1150 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023607.jpg) |
Lowering the reef materials into the water to construct the reefs. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI December 1996 |
1151 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023608.jpg) |
Lowering the reef materials into the water to construct the reefs. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI December 1996 |
1152 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023609.jpg) |
Lowering the reef materials into the water to construct the reefs. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI December 1996 |
1153 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023610.jpg) |
Lowering the reef materials into the water to construct |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI December 1996 |
1154 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023611.jpg) |
The crane bucket moves from the barge to the water. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI December 1996 |
1155 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023612.jpg) |
Reef construction material on the barge. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI December 1996 |
1156 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023613.jpg) |
The crane and barge used to construct the cobble reef. The crane was owned by Harbor Marine Corp. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI December 1996 |
1157 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023614.jpg) |
The barge with reef construction materials on board. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI December 1996 |
1158 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023615.jpg) |
The reef construction operation. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI December 1996 |
1159 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023616.jpg) |
The reef construction operation. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI December 1996 |
1160 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023617.jpg) |
Close ups of the reef construction materials. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI December 1996 |
1161 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023618.jpg) |
The average size cobble used in construction of the reef was 8"-12" in diameter and/or 12"-18" diameter stone. The restoration project to construct "natural" reefs mimicked true natural reefs made of cobble. The density of lobsters on the newly constructed reefs is equal to or greater the natural reference areas. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI December 1996 |
1162 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023619.jpg) |
A diver inspects the reefs to ensure they are created according to specification. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI December 1996 |
1163 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023620.jpg) |
A diver inspects the reefs to ensure they are created according to specification. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI December 1996 |
1164 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023621.jpg) |
Construction of the reef underway. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI December 1996 |
1165 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023622.jpg) |
A suction sampling technique is used to determine settlement of lobsters on the reefs. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI December 1996 |
1166 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023623.jpg) |
An adult, American lobster, Homarus americanus rests on the sea floor. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI December 1996 |
1167 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023624.jpg) |
An American lobster, Homarus americanus at the site where cobble reefs were placed to provide habitat in Dutch Harbor. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI December 1996 |
1168 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023625.jpg) |
A larval lobster in the water column. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI December 1996 |
1169 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023626.jpg) |
A drawing of an American lobster. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI December 1996 |
1170 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023627.jpg) |
An American lobster, Homarus americanus, seen among shell debris on the ocean bottom. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI December 1996 |
1171 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023628.jpg) |
An all blue specimen of Homarus americanus. Some scientists attribute variations in shell colors to diet. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI December 1996 |
1172 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023629.jpg) |
A close up of a microwire tag inserted into the ventral tail section of an early benthic stage lobster. Tags were used to identify lobsters placed on the reefs as part of the restoration work and associated research. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI December 1996 |
1173 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023630.jpg) |
A close up of a microwire tag inserted into the ventral tail section of an early benthic stage lobster. Tags were used to identify lobsters placed on the reefs as part of the restoration work and associated research. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI December 1996 |
1174 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023631.jpg) |
Juvenile lobsters were raised by University of Rhode Island researcher, Kathy Castro in individual "condo" units to prevent cannibalism. The cobble reefs were then seeded with the juvenile lobsters to determine if seeding would help to augment native populations. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI Summer 1998 |
1175 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023632.jpg) |
Two juvenile lobsters, Homarus americanus, begin to attack one another. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI Summer 1998 |
1176 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023633.jpg) |
An all blue juvenile specimen of Homarus americanus retreats after an attack. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI Summer 1998 |
1177 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023634.jpg) |
A juvenile American lobster rests in its "condo". The baby lobsters were raised to be placed at the cobble reef sites in Dutch Harbor, RI. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI Summer 1998 |
1178 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023635.jpg) |
Two baby American lobsters in a "condo" lock claws. American lobsters are cannibals and must be separated or they will kill and consume one another. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI Summer 1998 |
1179 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023636.jpg) |
A baby lobster is measured before having a microwire tag injected into its carapace. The microwire tagged lobsters were placed on the cobble reefs and later collected to determine recruitment and mortality rates. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI Summer 1998 |
1180 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023637.jpg) |
One of a series of images that shows the process of how researchers inject microwire tags into juvenile lobsters. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI Summer 1998 |
1181 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023638.jpg) |
One of a series of images that shows the process of how researchers inject microwire tags into juvenile lobsters. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI Summer 1998 |
1182 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023639.jpg) |
One of a series of images that shows the process of how researchers inject microwire tags into juvenile lobsters. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI Summer 1998 |
1183 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023640.jpg) |
One of a series of images that shows the process of how researchers inject microwire tags into juvenile lobsters. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI Summer 1998 |
1184 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023641.jpg) |
A baby lobster waving its claws after having a microwire tag injected into its carapace. The researchers handled all of the small lobsters with great care during and after the process of injecting the tags. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI Summer 1998 |
1185 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023642.jpg) |
A baby American lobster perched on the finger of a scientist clearly illustrates the approximate size of the hatchery reared lobsters that were placed on the cobble reefs. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI Summer 1998 |
1186 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023643.jpg) |
A University of Rhode Island researcher examines a juvenile American lobster prior to its release in the wild. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI Summer 1998 |
1187 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023644.jpg) |
Two University of Rhode Island scientists examine American lobster juveniles before they are tagged and released onto the reefs located around Dutch Harbor. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI Summer 1998 |
1188 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023645.jpg) |
Researchers at The University of Rhode Island prepare to release the condo reared juvenile lobsters onto the cobble reefs. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI Summer 1998 |
1189 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023646.jpg) |
A University of Rhode Island scientist prepares to insert a microwire tag into a juvenile lobster. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI Summer 1998 |
1190 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023647.jpg) |
Kathy Castro of the University of Rhode Island and John Catena of NOAA remove hatchery-reared American lobsters and place them into salt-water filled bags. The lobsters will then be transported to the cobble reefs in small batches and hand released onto the reefs. The process of raising, tagging and releasing the lobsters to study them was very time-consuming and labor intensive |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI Summer 1998 |
1191 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023648.jpg) |
Kathy Castro and John Catena examine the lobsters before diving to release them on the reefs. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI Summer 1998 |
1192 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023649.jpg) |
John Catena and Kathy Castro place juvenile lobsters into bags to transport the lobsters onto the reefs. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI Summer 1998 |
1193 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023650.jpg) |
John Catena of NOAA counts the number of lobsters in the bags before diving with the bag to hand release the lobsters onto the cobble reefs. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI Summer 1998 |
1194 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023651.jpg) |
A bead of water drips from a bag of lobsters just before they are carried to the reefs by divers where they will be monitored to determine settlement and mortality rates. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI Summer 1998 |
1195 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023652.jpg) |
A bag of juvenile lobsters just before they are transported to the cobble reefs by divers. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI Summer 1998 |
1196 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023653.jpg) |
James Burgess, former director of the Restoration Center and Sally Yozell , former Deputy Assistant Secretary for NOAA, attend a ceremony to dedicate the lobster restoration projects. |
Dutch Island, Newport County, RI Summer 1998 |
1197 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023700.jpg) |
A slide describing the purpose of the restoration at Sachuest Point Salt Marsh and the restoration partners. |
1998 |
1198 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023701.jpg) |
A slide that outlines the objectives of the restoration work at Sachuest Point Salt Marsh. |
1998 |
1199 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081012073556im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0023702.jpg) |
A schematic that shows the restricted side of the marsh at Sachuest Point. |
1998 |