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| Institution (data) |
Deployer (cruise report) |
Date
Deployed (animation) |
Dropsite |
#units | Science |
Status (customized googlemap) |
Fate (photo) |
| CFCC | Shaw | 27 Sep 2011 | Gulf Stream | 1 | MATE educational | done | rode the Gulf Stream, turned south, approached Bermuda, and died on St Patrick's Day 2012 |
| CFCC | Shaw | 12 Oct 2011 | Gulf Stream | 1 | MATE educational | done | rode the Gulf Stream fast, stalled, and died 8 March 2012 |
| URI/GSO | Kincaid/Pfeiffer | 12 Oct 2011 | Block Island Sound | 6 | shelf processes | done | all blown east 14-16 Oct. Four washed up on the Vineyard (a few recovered by Keston Smith and Sidney Morris). One circumnavigated the Vineyard, reentered coastal current, went past Grand Banks, and died in March 2012 |
| SMCC | Long/Tarbox | 10 Nov 2011 | Casco Bay | 1 | educational | done | NE Peak of Georges Bank in January, Grand Banks by March, and died on 6 May 2012 |
| NOAA/NEFSC | Richardson/Prezioso | 13 Nov 2011 | Georges Bank | 3 | Herring Larvae | done | stalled a week, accelerated, entrained in ring, all dead by late March 2012 |
| Canterbury School of Florida Marine Studues | Cummings | 14 Mar 2012 | West Florida Shelf | 1 | MATE educational | done | headed NW and died in mid-May |
| Stellwagen Bank Sanctuary | Runfula/Stanitski | 17 Apr 2012 | Mass Bay | 2 | educational | underway | surface drifter possibly damaged in Boston shipping lane, ADP drogued drifter fine |
| UMASS Boston | Gardner | 19 Apr 2012 | Apalachee Bay | 3 | educational | done | headed east-southeast (opposite to last year's drift) and came ashore on 26 April |
| NOAA/Educational Passages | Kocik/Music | 02 May 2012 | Gulf of Maine | 2 | salmon | done | boats under sail one recovered ashore on Scrags Island (11 May) by Swan's Island Harbormaster and the other recovered ashore on Isle au Haut (16 May) by lobsterman, Greg Runge |
| Educational Passages | Baldwin | 12 May 2012 | Gulf Stream | 5 | educational | underway | boats under sail |
| Penn State/GLERL | Boughton/Shwab | 07 May 2012 | Lake Erie | 3 | educational/science | underway | one died after 2 days, the other ... |
| MPC/MBARI | Hochstaedter/Ryan | May 2012 | off Monteray CA | 1 | educational/OOS | planned | |
| NOAA Teachers at Sea | Annetta/Haas/Smolowitz | May 2012 | Mid-Atlantic Bight | 3 | educational/turtles | planned | |
| SMCC | Long/Tarbox | June 2012 | Casco Bay | 2 | educational | planned | |
| UNH-CMB | Goldstein/Watson | June 2012 | Great Bay | 2 | lobsters | planned | |
| GLERL | McCormick | June 2012 | Lake Michigan & Huron | 3 | exchange processes | planned | |
| NOAA/PISC | Mansfeild | Sep 2012 | Brazil | 6 | turtles | planned |