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F/V ISABEL S.  

The 91 foot offshore fishing vessel Isabel S. based in New Bedford, MA has been chartered by the NOAA National Marine Fisheries and MA Division of Marine Fisheries for a series of fisheries research cruises and is presently under a long term contract to CR Environmental, Inc. on the MWRA Boston Harbor Outfall Monitoring Program. The vessel is fully equipped and insured and is available for charter for oceanographic survey operations.

 

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Hold Lab Van

 

 

 Capabilities

Offshore Fisheries Research  Water Quality Monitoring Studies   
Geophysical  Surveys   Search and Survey Operations   
Oceanographic Mooring Operations    

 Past Experience  

MWRA Water Quality Monitoring Program in Mass Bay and Cape Cod Bay    (5) NOAA/NMFS Fisheries Research Cruises to Georges Bank and the Gulf of Maine 
Longline Discard Survival Study with MA Division Marine Fisheries (3) Underwater Video Surveys of Stellwagen Bank for USGS  

Specifications

Length:                       91 Feet          Beam:           24 Feet   
Draft:                          12 Feet   Speed:           10 Knots
Fuel Consumption:    30 gal/hr Berths:            13 personnel   
800 sq ft Deck Space    200 sq ft Interior Lab Space   
300 sq ft of Lab Space in Fish Hold w/110 and 220 KVA Power     

Machinery / Deck Equipment 

Caterpillar 3508 855 hp    (2) 30 kW Lister Generators   
(2) 10 Ton Trawl Winches (2) Removable 6X8 Net Reels
(2) Scallop Booms w/5 Ton Winches (1) 500 lb Take Out Winch   
(1) 12 foot Hydraulic A-Frame (1) 8x10 foot Lab Van 

Electronics 

Northstar 941X Differential GPS Laser Plot Electronic Chart System   
Furuno LC-90 Loran Receiver Simrad DC-150 Color Video Sounder   
Furuno 48 mile Radar  Furuno 24 Mile Radar
Icom VHF Radio   Stevens Sea 222 SSB Radio
Wood Freeman Autopilot  3W Cellular Phone

Safety Equipment 

8 & 6 man SOLAS A Life Rafts Litton Category 1 EPIRB

             
For further information, contact Chip Ryther or Charlotte Cogswell of CR Environmental, Inc. at (508) 563-7970 (Phone/Fax).