Category: Benthic Habitat Mapping
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2024 Sunset Cruise A Success
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Friends of Barnstable Harbor, I would like to thank you all for registering for and coming to our Sunset Cruise. I trust everyone had an enjoyable evening catching up with old friends and hopefully making some new ones. Mother Nature certainly did her part in providing…
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Goings On Around the Harbor
Our Finfish Shellfish Survey Underway! We are thrilled that Owen Nichols from the Center for Coastal Studies has begun the Finfish Shellfish Survey. He using trawls, seines, and traps to capture and identify the wide variety of critters that inhabit the waters of Barnstable Harbor. Keep an eye on the harbor for his Center for…
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Press Release: Benthic Habitat Mapping Complete
High-Tech Mapping of Barnstable Harbor Sea Floor Completed Friends of Barnstable Harbor is excited to publicize the final report for its Benthic Habitat Mapping Project. The mapping of Barnstable Harbor combines acoustic (sonar) and biological data to create a “snapshot in time” of the harbor’s seafloor and the organisms that live there. The project began…