From: "Olivia Free" To: "'Allan R. Robinson'" , "'Pierre Lermusiaux'" , "'Wayne Leslie'" , , , "'David Bergeron'" Subject: NEC proposal Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 15:48:43 -0400 Hello everyone, The NEC has invited us to submit a full proposal for our project. The panel that reviewed our planning letter provided the following brief comments: "The panel agreed that the study proposed in this planning letter had the potential to yield good information about parent larvae relationships and would be important for ecosystem based management. Panelists expressed concern that the number of CTD sensors proposed would not be sufficient for the job and felt that this would compromise the quality of the data. They were unsure of the effectiveness of the plankton sampling scheme and how the investigators expected to go from the proposed sampling scheme to modeling the fate of larval distributions. The panel recommended further development of a proposal. Their concerns regarding the quality of the data and complexity of the study should be addressed in the proposal." The deadline is June 28th and the full proposal guidelines are attached: http://www.northeastconsortium.org/docs/2006_NEC_Guidelines_Full_Proposals.pdf Thanks, Olivia Olivia Free Collaborative Research Coordinator Massachusetts Fishermen's Partnership 2 Blackburn Center Gloucester, MA 01930 tel: 978-282-4847 fax: 978-282-4798 www.mass-fish.org