DEC Fisheries onboard to retrieve Sturgeon tracking equipment
September 11, 2006
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DEC Fisheries staff with their sturgeon tracking hydrphone on deck.
Nyack to Hastings. Assist staff from the NYS DEC Fisheries Unit to retrieve a sturgeon tracking hydrophone and its mooring. The float buoy had separated from the instrument which was lying on the bottom. The DEC is studying the feeding, spawning and wintering grounds of Atlantic Sturgeon to better protect them.