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Eastern Lake Ontario Multi-Species Array

Project Title

Eastern Lake Ontario Multi-Species Array

Project Code

ELOMA

Project Duration

June 2015 - June 2025

Project Description

The Eastern Lake Ontario Multi-Species Array [ELOMA] is a collaborative acoustic framework used to monitor the movement of various aquatic species inhabiting the Eastern Basin of Lake Ontario, the Bay of Quinte, and the St. Lawrence River. The ELOMA is maintained by the Freshwater Fisheries Conservation Lab at Queen’s University and the Lake Ontario Management Unit of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. The following projects [listed under the objectives tab] were designed to make use of the ELOMA:

Objectives

BQCLW - Bay of Quinte Cisco and Lake Whitefish
BQEEL - Bay of Quinte Rare Fishes
BQWAL - Bay of Quinte Walleye
ELOBB - Eastern Lake Ontario Black Bass

Management Benefits

For more information on each project refer to their respective project page.

Investigators

Bruce Tufts (Queen's University) - tuftsb@queensu.ca

Participating Organizations

Queen's University, Freshwater Fisheries Conservation Lab
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Lake Ontario Management Unit

Funding

Queen's University
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry