Smooth Bottom Net Trawl Fishing Gear Effect on - New England ...

Results of 2002 REMOTS Surveys to Evaluate the <strong>Effect</strong>s
of <strong>Trawl</strong>ing on Soft-<strong>Bottom</strong> Habitat in Massachusetts Bay
Figure 3.5-2. Representative REMOTS images illustrating baseline seafloor conditions in the Mud Hole area. Both images show
muddy very fine sand, with numerous small, Stage I polychaete tubes either upright or recumbent on the sediment
surface. Image A also has a well-developed RPD of 3.3 cm and evidence of subsurface benthic activity (i.e., Stage I
on III). The RPD depth in image B is unusually shallow (0.4 cm) and there is no evidence of subsurface biological
activity.
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