Environmental assessment : issuance of a protected species conservation and recovery grant to the Maine Department of Marine Resources (Award File 4720023) to conduct research on sturgeon in Maine

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Issuance of a protected species conservation and recovery grant to the Maine Department of Marine Resources (Award File 4720023) to conduct research on sturgeon in Maine ; Award File 4720023
• Personal Author:
  Lecky, James H.
• Corporate Authors:
  United States, National Marine Fisheries Service., Office of Protected Resources, ; Maine, Department of Marine Resources,
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) ; NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
• Description:
  "The current EA analyzed the effects of the proposed Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon research in Maine. Specifically, the funded work would be used to: collect information using regionally standardized methods to estimate population size of sturgeon in major river systems; characterize intersystem movements-including determining which coastal river systems are being used, what paths fish take to traverse between them, and the timing and duration of such movements; determine feeding habitat and trophic position of sturgeon in each river; determine the sex and stage of maturity using circulating levels of reproductive hormones; determine whether elemental analysis of scutes can be used to accurately reconstruct the river of juvenile origin for subadult and adult fish captured in a given system; expand regional collaboration among Gulf of Maine (GoM) researchers to place demographic connectivity and correspondence into its broader research and management context"--Cover letter.
• Format:
  pdf
• Document Type:
  Environmental Assessment
• Place as Subject:
  United States ; Maine ; Atlantic Coast (Me.) ; Maine, Gulf of
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/17868/noaa_17868_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.16 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5f45df726b399f097003e062102b281553e58f0f298a1bc3d2feb6b9abf1f0c40f2f95e6b19282688d1ead26d17ba7b72918b11c0f67633634896ba8e7cd8824