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F/V Ocean Reporter,
owned and operated by Capt. Bill Lee of Rockport, MA. On
June 11, 2003, Kelo Pinkham, Peter Johnson and Dana Morse
visited Capt. Lee, to gather video observations of fish
entering and escaping the codends.
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One of Capt. Lee's
third-wire camera setups, as seen on deck. A light is attached
to the frame, next to the camera.
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Wheelhouse of F/V
Ocean Reporter, looking aft. Note the video logging suite
in the right of the picture.
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Close-up of the video
input display. Setup allows for recording from different
cameras, and viewing in real time on the small monitor.
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Peter Johnson, attaching
camera setup to the knotless codend.
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Kelo, Peter and Bill
start to shoot the net, letting the video wire out carefully.
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The net, with the
camera, in the water; ground gear coming off the net reel.
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Camera frame on the
top of the codend, looking aft, as it looks in the water.
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Mesh size of the codends
was checked with this wedge-style mesh gauge. BIll is about
to drop the gauge in; the weight at the bottom weighs 5
kg.
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Experimental codend:
6.5" mesh size, Ultra-Cross knotless netting. Both
codends in the project measured 60 meshes by 50 meshes.
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Control codend: 6.5"
mesh size, 5.5 mm twine, double Red Line netting.
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Kelo Pinkham (right)
and crewman Peter Johnson, getting a tow back using the
knotless twine.
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Hauling back with
the standard codend
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Peter (left) and Kelo
switching bags over, between tows.
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