{"id":145003,"date":"2019-06-28T14:33:13","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T18:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/?page_id=145003"},"modified":"2025-04-30T09:47:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T13:47:24","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/fish-trawl\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"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\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Beginning of the GSO Fish Trawl<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<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. 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<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" data-id=\"164509\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/fish_trawl_collie.jpg\" alt=\"GSO professor Jeremy Collie on a boat and holding a fish.\" class=\"wp-image-164509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/fish_trawl_collie.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/fish_trawl_collie-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/fish_trawl_collie-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/fish_trawl_collie-364x242.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/fish_trawl_collie-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/fish_trawl_collie-1000x665.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">GSO professor Jeremy Collie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"142884\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Fish-Trawl_hero-1024x371.png\" alt=\"aft deck of fishing trawler with 2 students\" class=\"wp-image-142884\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" data-id=\"173717\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Capt-Steve-and-Nina-on-Fish-Trawl.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-173717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Capt-Steve-and-Nina-on-Fish-Trawl.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Capt-Steve-and-Nina-on-Fish-Trawl-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Realizing its value as a documented record of long-term fluctuations in fish and invertebrate abundance, Charles 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/jeremy-s-collie\/\">Jeremy Collie<\/a> in 1998. In 2025, Jeremy Collie retired and passed supervision of the GSO Fish Trawl to assistant professor <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/kristy-lewis\/\">Kris Lewis<\/a>. 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\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 <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/fish-trawl\/contact\/\">emailing our team<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Modified from Taylor, D.L, and J.S. Collie. 2000. Sampling the Bay Over the Long Term. Maritimes, volume 42, number 4, pages 7-9.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Past Fish Trawl Assistants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jim Donaldson (1993 \u2013 1995)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Galo Escanero (1995 \u2013 1997)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jerome Hermsen (1997 \u2013 1999)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dave Taylor (September 1999 &#8211; August 2001)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tony Wood (September 2001 &#8211; August 2003)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rich Bell (September 2003 &#8211; August 2005)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>K.M. Henry (September 2005 &#8211; July 2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Erin (Collings) Bohaboy (August 2007 &#8211; August 2009)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anna Malek (September 2009 &#8211; August 2011)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lis Henderson (September 2011 &#8211; December 2013)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mary Kane (January 2014 &#8211; August 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joseph Langan (September 2015 &#8211; August 2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joseph Zotolli (September 2016 &#8211; August 2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nina Santos (September 2018 &#8211; August 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rachel Marshall (September 2020 \u2013 August 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Riley Secor (September 2022 &#8211; November 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alexander Rubin (September 2024 &#8211; present)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Vessel <em>Cap&#8217;n Bert<\/em>, utilized by the Fish Trawl Survey since 1987<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>R\/V <em>Cap&#8217;n Bert<\/em> is a 53-foot stern trawler owned and operated by the University of Rhode Island Department of Fisheries, Animal, and Veterinary Sciences. The Graduate School of Oceanography Fish Trawl Survey has been performed from R\/V <em>Cap&#8217;n Bert<\/em> since 1987.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"928\" height=\"806\" data-id=\"145042\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/capnbert21.jpg\" alt=\"The Graduate School of Oceanography Fish Trawl Survey has been performed from R\/V CAP\u2019N BERT since 1987.\" class=\"wp-image-145042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/capnbert21.jpg 928w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/capnbert21-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/capnbert21-768x667.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/capnbert21-364x316.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/capnbert21-500x434.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"145051\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/A-frame-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"View from the wheelhouse looking towards the stern of the R\/V Cap'n Bert, during a tow of the Fox Island station. Photo by L. Henderson.\" class=\"wp-image-145051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/A-frame-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/A-frame-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/A-frame-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/A-frame-1-364x273.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/A-frame-1-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/A-frame-1-1000x750.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/A-frame-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">View from the wheelhouse looking towards the stern of the R\/V Cap&#8217;n Bert, during a tow of the Fox Island station. Photo by L. Henderson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"140971\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/IMG_7213-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of URI Research Vessel Cap'n Bert.\" class=\"wp-image-140971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/IMG_7213-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/IMG_7213-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/IMG_7213-364x485.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/IMG_7213-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/IMG_7213-1000x1333.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/IMG_7213-1280x1706.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/IMG_7213-2000x2666.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/IMG_7213.jpg 2155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally known as the <em>Angelita<\/em>, the vessel was seized by the U.S. Coast Guard in the Florida Keys in the early 1980s. Used for smuggling drugs, she was superficially configured as a longline fishing boat. The University of Rhode Island acquired the <em>Angelina<\/em> and performed a multi-year major refitting to transform her into a stern trawler and research\/training vessel. The wheelhouse was moved aft several feet, and trawl winches, the A-frame transit, and all scientific and navigation technology were installed. The University of Rhode Island re-launched the <em>Angelina<\/em> in 1986 as R\/V <em>Cap&#8217;n Bert<\/em>, named for the late Albert Hillier, Professor of fisheries and marine technology at the University of Rhode Island during the 1970s and 1980s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>R\/V <em>Cap&#8217;n Bert<\/em> supports the research and educational needs of the University of Rhode Island and the Graduate School of Oceanography. In addition, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bert\/\">R\/V <em>Cap&#8217;n Bert<\/em> can be chartered for non-University of Rhode Island research and education.<\/a> For more information, please contact Barbara Somersat 401-874-2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"text-75-1-0-2\" class=\"module module-text text-75-1-0-2 \">\n<h3>General specifications of R\/V <em>Cap&#8217;n Bert<\/em><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>R\/V CAP\u2019N BERT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Classification<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Documented U.S. Coast Guard Subchapter T passenger carrying vessel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Hull<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>1982 solid fiberglass, Peninsula Marine, Key West, Florida<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Configuration<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Stern trawler with A-frame transit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Length at Water Line (LWL)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>49 feet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Length Overall (LOA)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>53 feet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Open Deck Space<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>30 feet by 18 feet (9.1 meters by 5.5 meters)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Main Engine<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>750 horsepower Detroit marine diesel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Generator<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>8 kilowatt Genset generator (12, 34, and 110 volt output)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Navigation<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>4 depth sounders, 2 radars, computer charting system, 3 GPS, Autopilot, compass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Communications<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>3 marine VHF radios<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Safety<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>All U.S. Coast Guard regulation safety gear and full exposure (\u201csurvival\u201d) suits<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Owner<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>University of Rhode Island Department of Fisheries, Animal, and Veterinary Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Officer in Charge<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Captain Steve Barber &nbsp;(phone: 401-932-3065)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Past vessels utilized for the GSO Fish Trawl Survey<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>F\/V <em>Billie II<\/em> (January 13, 1959 \u2013 June 28, 1977)<\/li>\n<li>F\/V <em>Dulcinea<\/em> (June 28, 1977 \u2013 July 16, 1982)<\/li>\n<li>F\/V <em>Gail Ann<\/em> (July 16, 1982 \u2013 September 8, 1987)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Beginning of the GSO Fish Trawl 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. 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