{"id":144431,"date":"2019-06-14T13:11:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T17:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/?page_id=144431"},"modified":"2025-03-12T12:32:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T16:32:53","slug":"fish-trawl","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/fish-trawl\/","title":{"rendered":"Fish Trawl Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"Fish Trawl Survey\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-fish-trawl\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-144521\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-144521\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/fish-trawl\/\">Fish Trawl Survey<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-144512\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-144512\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/fish-trawl\/methods\/\">Methods<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-144515\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-144515\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/fish-trawl\/data\/\">Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-145015\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-145015\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/fish-trawl\/history\/\">History<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-144503\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-144503\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/fish-trawl\/species\/\">Species<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-144506\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-144506\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/fish-trawl\/references\/\">Publications<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-144518\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-144518\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/fish-trawl\/contact\/\">Contact<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero fullwidth   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><div class=\"block\"><h1>One of the longest continuous records of fish and invertebrate relative abundance in the world<\/h1><\/div><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/hero-research-fish-trawl_fish-trawl-6.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls-container\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-icon\" title=\"Accessibility controls\">Accessibility controls<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-motion-control cl-accessibility-control-hidden\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Pause motion\">Pause motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">On<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Play motion\">Play motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Off<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-contrast-control\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Increase text contrast\">Increase text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Standard<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Reset text contrast\">Reset text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">High<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-system-setting\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle\" title=\"Apply my preferences site-wide\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle-label\">Apply site-wide<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p class=\"type-intro fullwidth\">The University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography Fish Trawl Survey is a survey of the bottom fish and invertebrate community in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, jointly funded by the URI Graduate School of Oceanography and the DEM Marine Fisheries Division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fish Trawl Supervisor<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fish Trawl Assistant<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"uri-people-tool\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/kristy-lewis\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/kristy-lewis.jpeg\" class=\"u-photo fourth_column wp-post-image\" alt=\"Headshot of Kristy Lewis\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/kristy-lewis.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/kristy-lewis-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/kristy-lewis-364x364.jpeg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/kristy-lewis\/\">Kris A. Lewis<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Assistant Professor of Oceanography<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Biological Oceanography<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:kristy.lewis@uri.edu\">kristy.lewis@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"uri-people-tool\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/alexander-rubin\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"364\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Alex_Rubin-364x364.jpg\" class=\"u-photo third_column wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Alex_Rubin-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Alex_Rubin-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Alex_Rubin-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Alex_Rubin-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Alex_Rubin-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Alex_Rubin-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Alex_Rubin-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Alex_Rubin-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Alex_Rubin-1280x1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Alex_Rubin-2000x2000.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Alex_Rubin.jpg 2526w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/alexander-rubin\/\">Alexander Rubin<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">M.S. Student<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Advisor: Kelton McMahon<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:alexander.rubin@uri.edu\">alexander.rubin@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Fish Trawl<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Fish Trawl Survey was developed to quantify the seasonal occurrences of migratory fish populations, whereas scientists had previously relied on anecdotal information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Realizing its value as a documented record of long-term fluctuations in fish and invertebrate abundance, Fish continued the trawl survey until he retired in 1966. The trawl was then passed to H. Perry Jeffries, late professor at the Graduate School of Oceanography, who maintained the survey for more than 30 years until he handed it over to Jeremy Collie in 1998. In 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/kristy-lewis\/\">Kris Lewis<\/a> took over the Fish Trawl. With over 65 years of data, the Graduate School of Oceanography Fish Trawl Survey is one of the longest continuous records of fish and invertebrate relative abundance in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"oembed oembed-youtube-com\" style=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AfzAUvjP7LM\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ocean Classroom (Spots): GSO Fish Trawl Survey\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AfzAUvjP7LM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:51px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Data collection on the Graduate School of Oceanography Fish Trawl Survey has expanded over time and now includes: abundance and biomass of all fish and invertebrate species; surface and bottom temperature, dissolved oxygen, and salinity at each survey site; and total length measurements and sex determination of winter flounder, <em>Pseudopleuronectes americanus<\/em>. The long term data are stored in a database at the lab of Kris Lewis and can be requested by emailing our team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography Fish Trawl Survey is a survey of the bottom fish and invertebrate community in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, jointly funded by the URI Graduate School of Oceanography and the DEM Marine Fisheries Division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1726,"featured_media":0,"parent":114905,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-144431","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144431"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188887,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144431\/revisions\/188887"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/114905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}