1. FleetLink1 FleetLink: Data Acquisition from Fishing Vessels Presented at the COOA Monthly Meeting A.C. Bucklin, G. Williams, R.C. Groman, P.H. Wiebe October 6, 2004

2. FleetLink2 Premise The widespread temporal and spatial distribution of commercial fishing vessels makes them ideal platforms from which to gather basic information for coastal monitoring, modeling, and prediction.

3. FleetLink3 Approach A partnership of commercial fishermen, entrepreneurs, researchers, educators, and federal agency representatives

4. FleetLink4 Susan&Caitlan

5. FleetLink5 Participants Bucklin, A. – UNH Commercial & Non-Commercial Vessels Anderson, E. F/V Kris N Kev Leary, M. F/V Lori B McLellan, C. F/V Adventurer Pendleton, M. F/V Susan&Caitlyn UNH, R/V Gulf Challenger WHOI, R/V Tioga Williams, G. – Clearwater Instrumentation, Inc. Groman, R. – WHOI Wiebe, P. - WHOI

6. FleetLink6 Long Term Goal One hundred or more fully- instrumented fishing vessels, which provide enhanced oceanographic and meteorological data collection capacity for coastal and offshore areas throughout the NW Atlantic.

7. FleetLink7 Initial Development Began in 1998 On-board PC and Wheelhouse software (MIT) Serial interfaces to sea surface temperature and meteorological sensors (Clearwater Instrumentation) Telemetry to WHOI data server (WHOI)

8. FleetLink8 Current Efforts Gary’s presentation. Gary’s presentation

9. FleetLink9 Web Accessible Uses JGOFS/GLOBEC data management system www.fleetlink.net Supports plotting and downloading

10. FleetLink10 Sample Data Captain’s comments Data Plotting via Plotting and other options button Plotting via Plotting and other options button

11. FleetLink11 The End