1.Steve Eayrs, Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI); and Maggie Raymond, Associated Fisheries of Maine (vessel participation coordinator); Gerry Cushman (F/V Windsong; Port Clyde, ME); Terry Alexander (F/V Jocka; Cundy's Harbor, ME); Troy Bichrest (F/V Pamela Gracy, Cundy's Harbor, ME); Marshall Alexander (F/V DeeDee Mae II; Biddeford, ME); Anthony Fernandes (F/V Rhiannon Rae; Kittery, ME); Stephen Lee (F/V Kirsten Lee; Portsmouth, NH); Peter Kendall (F/V Elizabeth Ann; Portsmouth, NH); Project Title: A contemporary assessment of the bycatch of regulated species and the Nordmore Grate in the northern shrimp fishery

2.Elizabeth Fairchild, W. Hunt Howell, UNH; Michael Armstrong, Mass. Division of Marine Fisheries; David Goethel (F/V Ellen Diane; Hampton, NH); Carl Bouchard (F/V Stormy Weather; Exeter, NH); Charles Felch, Sr. (F/V Lady Victoria; Seabrook, NH) Project Title: Spawning movement and habitat use of winter flounder in the southern Gulf of Maine

3.Margaret Hunter, Maine Department of Marine Resources; Marcus Jones; (F/V Lora Lee Too; Steuben, ME); Project Title: Examining fishing practices of divers in the Maine sea urchin fishery

4.Molly Lutcavage, Ben Galuardi, Large Pelagics Research Center, UNH; Tom Weber, Larry Mayer, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, UNH; Gary Melvin, DFO Canada; Joseph Powers, LSU; Billy Muniz (F/V Lily); George Purmont (Pura Vida, Inc.); Project Title: Acoustic assessment of juvenile bluefin tuna aggregations: a feasibility study

5.Judith Pederson, Victor Polidoro, Greg Booma, MIT Sea Grant; William Schwab, Page Valentine, USGS; Vincent Guida, NMFS; Jim Ford (F/V Lisa Ann II, Kingston, NH); Project Title: Regional proposal to test sensors for detecting the sea squirt, Dedemnum sp. A on Georges Bank

6.Michael Pol, David Chosid, Mark Szymanski, Mass. Div. of Marine Fisheries; David Martins, UMass Dartmouth; Robert Marcella (F/V Ann Marie, Hull, MA); Kelo Pinkham (F/V Jeanne C; Trevett, ME);; Project Title: POTYEAR: Determining the seasonality of cod pots

7.Anne Richards, Northeast Fisheries Science Center; Jon Grabowski, Graham Sherwood, Curt Brown, Gulf of Maine Research Institute; Larry Alade, NEFSC; John Our (F/V Miss Fitz, Chatham, MA); T. Hill (Rockport, MA); K. Wark (Barnegat Light, NJ) Project Title: Archival Tagging Study of Monkfish, Lophius americanus

FY2007 Outreach and Education in Support of Collaborative Research

1.Meredith Mendelson, Laura Taylor Singer (Gulf of Maine Research Institute), Mary Beth Tooley (East Coast Pelagics' Association), and John Williamson (Industry Representative; Kennebunk, ME); Project Title:  Marine Resource Education Project

FY2007 Project Development Awards

1.David Chosid, Michael Pol, Mark Szymanski, Mass. Division of Marine Fisheries; Frank & Andrew Mirarchi (F/V Barbara L. Peters; Scituate, MA); Project Title: DOGGRATE: Development of a spiny dogfish excluder in a raised footrope whiting trawl

2.Jeffrey Runge, Rebecca Jones, GMRI; Peter Kendall (F/V Miss Alicia, Portsmouth, NH); Mary Beth Tooley, Small Pelagics Group; David Ellenton, Cape Seafoods; Project Title: Analysis of herring diet in coastal waters of the Gulf of Maine: a step toward assessment of bottom up ecosystem influences on Atlantic herring distribution and condition in coastal waters of the Gulf of Maine

3.Vitalii Sheremet, University of Rhode Island; Jim Manning, NEFSC; Erin Pelletier, Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation (vessel coordinator); Project Title: Environmental Monitors on Lobster Traps (eMOLT) VI: Bottom Currents