2016 Drifter Tracks

resolving transport pathways through New England's continental shelf waters and beyond

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Institution (data)	PI (report/blog)	Deployers (deploy video)	Date Deployed (animation)	Dropsite (forecast)	#units	Science (googleearth)	Status (googlemap)	ID-Type of Unit (photo)	Fate (photo)
Educational Passages	Baldwin		08 Nov 2013	North Atlantic	9	educational	done	boats under sail	two deployed off N. Carolina by Joe Robillard, two deployed from the Canaries by PLOCAN, and five deployed by New England offshore Lobstermen Todd Ellis, Bob Colbert, and Bro Cote; One landed in Portugal and then later in Scotland; and one landed in Spain in mid-November 2014. One of the Canaries-launched units, "Glenna", crossed to Brazil in two months!
Cape Fear Community College	Degan		30 Mar 2015, 21 Apr 2015, 16 Jun 2015, and 21 Mar 2016	Gulf Stream	3	Marine Tech	done	unmanned sailboat	one quit after a week, one landed on Hatteras after a month where the USCG responded to report of a "capsized boat on the beach" and laughed when they found, to their surprize, the miniboat. It got redeployed on June 2015, landed in Ireland in Jan 2016, and redeployed by R/V Celtic Voyager in March 2016 and landed near the Dingle Peninsula on 10 April and recovered banged-up a bit by BasketIsland EcoMarine Tour boat.
GOMI	Lauber/Trimper/Balkus/Terry		03 Jun 2015	off Merrimack River	6	education	done	Irina surface drifters	student deployed units with one making it past the Azores!
Center for Student Coastal Research	Buckley		5, 25 Aug and 31 Oct 2015	Mass Bay	6	marine debris	done	surface drifters	Deployed by Paul Adams and students158420703 made it almost to Grand Banks; 1504207021 made it beyond Grand Banks; 1504207022 made it well south of Grand Banks; 158420701 landed on Wood End in PTown; 157420701 died two days later; 157420702 went to North Shore;
Long Beach Island School	McBride	Pete Dolan	07 Oct 2015	off New Jersey	1	education	done	Irina surface drifter	deployed by Pete Dolan, a Barnegat Light fisherman, took off in the Gulf Stream and died mid-atlantic on April fools day 2016...
GOMI	Terry et al		Oct 2015 - Jan 2016	Gulf of Maine	~13	turtles,cod, & education	done	Irina surface drifters	150420701 RVCS unit deployed with students on-board circled around for a few weeks and landed on Isle of Shoals (recovered by Star Island Conf Center folks); 150420702 Hampton NH rocks (recovered by JiM's students). There was not much left to them when they were recovered; 150420703 RVCS redeployed late Nov died in GSC on Dec 20; 150420704 came ashore on New Years Eve busted at Race Point to be recovered by a beachwalker & Jesse from PCCS); 150420707 Harborlights Montesorri (working with Salem Sound Coastwatch and MassDMF) deployed one in Mass Bay cod spawning grounds on 18 December ended mid-ocean on Aug 31st; 161430701 Kennebunk High worked with GMRI to deploy another in early January in Ipswich Bay but that one died north of Georges Bank in late February; 1504107010 Barnstable Harbor; 1504107014 Dennis; 150410709 Quivett Creek Brewster; 150410707 Eastham; 150410706 taken out of Wellfleet Harbor by PCCS; 1504107011 N Truro; 150410708 N Truro; 1504107015 N Truro; 150410704 Truro;
Southern Maine Community College	Long/Tarbox		17 Nov, 2 Dec, 8 Mar	Casco Bay	7	education	done	surface drifters: 1346667-Lauren; 1346664-Lauren; 1346988-Eddie; 1344335-Eddie; 1346696-Lauren; 1347019-Eddie; 1346688-Eddie	All made it to the Gulf Stream except the one deployed in March 1346688- which washed up in P-Town at the end of March 2016 and was recovered by Steve Caliri of Eastham who works in PTown and walks the beach.
Educational Passages	Baldwin		2016	multiple places	10?	educational	underway	boat under sail	"Crimson Voyager" late 2015; "West" 28 Jan 2016 landed in Scotland Aug 2016; "Lightning Bolt" late Winter; "SS DCA Eagle" late winter 2016 (twice); "Red Storm" 14 April 2016 ashore a few days later; "Atlantic Flame" 18 April 2016 ashore a few days later "Atlantic Flame" again 4 May 2016 "Lancer" 4 May 2016 off R/V Neil Armstrong "CanariesII" 12 May 2016 off Canaries "Cougars" off Maryland "Radcliffe Creek" off Maryland "Osprey" off Maryland "Carolina DreamerII" north of the Azores
NOAA/NEFSC	Manderson	Roebuck	27 Feb 2016	Shelf edge	1	marine debris	underway	Irina surface drifter	First deployed off Cape May, NJ by F/V Karen Elizabeth on 27 Feb
Essex MA Tech High	Wyda	Ford	17 Mar 2016	off Gloucester	1	marine debris	underway	Irina surface drifter	Deployed by fishermen, Jim Ford; headed to Cape Sable in Sept 2016 ...
Jacksonville Univ/Bolles School/Foundation Academy	Stalker/Murphy/Paris	Stalker	16 Mar 2016 6 Jun 2016	off Florida off Bahamas	6	river plume	done	surface drifters: ?; RachelPVCspars; Rachelx2;	All oscillated off the coast for weeks; 163230811-JML unit died on deployment; 163230812-JML unit "crashed a wedding on the beach"; 163230813-JML unit came aground 4/14/2016 in north of Palm Coast and found in a dumpster but with 3-d printer housing in tack; 163230814-Larger Bolles' unit tracked differently than standard size units came ashore at Cape Canaveral on 4/20 and reported by don@donfoley.com; 166240741 came ashore at Cape Canaveral on 10/18
Kathleen High/USF	Bartuska	USF	08 April 2016	Gulf of Mexico	6	CARTHE collaboration	done	Irina surface drifters	166270831 almost made it back to St Pete but died after one month; 164270831 five months toward the south; 166270832 reported on other side of the gulf in November
University of Georgia	Casteleo		29 Mar 2016 18 Apr 2016	off Georgia	13	Altamaha river outfall	done	revised Irina drifters	163280801-pilot unit came ashore on 4/18/16 in Palm Coast, stuck in the lawn, and used as a surfcast seat! big batch deployed in mid-April headed into the Gulf Stream
Ipswich High	LaFrance	Michelle_Seven_Sea_ Whale_Watch	24 Apr 2016	Mass Bay	1	marine debris	done	irina surface drifter	deployed by students; circled around Stellwagen; washed ashore near Balston Beach on 2 May; redeployed by Truro Central and Billy Souza on 25 May; recovered by tuna fisherman out of Montauk (Rick Stevens?) who was going to give it to his teacher girlfriend ...
Hingham MA High	Gauthier/Campbell	Whale Watch	27 Apr 2016	Mass Bay	1	marine debris	underway	Irina surface drifter	well documented in ppt; close call near P-Town; circumnavigated Georges Bank, entered Gulf Stream off Chesapeake in November,
CPA/IST/EMEPC	Costa	Pedro Arrupe College Students/ Sebastiao/ Geraldes/ Afonso/ Costa	03 May 2016	off Lisbon Portugal	1	education/marine tech	done	KM_PT01 play tunnel surface drifter	165390091 deployed 15 nm away from Portuguese shore by students and recovered by Rui, the fisherman, in good shape after it grounded on a sand bank near Lisbon on 11 May (38°40'28.00"N 9°14'31.00"W around 2016-05-11 T08:30:00Z)
St Marys High Lynn MA	Steadman	Justin_Mahoney	07 May 2016	Mass Bay	1	education	done	Irina surface drifter	165420702 spent time on Georges Bank, made it to Great South Channel in Sept 2016 and dies near OOI array
Swampscot High School	Wilbur/Ratley	Justin_Mahoney	07 May 2016	Mass Bay	1	marine debris	done	experimental surface drifter w/floaties	landed first day in Swallow Cove in Nahant and recovered by Val Perini (Northeastern marine educator) on 14 May
Governor Livingston NJ High	Mcloughlin	F/V Jersey Cape	07 May 2016	Mid-Atl. Bight	1	education	done	Irina surface drifter	164390721 Kelly's high school project deployed off Cape May boat with 4th grade art floating well and apparently dying on 28 June
Waterford CT High	O'Conner	R/V Neil Armstrong	07 May 2016	Mid-Atl. Bight	2	education	underway	unmanned sailboat and Irina surface drifter	164400721 sailboat headed to Ireland in Sept 2016 while; 164400722 drifter is only half way there
Yarmouth ME Schools	Cuthbert/Harrington	Marshall Spear	11 May 2016	off mid-coast Maine	1	marine debris	done	Irina surface drifter	float in wrong position resulted in missed transmissions; sits on surface when first deployed but settles within minutes ; made it to Georges Bank but died there on 21 Aug
PLOCAN Canaries	Barrera	PLOCAN	12 May 2016 01 Dec 2016	off Hierro Island	2	education	underway	unmanned sailboats	crossed the ocean in 3 months, skirting the S American coast in Sept 2016, entered Carribbean in late November 2016, and ...
UCONN	Jia/Whitney	UCONN	18 May 2016	Long Island Sound	2	river outfall	done	surface & drogued drifter	165400722 drogue with experimental transmitter mount lost drogue after a week or so and landed near Westerly RI; 165400721 surface unit died a few weeks out off Long Island
Falmouth MA High	Milliken	F/V Kathy Ann from Barnegat Light	19 May 2016	Mid-Atlantic Bight	1	marine debris/turtles	done	Irina surface drifter	died 31 Aug mid-ocean
Gloucester MA High	Goolsby	Captain Bill Whale Watch	19 May 2016	Mass Bay	1	marine debris	underway	Irina surface drifter	Gulf Stream in October entrained off Delaware
St John Evangelist Beverly School	Pomeroy	Captain Bill Whale Watch	19 May 2016	Mass Bay	1	marine debris	underway	Irina surface drifter	exited Georges Bank near NE Channel and made it into Gulf Stream in late September
UNH	Salisbury/Shellito		19 May 2016	off Korea	2	acidification	done	experimental drogues?	many deployments off S Korea (not to be added in our database)
Pembroke MA High/URI/RWU	Lorenz/Kincaid	R/V Endeavor	21 May 2016	Gulf Stream Ring	1	marine debris	done	Irina surface drifter	missing fixes in rough seas; deployed in ring with school teachers on board learning about GS ring science; died 9/29 beyond Grand banks
Truro Central/Ipswich High	O'Leary/LaFrance	Lobsterman Billy Sousa	25 May 2016	Off backside of Cape Cod	1	marine debris	done	irina surface drifter	washed ashore Ipswich High transmitter on Truro Central Drifter; picked up on shelfedge by tuna fisherman Rick Stevens from Montauk
Morse High Bath ME	Ilkovich/Young	F/V Illusion from Belfast ME	31 May 2016	Maine Coastal Current	1	marine debris	underway	Irina surface drifter	with help from fishermen James Carroll and Nick Hawke; exited Georges Bank near NE Channel and made it into Gulf Stream in late September; south of Scotian Shelf in late November
South Shore Natural Science Center/ISML/SEA	DeGiulio/Galuzzo/Zetler		1 June 2016	Mass Bay	6	education	done	surface drifters	includes Inly Deployment and 166420701 Plymouth_Middle_School_2 landed near Sandy Hook NJ in Sept; 166420703 SNE shelfedge in Aug; 166420702 Hanover middle south of GSC; 166420707 SEA redeployed Plymouth Middle of Isle of Shoals; 166420701 Inly school in Scituate died east of NE Channel in August; 166420704 PMS_1 died in late Oct in Gulf Stream; /SML redeployment ; most made it to the shelfedge or beyond; one to Hatteras;167420710 past Grand Banks in late Dec
Inly School of Scituate	McGonagle/Galluzzo	Roseway	06 June 2016	Mass Bay	1	education	done	surface drifters	166420701 World Ocean School involved with deployment and died mid-August off the shelf
GOMI	Terry et al		8 June 2016 1 July 2016 6 July 2016	Gulf of Maine	~10	turtles,cod, & education	underway	Irina surface & Drogued drifters	1664207012-SSCW-surface; 1664207016-Bethelham-surface; 1664207015-Bethelham-surface; 167420701-Harborlights-drogued dog-leash clip failed but EcoVative float landed at Sand Cove in Cohasset recovered by Coner Kennelly on July 8th; 167420702-Salem_Sound-drogued grounded near Marblehead Tinker's Island on 9 July; 167420703_t0_5-NockMS-surface came ashore 2-3 days later; 1674207012 drogued redeployed by Emily 7/24; 1664207015 near Cape May, NJ in October
Brunswick ME Junior High	Lamdin	local lobsterman Dan Libby	10 June 2016	Maine Coastal Current	1	marine debris	done	Irina surface drifter	caught in Gulf Stream ring; south of Grand Banks in October then died on 15th
Virginia Inst. of Marine Sci.	Santos	VIMS	13 June 2016	Chesapeake Bay	6	turtles	done	wood turtles, carcasses, and buckets	carcass and wood turtles headed quickly up Mobjack Bay while buckets stayed took awhile to get there;166350746- bucket stolen
Maritime Gloucester	Maderia	Captain Bill Whale Watch or Sam Novello's charter?	18 June 2016	Mass Bay	1	marine debris	underway	Irina surface drifter	exited Georges Bank near NE Channel, caught in ring, and then made it into Gulf Stream in late September
Duxbury MA High	McCarthy/Nelson		20 June 2016	Block Island Sound	1	marine debris	done	Irina surface drifter	deployed with students about 3 miles south of Cuttyhunk, entered Narr Bay a few days later, recovered and delivered to GSO by Ryan Bruckenthal and his friend Teddy (minus spars and sails) after finding it climbing on the Jamestown rocks.
Virginia Inst. of Marine Sci.	Santos	VIMS	24 June 2016	Chesapeake Bay	5	turtles	done	wood turtles, carcass, and buckets	all 5 came ashore near York Point a day later
Georgia Southern Univ.	Thaler	Cap'n Bob Williams and Fran Lapolla	24 June 2016	off Georgia	1	education	done	Irina surface drifters	died a few months later at about 60W
Univ of Central Florida	Mansfield		24 June 2016	Gulf of Mexico	2	turtles	done	bucket drifters	died mid-shelf after a few months
UCONN	Jia/Whitney	UCONN	27 June 2016	Long Island Sound	2	river outfall	done	buckets with sails	experimental units initially came ashore in first few hours, apparently picked up by the tide, and then, after moving into South Cove, one was taken home by a mariner (tel:203-530-0369) and other escaped the cove and got out into the sound for several days when it was recovered by a boater at approximately 1100Z on July 2nd.
GLERL	Ruberg	GLERL	5 July 2016	Lake Erie	3	lake flow	done	Eddie surface drifters	both came ashore the first week of August on north side of the lake
Center for Student Coastal Research	Buckley	Mr.Paul Adams	15 July 2016	Mass Bay	3	marine debris	underway	1 drogued and 3 surface drifters	drogue dragged on ledge after five days and disappeared; surface drifters spent time north of Georges Bank
Cohasset MA Middle School	Sears/Buckley		2016	Mass Bay	1	marine debris	underway	Irina surface drifter	time north of Georges Bank
St Pauls Advance Sci&Math High	Jones/Davis	Appledore Whale Watch?	17 July 2016	Mass Bay	1	marine debris	underway	Irina surface drifter	deployed off Isle of Shoals; off Georges Bank near NE Channel in Sept 2016;
St John Paul II Hyannis MA	Jim Remillard	Joe Remillard	19 July 2016	Cape Cod Bay	1	marine debris	done	Irina surface drifter	deployed with help from Meghan Remillard & Eva Cakounes headed out to sea; on Northern Flank of Georges in Sept 2016 and died 5 Dec in the Gulf Stream
Univ of Central Florida	Mansfield		21-22 July 2016 24 Sep 2016	Gulf of Mexico	6	turtles	done	bucket drifters?	headed south; one recovered by fishermen on Aug 5; a few died after a month; and one after two months...
Kinkaid Middle School	Toro		22 July 2016	Gulf of Mexico	1	education	done	Irina surface drifter	started failing after one month
LEAP4ed	Wilkins		25 July 2016	Mass Bay	1	education	done	Irina surface drifter	came ashore five days later just east of Lincoln House Point in Swampscot and picked up by Emily F.
Virginia Inst. of Marine Sci.	Santos	VIMS	30 July 2016	Chesapeake Bay	5	turtles	done	wood turtles, carcass, and buckets	carcasss and one wooden came ashore on eastern shore; other wooden on the western shore at Ocean View; buckets stayed afloat the longest but eventually entered James River and came ashore
Ocean Exploration Trust	Garson	R/V Nautilus	4, 10 Aug 2016	off California	2	education	done	experimental surface drifters	deployed off R/V Nautilus with students on board; both failed within a few months
Center for Student Coastal Research	Buckley/Lietz	Mr.Paul Adams	11 Aug 2016	Mass Bay	3	marine debris	underway	Irina surface drifters	two stayed north of Georges Bank for awhile; 168420701 taken home by a Dennis fishermen on 16 Oct and recovered by Joe Remillard of CC Academy after finding it hanging in the fishermen's tree; 168420702 made it into MAB in October and ...; 168420703 finally made it on to the bank in Oct and ...
Virginia Inst. of Marine Sci.	Santos	VIMS	15 Aug 2016	Chesapeake Bay	5	turtles	done	wood turtles, carcass, and buckets
GOMI	Terry/Redden		24 Aug 2016	Bay of Fundy	4	tidal power?	done	Irina surface drifters	oscillated with the tide for over a month with 4 hour samples until Sep 25th when one died and three came ashore
UCONN	Jia/Whitney	UCONN	24 Aug 2016	Long Island Sound	2	river outfall	done	bucket with sails and drogued (8m)	both occassionally reporting soon after deployment; bucket recovered by mariner; one drogue float by Jim Weber on Gardiner Island
WHOI/UMASSD	Churchill/Cowles	Friends of Buzzards Bay	8 Sep 2016	New Bedford Harbor	1	sewage	done	Irina surface drifter	very short deployment a only a few hours
UCONN	Jia/Whitney	UCONN	13 Sep 2016	Long Island Sound	8	river outfall	done	bucket with sails and and drogued (8m)	a few drogues failed first day;one a few days and one a few weeks with two surface floats being recovered. one bucket landed on Plum island after a few days; one near Montauk after a few weeks recovered by Peter Joyce ; and two went offshore to Gulf Stream
Cape Fear Community College	Degan		27 Sep 2016	Gulf Stream	2	Marine Tech	underway	unmanned sailboats	SS Daniel went east while SS Lester Bell went south
Thetford Vt Elementary	Bradley	F/V RaiderIII	02 Oct 2016	off Cape Cod	2	education	underway	Irina surface drifter	thanks to Billy & Cheryl Souza it was deployed multiple times. The first time it only lasted a few tides before washing up on Head of the Meadow Beach, recovered, and, thanks to Rick Lukas, a beachwalker on vacation, was delivered back to Billy. The second deployment after Hurrican Matthew ...
GOMI/LEAP	Flaherty/Wilkins		04 Oct and 24 Nov 2016	Salem Sound and Therese Sauvagneau, respectively	3	education	done	Irina surface drifters	160420701 GOMI unit ashore on Coney Island next day; 160420702 LEAP landed near Race Point Ranger Station, recovered by JiM et al, and brought to Mass Audubon; 1604207015 with mushroom float died after 6 days off Marblehead
UCONN	Jia/Whitney	UCONN	12 Oct 2016	Long Island Sound	9	vertical shear	done	bucket with sails and drogues 13m and 19m	160410721 last reported midway between Montauk and Fishers Island on Oct 22; 160410722 came ashore apparently drogueless just west of the Connecticut River mouth in Fenwick on Oct 18th; 160410723 came ashore drogueless in Westbrook on 17 Oct; 160410725 last reported on Oct 19th west of Fisher Island; 160410726 last reported on Oct 18th west of Fisher Island; 160410727 escaped to the shelf on Oct 22 and ...; 160410728 came ashore apparently drogueless on the north shore of Long Island (in Peconic) on Oct 23rd; 160410729 came ashore apparently drogueless on Block Island on Oct 23rd brought to Narragansett on the main land on 24 Oct by beachwalker Tom McQuireand returned to UCONN via Jerry Prezioso, Mike Jones, and JiM;
WBWS/NOAA	Prescott/Manning	Capt. Ed	13 Oct 2016	Cape Cod Bay	2	turtle strandings	done	surface drifters,unmanned sailboat, and drogues	160410701 Rockstar mini-boat made Dennis to Truro transit in 8 hours, reported by Barbara Segal and pulled up above the high tide until JiM's lab recovered next morning; 160410702 WBWS Irina surface drifter came ashore on 17 Oct near Duck Harbor in Wellfleet without its body;
South Shore Natural Science Center Schools	DeGiulio/Koury/Jacobs	Cap'n John Whale Watch	19 Oct 2016	Mass Bay	10	education	underway	surface drifters	headed NNW, around the Cape, on to Nantucket Shoals, and ...
ST John Paul II/Cape Cod Academy/Sturgis	Remillards/Lewison/Strong	F/V Albatross F/V Resolve	29 Oct 2016 8 Dec 2016	Cape Cod Bay	6	marine debris/turtles	done	three drogues and twoIrina surface drifters	160410708 experimental drogues failed (only a few fixes a week later); 160410709 experimental drogues failed; 1604107010 recovered by Ptown fisherman Chris Melewski on Nov 2; 160410707 transited bay to near Cape Tip and returned to Bay View Beach in Dennis on 12 Nov;1604107022 suface unit recovered from Beach Point on 12/15;1604107023 successful drogue escaped bay on 20 Dec after a close approach to Ptown harbor
Sturgis East Hyannis MA	Strong	F/V Albatross	29 Oct 2016	Mass Bay	1	marine debris	done	Irina surface drifter
Educational Passages	Baldwin		Fall 2016	Multiple Places	20	education	underway	unmanned sailboats	North Atlantic Regatta
WBWS/Nauset/Monomoy	Prescott/Bourque/Bell/Griffin	F/V Mar F/V Albatross	1,3,9,12,19,25 Nov 2016	Cape Cod Bay	9	turtle strandings	done	surface drifters	1604107014 Mar unit failed after one day; 1604107016 came ashore on Sandy Neck 1700 on Nov 7; 160410703 Nauset units also ashore on Sandy neck; 160410704 Nauset units also ashore on Sandy neck; 1604107015 Monomoy unit ashore near Barnstable Harbor Dock recovered by Maureen Taylor; 160410705 ashore at end of Indian trail and picked up out of marsh Barnstable Harbor on Nov 7th; 160410706 ashore on Dennis Beach and recovered by Joe Remillard, Tim, and Kim; 1604107017 wbws unit came ashore on Brewster flats 28 Nov and recovered by WBWS turtle collector; 1604107018 ...; 160410719 blew quickly across the bay to near Truro but then headed back to Dennis ...;
Center for Student Coastal Research	Buckley	R/V Auk	5 Nov 2016	Mass Bay	2	marine debris	underway	Irina surface drifters	1604207013 stuck around in Mass Bay for a few weeks, came ashore in Hatches Harbor, collected by Chris Anderson (NPS), brought to Race Point Ranger Station all in one peice, and ...; 1604207014 went offshore first;
Tabor Academy MA	David/Randall/Albright		24 Nov 2016	Mass Bay	1	marine debris	underway	Irina surface drifter	close to Bermuda!
Bourne MA High	Collins	R/V Albatross	25 Nov 2016	Mass Bay	1	marine debris & turtles	done	Irina surface drifter	deployed for turtle project; came ashore a few days later
Swampscot High School	Wilbur/Ratley	Peter G	23 Dec 2016	Mass Bay	1	marine debris	underway	Irina surface drifter w/20mm fiberglass spars	first headed ENE and then ...
Kingswood Regional Wolfboro NH	Drennan-Doiron	??	Fall 2016	Mass Bay	1	marine debris	planned	Irina surface drifter	displayed in multiple Cape Cod classrooms by Falmouth STEM's Deb Columnbe and ...
Rockport MA High	Sabo		Fall 2016	Mass Bay	1	marine debris	planned	Irina surface drifter
ManchesterNH High	Hartwell	Seven_Sea_Whale_Watch	Fall 2016	Mass Bay	1	marine debris	planned	Irina surface drifter
Barnstable High	Jarzobski		Fall 2016	Mass Bay	5	education	planned	Irina surface drifter
Gloucester Middle School	Higgins/Donnelly	Captain Bill Whale Watch	2016	Mass Bay	1	marine debris	planned	Irina surface drifter
Stockton University	Pfeiffer-Hebert		2016	Mid-Atl. Bight	2	education	planned	Irina surface drifters
Manchester Essex MA	Magers/Baker		2016	Mass Bay	1	marine debris	planned	Irina surface drifter
Falmouth ME High	Kralic/Njaa		2016	Mass Bay	1	marine debris	planned	Irina surface drifter
Marshwood ME Middle	Barron		2016	Mass Bay	1	marine debris	planned	Irina surface drifter
Lawrence Junior High MA	Smith/Tribou		2016	Mass Bay	1	marine debris	planned	Irina surface drifter
Oakridge Sandwich MA	Handrahan/Chambers		2016	Mass Bay	1	marine debris	planned	Irina surface drifter
Dennis-Yarmouth MA Regional	Loebig		2016	Mass Bay	1	marine debris	planned	Irina surface drifter

Note: Most units are prepared by marine science students. The majority are standard "surface drifters" marking only the top 1-meter of the water column, but some units, as in the case of EP boats, track the wind and wave at the surface and some have subsurface drogues typically centered at 10m-15m below the surface. For details, call 508-495-4727 or email james.manning@noaa.gov.