Resource Survey Report: Catch Summary, NOAA Fisheries Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Spring Multispecies Bottom Trawl Survey, Virginia – Gulf of Maine, 13 March – 27 May 2021

The Northeast Fisheries Science Center completed the 2021 spring multispecies bottom trawl survey aboard NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow with 313 representative stations completed this season from March 13 – May 27, 2021. A non-COVID medical issue delayed the start of the survey and required dropping 30 stations south of Virginia in strata 03-41, 03-44, 01-61, 01-62, 01-63, 01-64, 07-52, 08-50, 08-51, 08-52, and 08-53. Vertical profiles of temperature and salinity were collected at all trawl stations. Plankton were also sampled at a subset of stations, with 92 bongo samples taken over the survey region. 2021 NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) NEFSC (Northeast Fisheries Science Center) Submitted https://doi.org/10.25923/gsm5-7f73 Public Domain 1997