. Hopefully they will have the opportunity to do a
depletion experiment or two in the next couple of days. Stations since
last report:
Station,
Strata-tow, kg, number, notes
63,
8-1, 88.1, 35
64, 6-4, 15.0, 15, moved a little SE
65, 3-4, 10.1, 5
66, 41-3, 193.5, 72
67, 3-3, 34.8, 9
68, 4-1, 116.2, 41, mover S 10 nm-2 blackfin monks
headed
to 41-2
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| Thursday,
12 March 2009 |
SENT
BY BOATRACS BOAT-TO-EMAIL SERVICE
FROM:CHIEF
SCI MARY K MESSAGE:GREETINGS FROM THE MARY K. ALTHOUGH THE WEATHER HAS
BEEN TRYING TO SLOW US DOWN, WE CONTINUE TO CRANK OUT STATIONS. WE HAVE
COMPLETED 6 STATIONS SO FAR AFTER LEAVING A DAY LATE AND LOOSING A FEW
HOURS JOGGING LAST NIGHT. WE HAVE BEEN ENCOUNTERING MONKFISH AT EVERY
STATION THE LARGEST SO FAR COMING IN AT 84 CM. OUR LARGEST CATCH OF
MONKFISH SO FAR WAS AT 81-3 WITH 47 FISH WEIGHING IN AT OVER 121KG .
WE ALSO HAD A TOW OF DEEPSEA RED CRABS WEIGHING IN AT OVER 300KG. THIS
MORNING WE CAUGHT A NICE SIZE TILEFISH IN WITH A TOW OF MONKFISH AND
SPINY DOGFISH. AS LONG AS THE WEATHER HOLDS WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK
THE OFFSHORE STATIONS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
GEOFF SHOOK-CHIEF SCIENTIST MARY K.
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| Thursday,
12 March 2009 |
Just
spoke with Geoff and the work is coming along on the Mary K. He has been
struggling with some computer issues and label printing problems but it
has not stopped them from getting stations done. The wind came up early
this morning and they had to suspend fishing for about 10 hours, but the
seas are coming down and they are getting ready to set out again.soon.
They have also had problems with great amounts of fixed gear in some sampling
areas. This has caused them to move inshore/offshore on a day/night cycle
so they can do the stations near gear when they can see the highflyers
well. Considering all the hurdles, they are doing great. Station progress
so far:
Station, Strata-tow, Kg, Number, Notes
57, 6-5, 17.1, 5
58, 6-6, 34.0, 25
59, 8-3, 78.5, 31
60, 7-1, 24.2, 8
61, 81-3, 121.6, 47
62, 6-9, 21.1, 13
heading
to 8-1
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| Wednesday,
3 March 2009 |
The
Mary K left Cape May early yesterday and resumed sampling on the shelf
off southern New Jersey. They have completed 6 stations since that time
(see below) with few monks in the mix. They have another 3 stations lined
up before they pack it in around 6 pm. If that schedule holds they should
arrive in New Bedford around 3 pm tomorrow.
Considering the weather this was another
very successful leg. Great job all around.
Station, Strata-tow, kg
49, 69-5, 0
50, 69-2, 0.3
51, 69-1, 0
52, 69-3, 2
53, 73-2, 1
54, 74-2, 0
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| Tuesday,
3 March 2009 |
The
crew of the Mary K broke off work at about 5pm on Saturday due to awful
weather. They headed toward Cape May and arrived in port about 8am Sunday.
They spent Sunday and Monday tied up at the Lund Fisheries facility. The
plan was to head out this morning and continue working.
Sixteen station were accomplished between
the Thursday message and breaking off on Saturday - pretty impressive,
especially since many of the tows were in deep water. Here are the details
for the tows.
Station, Strata-tow, KG
35, 76-2, 281
36, 76-1, 82
37, 761-2, 128
38, 74-4, 5
39, 75-2, 12
40, 75-1, 21
41, 74-3, 14
42, 721-3, 380
43, 72-1, 244
44, 71-2, 3
45, 70-4, 14
46, 70-1, 25
47, 72-3, 3, retow of station 27 , 72-2
48, 69-4, 7
More
soon...
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| Saturday,
28 February 2009 |
SENT
BY BOATRACS BOAT-TO-EMAIL SERVICE
FROM:CS MARY K
MESSAGE:JUST COMPLETED OUR 20TH STATION OF THE TRIP AND THE WEATHER
HAS HIT US TO. SOUNDS LIKE IT WILL BE BAD FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS SO WE
MAY GO TO CAPE MAY. DEEP STATIONS ARE ALL
COMPLETED FOR THIS LEG AS WELL.
NATHAN
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| Thursday,
26 February 2009 |
SENT
BY BOATRACS BOAT-TO-EMAIL SERVICE
FROM:CHIEF
SCIENCTIST MARY K
MESSAGE:SINCE WE LEFT PORT ON TUESDAY WE HAVE COMPLETED 9 STATIONS WITH
SOME GREAT WEATHER AND HAVE SEEN SOME NICE CATCHES OF MONKS. WE ARE
WORKING IN THE DEEPER OUTER STATAS AS WE WORK OUR WAY SOUTH BUT THE
WEATHER THIS WEEKEND COULD FORCE US CLOSER TO SHORE. I WOULD RATHER
BE DUCK HUNTING. NATHAN K
KEITH CS
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| Thursday,
26 February 2009 |
The
work continues to go well on the Mary K. They are working the deep water
south of Hudson Canyon . Everyone is doing well and the weather is good.
Progress since the last update: Station, Strata-Tow, Kg
30, 4-2, 61
31, 41-1, 55
32, 41-4, 262
33, 3-1, 12
34, 761-1, 118
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| Wednesday,
25 February 2009 |
Spoke
to Nate on the Mary K a few moments ago. They arrived at their first station
about 8am after leaving New Bedford at 11am yesterday. They have completed
2 stations since that time and are heading to the third (see list below).
They are working the Hudson Canyon area now. The weather is good and all
is well. Station, Strata-Tow, Kg, Notes
27, 4-3, 90
28, 3-2, 20
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| Tuesday,
24 February 2009 |
F/V
Mary K left New Bedford at 11am this morning for leg 2 of the 2009 survey.
The Mary K will
head south to Delmarva and continue working on their tans as well as monkfish.
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F/V
Mary K Leg 1 |
Wednesday,
18 February 2009
10:27 AM |
SENT
BY BOATRACS BOAT-TO-EMAIL SERVICE
FROM:CHIEF
SCI. MARY K
MESSAGE:WE HAVE CAUGHT SOME NICE CATCHES OF MONK OFFSHORE AND GETTING
READY TO DEPLOY OUR LAST TOW FOR THIS LEG. SINCE LAST MESSAGE WE HAVE
COMPLETED 10 MORE STATIONS AND HAPPY WITH OUR PROGRESS. WE HAVE WORKED
UP SOME CATCHES IN ROUGH SEAS BUT ALWAYS GET A SMOOTH RIDE WHILE SAMPLING
(AL-4 SHOULD GET SOME TIPS).
CS NATHAN KEITH |
| Wednesday,
18 February 2009 |
From
Rob Johnston
Just
touched base with Nathan on the Mary K. They continue to make significant
progress despite some minor computer problems and having to jog in rough
seas for 10 or 12 hours Sunday into Monday. The stations accomplished
since the last message are as follows:
Station Strata-Tow
18 67-1
19 68-1
20 67-2
21 66-1
22 71-1
23 70-2
24 66-3
25 69-3
26 70-3
They are now heading to 72-2. The weather
is forecast to deteriorate so after completing this station they will
be heading for home with an ETA of early Friday morning.
Considering they lost 2.5 days due to
weather I think this has been an extremely successful leg.
Rob
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| Tuesday,
17 February 2009 |
After
spending Thursday and Friday in Norfolk due to high winds and seas, the
F/V Mary K headed back out on Saturday morning. They have made good progress
since that time and accomplished most of the stations in the two southern
most strata sets. Monkfish catches have been light except in the deeper
strata. Below is their progress through Monday at 10am.
Station Strata-Tow
5 65-4
6 65-5
7 66-2
8 63-2
9 61-2
10 61-3
11 61-1
12 64-1
13 63-1
14 62-2
15 64-2
16 68-2
Rob
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| Tuesday,
17 February 2009 |
After
spending Thursday and Friday in Norfolk due to high winds and seas, the
F/V Mary K headed back out on Saturday morning. They have made good progress
since that time and accomplished most of the stations in the two southern
most strata sets. Monkfish catches have been light except in the deeper
strata. Below is their progress through Monday at 10am.
Station Strata-Tow
5 65-4
6 65-5
7 66-2
8 63-2
9 61-2
10 61-3
11 61-1
12 64-1
13 63-1
14 62-2
15 64-2
16 68-2
Rob
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Monday,
16 February 2009
12:39 PM |
SENT
BY BOATRACS BOAT-TO-EMAIL SERVICE
FROM:NATHAN KEITH CHIEF SCC. MARY K
MESSAGE:SINCE LEAVING NORFOLK WE HAVE COMPLETED 12 STATIONS AND ALMOST
TO LOCATION 68-2. THE OUTER STRATA HAVE SHOWN GOOD NUMBERS OF MONKS
TO KEEP US BUSY BUT STILL PUTTING ON WEIGHT DUE TO THE EXCELLENT FOOD.
CS
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Thursday,
12 February 2009
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From
Rob Johnston
Just
heard from Nate. They are in Norfolk since early this morning. The weather
has deteriorated significantly (sound familiar?).
Apparently
the CG arranged for them to tie up at the Little Creek Sub-base. The
fella on watch at the base however forgot to tell the MP's who promptly
boarded the vessel in a flurry at sunrise. At one point there were 6
patrol cars, lights flashing on the dock. The MP's made multiple inspection!!!
Nate said he got some pics. So much for getting some rest...
They
are moving over to AMC now and expect to be berthed next to our old
friend Albatross IV. The weather looks to improve tomorrow so hopefully
they will head out in an effort to complete the southern most stations.
They
completed 4 stations (after a loooong steam) before breaking off:
Station
Strata-tow kg (approx.) Number
1 65-1 0 0
2 65-6 0 0
3 65-2 30 5
4 65-3 3 1
I'll
keep you all updated
Rob
P.S.
It looks like the weather will deteriorate in the GOM today. I wouldn't
be surprised to see the Endurance head into port sometime soon. I expect
to talk to Sean at 11am. |
| Wednesday,
11 February 2009
10:56 am |
SENT
BY BOATRACS BOAT-TO-EMAIL SERVICE
FROM:NATHAN
KEITH CS MARY K
MESSAGE:JUST FINISHED OUR 2ND STATION AND THINGS GOING WELL EXCEPT BAD
WEATHER COMING OUR WAY. NATE |
| Monday,
9 February 2009
| SENT
BY BOATRACS BOAT-TO-EMAIL SERVICE
Anne,
All is well here. We took the long steam south and ran into some weather
last night so moved inshore. We are on our third station 65-2. We complete
65-1 and 65-6 earlier. All equipment is running as it should and the
fisherman and scientists are getting used to the routine. It's a little
slow now but we'll pick up the pace as time goes on. Looking at some
big wind later today so we are working our way inshore to find some
protection. More later.
Nate |
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