GoMOOS Buoy Cruise GM030920 Physical Oceanography Group School of Marine Sciences University of Maine

GM030920 Cruise:

Four GoMOOS moorings were serviced on the R/V Argo Maine from 23-25 September 2003. A new mooring J0204 was loaded onto the ship at noon at 23 September at the U.S Coast Guard pier in Rockland. The ship departed Rockland at 1300 on 23 September and headed for site K off Saint John, New Brunswick. K0104 was recovered early on 24 September. Due to funding cutbacks, no new mooring was deployed at that site. The ship then headed to buoy J off Eastport and worked between 1600 and 1900 recovering and redeploying a new mooring at J. The ship docked at Eastport unloaded the two recovered moorings and loaded on two new moorings I0106 and F0107. Loading operations were completed by 2200 and the ship left for site I. After arriving at site I, the ship recovered I0105 and deployed I0106 between 0700 and 1100 on 25 September. Upon completion of mooring operations at site I, the ship transited to buoy F in Penobscot Bay and turned that mooring around between 1600 and 1900. The ship arrived back in Rockland at 1930, and unloading was completed by 2100 on 25 September 2003.

Mooring Operations:

A list of the moorings recovered are shown in the table below:

Location	Mooring ID	Date/Time (UTC)	Latitude	Longitude	Water Depth (m)
Saint John	K0104	2003-09-24 11:55	45° 12.27´N	066° 0.88´W	25
Cobscook Bay	J0204	2003-09-24 20:30	44° 53.47´N	067° 1.04´W	35
Eastern Maine Shelf	I0105	2003-09-25 11:19	44° 6.35´N	068° 6.52´W	100
W.Penobscot Bay	F0106	2003-09-25 20:21	44° 3.33´N	068° 59.89´W	110

A list of the moorings deployed are shown in the table below:

Location	Mooring ID	Date/Time (UTC)	Latitude	Longitude	Water Depth (m)
Cobscook Bay	J0205	2003-09-24 23:24	44° 53.45´N	067° 0.78´W	35
Eastern Maine Shelf	I0106	2003-09-25 15:08	44° 6.35´N	068° 6.52´W	100
W.Penobscot Bay	F0107	2003-09-25 22:47	44° 3.33´N	068° 59.89´W	110

Personnel:

• Linda Mangum, U.Maine
• Rob Bell, U.Maine
• Karl Schlenker, U.Maine
• Brian Thompson, Bigelow
• Robert Stessel, U.Maine
(24-25 September 2003, Eastport-Rockland)

Acknowledgements:

The assistance of Captain Randy Flood and the entire crew of the R/V Argo Maine is greatly appreciated, as always! We also appreciate the assistance of the Saint John pilots and the help of the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (Connie Farr).

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