Joey,
I guess NOAA started laying these submersible buoys all around the area last weekend and already a trawler hooked one out on Stellwagen Bank. I know no one here is a real big fan of NOAA but maybe we can at least save some fishing gear… I thought maybe you would be willing to post it. Thanks,
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MK1 Kurt Lubbers
USCG Sta. Gloucester
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NOAA/National Ocean Service/Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services will be deploying oceanographic instrumentation in trawl-resistant bottom mounts (TRBM) or subsurface taut-line moorings (SUBS) in the Massachusetts Bay region in the following positions the week of 16-19 May, 2011. The equipment will remain in place for at least 35 days after which time it will be recovered, serviced and redeployed in additional locations in the region. The stations should not have any presence on the surface. This equipment will be used to improve current predictions and may help save lives and property.
The SUBS are NOT TRAWL RESISTANT and may cause damage to fishing gear.
Good Morning Gloucester 
Our tax dollars (and borrowed money from China) at work. Anyone know what this is all for? I’m sure this is an “essential government program” – NOT.
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