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Summary

Short Citation
Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 2024: Field Grow-out of Juvenile American Lobsters in Long Island Sound, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/26591.
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Abstract

Early benthic stage American lobsters, Homarus americanus, were held in a pilot nursery system in Long Island Sound (LIS) to test field grow-out, as a step toward potential stock enhancement. A larger size upon release may increase the probability of survival. Lobsters were placed individually in perforated plastic mesh cylindrical "habitats" and each habitat was housed in an outer protective sleeve with a larger mesh size. During June 2013, twenty-four lobsters were transferred to each of 3 wire-mesh cages and deployed southwest of Charles Island in Milford, Connecticut (N=3). The only source of nutrition was naturally occurring organisms. Cages were retrieved monthly and lobsters were photographed to measure changes in carapace length (CL). After 11 months in the field, lobsters increased 92% in mean size from 6.0 to 11.6 mm CL, with 70.8 % overall survival. Head-starting of early benthic stage lobsters shows promise as a tool for possible future stock enhancement in LIS.

Distribution Information

Access Constraints:

NEFSC Data Access Constraint:

If data is stored on an internal NEFSC network, the requester may not have direct access to query the data unless they are also authorized for network access.

Use Constraints:

not applicable

Contact Information

Point of Contact
Renee Mercaldo-Allen
renee.mercaldo-allen@noaa.gov
203-882-6549

Metadata Contact
Renee Mercaldo-Allen
renee.mercaldo-allen@noaa.gov
203-882-6549

Extents

Geographic Area 1

-73.0638° W, -73.0632° E, 41.1872° N, 41.1862° S

Connecticut coast, Long Island sound

Time Frame 1
2013-06-03 - 2014-05-06

11-month period from June 2013 to May 2014

Item Identification

Title: Field Grow-out of Juvenile American Lobsters in Long Island Sound
Short Name: Field Grow-out of Juvenile American Lobsters
Status: Completed
Abstract:

Early benthic stage American lobsters, Homarus americanus, were held in a pilot nursery system in Long Island Sound (LIS) to test field grow-out, as a step toward potential stock enhancement. A larger size upon release may increase the probability of survival. Lobsters were placed individually in perforated plastic mesh cylindrical "habitats" and each habitat was housed in an outer protective sleeve with a larger mesh size. During June 2013, twenty-four lobsters were transferred to each of 3 wire-mesh cages and deployed southwest of Charles Island in Milford, Connecticut (N=3). The only source of nutrition was naturally occurring organisms. Cages were retrieved monthly and lobsters were photographed to measure changes in carapace length (CL). After 11 months in the field, lobsters increased 92% in mean size from 6.0 to 11.6 mm CL, with 70.8 % overall survival. Head-starting of early benthic stage lobsters shows promise as a tool for possible future stock enhancement in LIS.

Purpose:

Demonstration project to test feasibility of growing lobsters to a larger size in the field for potential release in enhancement studies.

Other Citation Details:

Mercaldo-Allen, R, Goldberg, R, Kuropat, C. A., Clark, P., Alix, R., Schreiner, W. and Roy, J. 2015.

A Field-based Nursery for “Head Starting” Lobsters to Improve Post-release Survival for Potential Stock Enhancement in Long Island Sound, Connecticut.

North American Journal of Aquaculture 77(2):239-243.

Supplemental Information:

Lobster growth was measured in carapace length (distance from eye socket to end of carapace)

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None aquaculture
None field grow-out
None juvenile lobsters

Temporal Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None 11 month trial
None June 2013 to May 2014

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None Charles Island
None Long Island Sound
None Milford CT

Stratum Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None cages suspended in water column

Physical Location

Organization: NEFSC Milford Lab
City: Milford
State/Province: CT
Country: USA

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Data Set Type: MS Excel Spreadsheet
Maintenance Frequency: None Planned
Data Presentation Form: Map of study area in publication (see URL)

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 214113
Date Effective From: 2013-06-03
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Kuropat, Catherine A
Address: 212 Rogers Avenue
Milford, CT 06460-6499
USA
Email Address: catherine.kuropat@noaa.gov
Phone: 203-882-6590
Fax: 203-882-6570

Distributor

CC ID: 226916
Date Effective From: 2013
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)
Address: 166 Water Street
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1026
USA
Phone: (508)495-2000
URL: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/northeast-fisheries-science-center
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 214114
Date Effective From: 2015-08-18
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Mercaldo-Allen, Renee
Address: 212 Rogers Avenue
Milford, CT 06460-6499
USA
Email Address: renee.mercaldo-allen@noaa.gov
Phone: 203-882-6549
Fax: 203-882-6570

Originator

CC ID: 214115
Date Effective From: 2013-06-03
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Kuropat, Catherine A
Address: 212 Rogers Avenue
Milford, CT 06460-6499
USA
Email Address: catherine.kuropat@noaa.gov
Phone: 203-882-6590
Fax: 203-882-6570

Point of Contact

CC ID: 214112
Date Effective From: 2015-08-18
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Mercaldo-Allen, Renee
Address: 212 Rogers Avenue
Milford, CT 06460-6499
USA
Email Address: renee.mercaldo-allen@noaa.gov
Phone: 203-882-6549
Fax: 203-882-6570

Extents

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 214116
W° Bound: -73.0638
E° Bound: -73.0632
N° Bound: 41.1872
S° Bound: 41.1862
Description

Connecticut coast, Long Island sound

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 214117
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2013-06-03
End: 2014-05-06
Description:

11-month period from June 2013 to May 2014

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Policy:

Contact Renee Mercaldo-Allen

Data Access Procedure:

Contact Renee Mercaldo-Allen

NEFSC Data Access Procedure:

1. Formal request in writing usually to the data owner/contact or Center Director;

2. Requester is contacted by data owner to review and verify the request content and details for data delivery options.

3. If data is confidential then owner will determine if the data may be released to the requester;

4. If data can be released, the data is downloaded and packaged for delivery electronically; or the requester may be directed to where the data is available online.

Data Access Constraints:

NEFSC Data Access Constraint:

If data is stored on an internal NEFSC network, the requester may not have direct access to query the data unless they are also authorized for network access.

Data Use Constraints:

not applicable

Metadata Access Constraints:

not applicable

Metadata Use Constraints:

not applicable

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 247310
Download URL: https://storage.googleapis.com/nmfs_odp_nefsc/PARR/EAD/ASEB/26591/lobster2013_14FinalAllDates.xlsx
Distributor:
File Name: lobster2013_14FinalAllDates.xlsx

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 214120
URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15222055.2014.996691#abstract
URL Type:
Online Resource
File Resource Format: HTML
Description:

Published manuscript

Technical Environment

Description:

Excel on centralized network storage, 4.13 GB

Data Quality

Accuracy:

All lobsters were photographed for later digital measurement using ImageJ software, however not all lobsters were measured at every sampling interval due to occasional issues with photograph quality, missing lobsters, or mortality.

Completeness Report:

Not all lobsters were measured at every sampling interval due to occasional issues with photograph quality, missing lobsters, or mortality.

Quality Control Procedures Employed:

The person who conducts the carapace length measurements is trained in the use of Image J software and is the only person to make the measurements and manage the data base.

Data Management

Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: Yes
Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: Unknown
Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?: Yes
Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver?: No
If Distributor (Data Hosting Service) is Needed, Please Indicate: Yes
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: Manuscript was published within 2 years of collection.
If Delay is Longer than Latency of Automated Processing, Indicate Under What Authority Data Access is Delayed:

Not applicable

Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: Other
If World Data Center or Other, Specify: NEFSC Network
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving: Unknown
How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?:

Data is stored on Milford Lab Network drive and on the PC of the data manager with scheduled and remote storage backups

Lineage

Lineage Statement:

Data set (lobster size) generated from measurements of lobster carapace lengths

Child Items

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 26591
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:26591
Metadata Record Created By: Patricia L Jones
Metadata Record Created: 2015-08-25 07:43+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: Michaael Armbruster
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-04-10 19:09+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2016-06-28
Owner Org: NEFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2016-06-28
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2017-06-28