Overview of New York Bight
Fishing Transit Data
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Data Gathering Process to Date
• New VMS data analysis from NMFS
• Information gathered through transit surveys
• Reviewed other spatial data available through the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic data portals
All datasets have their
limitations, such as:
• Reporting & data collection methods
• Yearly & geographic coverage
• Regulatory considerations
• Data accessibility
Fishermen Transit Surveys• 23 Surveys filled out by approximately 100+
fishermen/vessels
• Covered a variety of vessel types, gear types, fisheries, and ports
• Surveys were distributed and collected by RODA
• Confidential information was removed & spreadsheet of survey responses and scanned maps were submitted to Ecology & Environment
• Scanned maps were digitized by into ArcGIS
Fishermen Transit Surveys
• 23 Surveys filled out by approximately 100+ fishermen/vessels, including plotter data
• Covered a variety of vessel types, gear types, fisheries, and ports• Data can be filtered
accordingly
AIS Transit Counts
• Annual vessel transit counts 2015-2017
• Monthly vessel transit sliders 2016-2017 (available on MARCO data portal)
• Annual vessel density
• Can be sorted refined by vessel type• All, fishing, other, etc.
VMS Transit
• Annual transit 2010-2018
• Monthly transit 2016
Identification
of Areas of
Transit
Conflicts
Fairways North and South
Hudson North and Equinor Site
Hudson South
Next Steps- From Data to Possible Lanes
• After lunch- breakout groups
• Given the data and what we know from experience and expertise in the room, what would be a potential set or transit lanes that would work for the New York Bight area?• Consider:
• Location• Orientation (N/S, E/W, etc.)• Interconnection of routes
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Questions