PROJECTS: eMOLT (Environmental Monitors on Lobster Traps)
Salinity Probes

From 2001 to 2003, six lobstermen around the Gulf of Maine deployed a salinity probe in one of their lobster traps. As with the temperature probe study, the trap was located at a fixed site throughout the year in order to track salinity events at that location. In addition to recording the date, time, location and depth each time the trap was hauled, lobstermen were also required to take water samples from the bottom and maintain this sensitive equipment. Data from this study can be viewed at www.emolt.org.