Herring monitor videos

I did my final spring shift as a herring monitor for the Mystic River Watershed Association back on June 25. Here are the results from the season. Banner year!

Herring 2017

But I’m not quite done yet. The Watershed Association is doing a study to understand the reliability of in-person versus video counts of the river herring migration. Their making a push to watch 1,000 videos from now through October 1st. Today, I committed to watching to 10 videos per week, so they can get a rough sense on the accuracy of videos versus in-person monitoring. And, of course, I went ahead and watched my 10 videos for the week. Join the fun here.

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