VEMCO Fish Tag Receiver

The AEON bottom landers are equipped with Vemco Fish Finders which record the tag number of any tagged fish that passes through its vicinity. These are the raw data files. To see more about the fish tags captured by the sensor see: https://members.oceantrack.org/ search on institution is UNH.

The AEON network concentrates all observation assets in the Gulf of Maine and totals 5 observation nodes. Node locations are determined based on an in-depth analysis of current regional assets and collaborations, bathymetry and associated sound propagation models, location historical and predicted oceanographic features, and ecosystem relevance.

Dataset manifest:

1. Research Cruise 2: Jasco dataset 1: Feb 2021 thru July 2021
2. Research Cruise 3: Jasco dataset 2: July 2021 thru Jan 2022
3. Research Cruise 4: Jasco dataset 3: Jan 2022 thru Dec 2022
4. Research Cruise 5: Jasco dataset 4: Feb 2023 thru Feb 2024 (sites 1,2,3) and Dec 2022 thru Dec 2023
5. Research Cruise 6 is planned for April 2025