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NCCOS is tracking fish movements using coded acoustic transmitters and an array of data loggers that detect tagged fish

two people deploy an acoustic receiver over the side of a boatTo understand and predict distributions of striped bass and red drum in Chesapeake Bay, NCCOS is tracking fish movements using coded acoustic transmitters and an array of data loggers that detect tagged fish. The team recently retrieved, downloaded, and redeployed 17 acoustic receivers, which listen for the 245 tagged fish throughout lower Chesapeake Bay.