gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:26591 eng UTF8 dataset MS Excel Spreadsheet Northeast Fisheries Science Center (508)495-2000 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543-1026 USA https://www.nefsc.noaa.gov WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Website Website for this organization information 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday resourceProvider Mercaldo-Allen, Renee 203-882-6549 203-882-6570 212 Rogers Avenue Milford CT 06460-6499 USA renee.mercaldo-allen@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2026-03-04T19:17:17 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Field Grow-out of Juvenile American Lobsters in Long Island Sound Field Grow-out of Juvenile American Lobsters publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 26591 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/26591 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information Kuropat, Catherine A 203-882-6590 203-882-6570 212 Rogers Avenue Milford CT 06460-6499 USA catherine.kuropat@noaa.gov originator http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15222055.2014.996691#abstract WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Citation URL Published manuscript download 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. 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. Demonstration project to test feasibility of growing lobsters to a larger size in the field for potential release in enhancement studies. completed Mercaldo-Allen, Renee 203-882-6549 203-882-6570 212 Rogers Avenue Milford CT 06460-6499 USA renee.mercaldo-allen@noaa.gov pointOfContact Mercaldo-Allen, Renee 203-882-6549 203-882-6570 212 Rogers Avenue Milford CT 06460-6499 USA renee.mercaldo-allen@noaa.gov custodian notPlanned aquaculture field grow-out juvenile lobsters theme 11 month trial June 2013 to May 2014 temporal Charles Island Long Island Sound Milford CT place cages suspended in water column stratum DOC/NOAA/NMFS/NEFSC > Northeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2017-04-24 publication 8.5 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Aquaculture Systems & Ecology Branch (ASEB) project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Northeast Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Field Grow-out of Juvenile American Lobsters in Long Island Sound [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/26591. NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose. otherRestrictions 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. otherRestrictions Use Constraints: not applicable unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 26591 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/nefsc/dmp/pdf/26591.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. information crossReference eng; US oceans Excel on centralized network storage, 4.13 GB -73.0638 -73.0632 41.1862 41.1872 Connecticut coast, Long Island sound 11-month period from June 2013 to May 2014 2013-06-03 2014-05-06 Lobster growth was measured in carapace length (distance from eye socket to end of carapace) false eng false Spreadsheet Spreadsheet: lobster2013_14FinalAllDates, Worksheet: CL2013-14Alldates-NO restocks 2016-06-28 publication Northeast Fisheries Science Center (508)495-2000 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543-1026 USA https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/northeast-fisheries-science-center WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Northeast Fisheries Science Center Website NEFSC Home Page information 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday distributor https://storage.googleapis.com/nmfs_odp_nefsc/PARR/EAD/ASEB/26591/lobster2013_14FinalAllDates.xlsx WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link lobster2013_14FinalAllDates.xlsx download dataset 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. Data set (lobster size) generated from measurements of lobster carapace lengths otherRestrictions otherRestrictions Access Constraints: not applicable | Use Constraints: not applicable