Here From the 2000 Joint Meeting of the Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas Chapters of the American Fisheries Society held in Bossier City, Louisiana. The monitoring of environmental water data in real-time has been useful for fisheries management in many ways, such as setting seasons, establishing the necessity to open and close areas to fishing, and identifying areas with the potential for outbreak of Vibrio in shellfish. The data received from the Louisiana Office of State Climatology is mirrored in the results from the data collection platforms along the coast which record water temperature, salinity, water elevation, wind speed, wind direction, and precipitation. Current research focus is turning to Harmful Algal Blooms in the Gulf of Mexico.
Some species can cause animal mortality and problems for humans.
The data from the DCP stations can be used in conjunction with other environmental data to establish patterns associated with HABs. This work was partially funded by Grant NA76FK0430 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of NOAA or any of its sub-agencies.