1.0 Vessels, Personnel and Tasks

1.0 The Vessels, Personnel and Tasks:

The vessels:

R/V Gulf Challenger, UNH — Paul Pellitier (Capt.), Ken Houtler (Mate).

R/V Galen J, UNH — Noel Carlson or Michael Chambers (Capt.)

F/V Nobska, Woods Hole — Matt Stommel (Capt.)

The Personnel:

From UNH:

From Net Systems:

From the Nobska:

From WHOI:

The Tasks:

To instrument the North Cage with environmental sensors and load cells during its assembly.
To conduct "normal mode" tests by releasing the cage from a crane that had displaced the cage from its equilibrium position and observing the response and damping as the cage oscillates about it mean depth.
To tow the North Cage from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard to the OOA site 1.3 miles south of the Isles of Shoals, a distance of approximately 12 nautical miles, and to moor the cage to a temporary mooring deployed by the Nobska on her way into Portsmouth, NH.
To assemble, transport to the site, and deploy the four anchor/leg mooring for the fish cage,
To tow the fish cage into its mooring and connect it to the mooring,
To tension the Northern Cage mooring system to bring the cage into its desired moored position,
To relax the South Cage mooring and grid and repair the fouled NE corner rope ring,
To replace the spar crown buoys and chain adjustments on the South Cage,
To retension the South Cage mooring system.