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Past Programs

CCCHFA’s past programs are a diverse array of cooperative research projects, educational outreach efforts, and other initiatives that have helped us learn more about our oceans and teach others what we’ve learned.

 

Community Supported Fishery

In the Fall of 2010, CCCHFA tested a CSF pilot program to connect the public directly to the fishermen while providing high quality local seafood.  The response was overwhelming, but the grant funding ran out and we are working to find new and affordable ways to bring local catch to your table.

past programs

 

Nantucket Soundkeeper

For two years, the Hook Association held the Nantucket Soundkeeper license from the Waterkeeper Alliance. We collected water samples throughout the summers, released two editions of the Boater’s Guide (10,000 copies each year) and began planning a campaign to close the federal water “donut hole” to dumping. 

Unfortunately, we have come to the hard decision that CCCHFA is not the right home for the Soundkeeper Program at this time and on Oct. 6, 2010, our board of directors voted to relinquish the license.

We continue to be invested in maintaining a clean sound and hope to revisit this program in the future.

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Tagging programs

Fishermen and scientists have been working together to improve our understanding of Cod and Haddock populations by tagging fish in New England and Canadian waters, in both inshore and offshore locations.

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Spiny dogfish

CCCHFA collaborated with the Gulf of Maine Research Institute to calculate spiny dogfish discard mortality for hook and line vessels in the Gulf of Maine and Southern New England waters using seafloor caging methods.

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Western Georges Bank Cod Habitat Study

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Cod Mortality Study

Northeast Consortium Grant:
Catch and Release Survivorship of Atlantic Cod

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Haddock SAP Demonstration Project

Closed Area Haddock SAP Demonstration Project

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Research Papers

Survival of Discarded Sublegal Atlantic Cod in the Northwest Atlantic Demersal Longline Fishery

June 2009

Cod Bycatch in Otter Trawls and in Longlines With Different Bait Types in the
Georges Bank Haddock Fishery

April 2008

Population Structure and Essential Fish Habitat Mapping of Western Georges Bank Cod
December 2005

Production and Testing of an Alternative Bait Selecting for Haddock
June 2005

Selective Targeting of Haddock Using Fabricated Bait:
An industry motivated special access demonstration project

Electronic Monitoring of the Cape Cod Haddock Fishery In the United States
A Pilot Study

January 2005