Cruise Results: NOAA Research Vessel Henry Bigelow Cruise No HB 19-02 Spring Northeast Ecosystem Monitoring Survey

The NOAA research vessel HENRY BIGELOW sampled a total of 139 stations on the Spring Ecosystem Monitoring Survey (EcoMon). The vessel sailed from Pier 2 at the Naval Station in Newport RI on 22 May and returned on 6 June 2019, having sampled as far south as a line of stations south of Delaware Bay, so that the southernmost part of the Mid-Atlantic Bight was not covered. However this strategy enabled the survey to reach almost every station in the Southern New England, Georges Bank and the Gulf of Maine areas during the 16 sea days allotted for this trip. Being the last area to be sampled, the Gulf of Maine had not received complete coverage during the past several Ecosystem Monitoring cruises due to time running out at the end of the allotted cruise period. 2019 NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) NEFSC (Northeast Fisheries Science Center) Submitted https://doi.org/10.25923/xqj8-kr63 Public Domain 1862