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General Info

Schedule Info

Operational Info

Lab Equipment

Navigational Info

Lift Capacity

Fish and Plankton Gear

Meteorological Equipment

Certification Details

Institution & Contact Info

Name: Argo
Captain:
Length: 42 feet
Beam: 16 feet
Draft: 5 feet
Speed: 8 knots
Displacement: 36 tons
Hull: Displacement Steel
Year: 1986
Comments:
36 GR, 28 NET

Month	1st Period	2nd Period
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Crew Size ( inc. Captain ):	5
Number of Scientists Vessel can Accommodate:	1
Field Season:	From May to November
Operation Days / Year:	69
Schedule Finalized in:	December

- No, does not contain option. - Yes, contains option.
Science Officer in Crew?:
Crew Provides Onboard Science Support?:
Payment In Kind? Time on Another Ship?
Fuel as a type of "Payment in Kind"?
Needed Equipment as a type of "Payment In Kind"?
"Piggyback" Research Permitted When Possible?
Encourage Crosstraining other Agencies with Vessel and Crew?
Vessel made available to outside Researchers?

Outside Research Payment:

Electrical Power:	20 KW Northern Lights generator set
Water Supplies:	potable and lake
Refrigerators / Freezers:	1 refrigrator, 2 ft. x 2 ft.
Incubators / Water Baths:
Vacuum Pumps:	chlorophyll A vacuum pump
P.H. Meters:	Hach kit
D.O. Meters:	Hach kit
Conductivity:
Lab Space:
Other:

Radar:	Raytheon 40 mi
GPS:	Northstar 900 Loran, Northstar 6PS 941X
Radio:	ICOM
Depth Sounders:	Ross Sitex
Other:	SIMRAD System EY500

Winches / Cranes:	Pullmaster (wire), Crosley 12
CTD`s BT`s:
Niskin Bottles:
Corers:
Grabs:
Other:

Trawl Nets:	3, 26 ft. headrope bottom trawls 1.1 m x 4.5 m
Plankton Nets:	* 1 m net (plankton), 2.5 m net (fry)
Other:	30 sq. m mid-water

Wind Speed / Direction:
Thermometer:	Yes
Barometer:	Yes
Other:

Institution Required Certification:
Certification Captain:	50 ton, (great lakes)
Certification Crew:
Certification Engineer:

Home Port:	Dunkirk, New York
Home Port Lake:	Lake Erie
Institution:	Lake Erie Fisheries Units
Contact Name:	Douglas L. Zeller
Address:	Division of Fish and WildLife, NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation 178 Point Dr. N.
City:	Dunkirk
State / Province:	New York
Country:	United States
Postal / Zip Code:	14048-1031
Phone:	(716) 366 - 0228
Fax:	(716) 366 - 0228
Email:	dlzeller@gw.dec.state.ny.us

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