Hi All:
The good people at Stevens Institute are active members of IOOS and also Maracoos ( www.maracoos.org) , both ocean observing entities here in the US and participate in conferences around the world.
Stevens is located on the Jersey side of the Hudson with a beautiful urban campus and commanding view of the river and Manhattan.
It is no surprise that they have a strong Marine Sciences department and provide valuable observing data for the NY Bight, Long Island Sound and other important area waterways. (http://hudson.dl.stevens-tech.edu/maritimeforecast/)
They are seeking NOAA and public support, especially from anglers, in their effort to do research on how climate may impact our fisheries.
Below is a letter that I composed that I have sent to them.
Please take a minute to review and send them one as well. Feel free to use my template and edit and add your personal POV.
I just received this and they would appreciate a response by Monday Oct 1.

To: Nikitas Georgas
email: ngeorgas@stevens.edu

 

Nikitas:

Thank you for your efforts and plan to evaluate the impact of climate as a factor in the stress facing the fishing industry.

It would be very helpful if you could measure, in some way, the impact of "global warming" or climate change on the fish stocks in our area, notable the Long Island Sound and NY Bight.

We need to have better data to determine if "overfishing" as many proclaim, is a main factor or if Nature is more the culprit affecting the fishing stocks, migrations and bait dispersal.

 

Our  traditional fish stocks appear to be moving out of the area towards the Gulf of Maine, and the Long Island Sound lobsters molting during unseasonable times, and absence of traditionally located pelagic bait are impacted by undetermined conditions.

But data is too sparse to make a specific scientifically supported recommendation.

By using your  NYHOPS 3D model, I hope you would be able to, for example, calculate the actual volumes of good temperature habitat 
during the past 40 and next 100 years, connect it to known climate cycles, and see what we can do to address future situations that are out of the hands of fishermen to control.

  Thank you for your efforts and keeping an open scientific mind as to how various overarching natural conditions may be important in the way our fisheries exist and grow in the future for all to enjoy and prosper.

I, for one, would like to be involved in stakeholder meetings to help  provide input.

Yours truly,