Commercial Fisheries News features story on menhaden survey led by James Sulikowski

James Sulikowski, Ph.D., associate professor in the Marine Science Department, is featured in October 2011 Commercial Fisheries News in an article entitled "Industry sponsors menhaden aerial survey."  The survey is being conducted from Maine to New Jersey by a coalition of scientists, spotter pilots, fishermen, bait suppliers, and members of the fish reduction industry. They are trying to document the presence of menhaden in this northern area, which is outside of the regular survey range, and use at-sea sampling to determine if there are larger, older fish in the area.  The northern-waters aerial survey, the first of its kind for menhaden, which are also called pogies or bunkers, got underway on August 1 with a strong survey team that Sulikowski is confident will ensure the project's success.  Sulikowski said he and UNE graduate students will be analyzing digital photographs and flight logs from this first stage of the survey throughout the fall. He hoped a final report would be ready by December.

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