Surveys

Rhode Island Division of Marine Fisheries conducts several field surveys targeting different species, life stages, and spatial areas using a variety of gear types. The data collected from these suveys are used in a variety of ways, from internal stock assessments and management plans, to coast wide stock assessments, academic collaborations, and more.

For more information on our surveys, please take a look at the links below. Additionally, a report is produced annually containing the results of most of these survey, and can be found under our Publications section below under "F-61 Reports."

Acoustic Receivers

Age and Growth Lab

Cable Ventless Trap

Coastal Pond Seine

Coastal Pond Shellfish

Coastal Trawl

Fish Pot

Fyke Net

Gillnet Observer

Habitat Program

Horseshoe Crab Spawning

Lobster Settlement

Menhaden Monitoring

Narragansett Bay Seine

Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM)

Seal Monitoring Program

Shellfish Dredge

Ventless Lobster Trap

Survey Seasonality