Henry Quinlan and Glenn Miller of Ashland FRO summarized the Services Great Lakes vessel and assessment capabilities for Lake Superior as part of a region-wide compilation of this information. 

This compilation included our information on our station small vessels that operate on Lake Superior, personnel needs to fully accomplish work activities identified, and projections for M/V Baird operation. 

Ashland FRO has 3 vessels dedicated to Lake Superior fishery assessment.  They include the R/V Chub, a 29.5’ gill net vessel, the Northern Shoveler, a 26’ vessel capable of conducting bottom and mid-water trawling, and the 20’ vessel, Shiny, outfitted for trawling in embayments and estuaries of the Great Lakes. 

Combined, these vessels can be on the water for up to 110 days a year.  With a minimum of a two-person crew that amounts to at least 220 crew days during the open water season.