PROJECTS: eMOLT (Environmental Monitors on Lobster Traps)
Drifters
Lobstermen deploy satellite-tracked and non-satellite tracked drifters at four sites
in the Gulf of Maine: Cutler, Isle au Haut, Small Point and Gloucester. At the beginning
of each month from June to September 2004, lobstermen release four drifters at various
depth transects.
The objective of this study is to help document the degree of advection and dispersion
into and away from various coastal zones in order to validate numerical ocean circulation
models and better understand lobster larval transport in the Gulf of Maine.
The drifters can also be tracked through reports called in by mariners who encounter
them while at sea. Mariners should call 1-508-566-4080 and report the drifter ID and l
ocation of the sighting. The satellite drifters record location information every hour.
To view the drifter tracks, visit www.emolt.org.
Notice to Mariner poster. (PDF | 81K)
This program is funded by the Northeast Consortium.
