RV Seth Green

In this 2006 photo, The research vessel Seth Green is headed south after transiting the three locks at Oswego.

SETH GREEN

Vessel 52

Home Port	Cape Vincent, New York
Institution	Cape Vincent Fisheries Station New York Department of Environmental Conservation
Address	P.O. Box 292 Cape Vincent NY 13618
Contacts	Stephen J. Cluett
Tel	315 654-2147
Fax	315 654-4118
Email	decfish@imcnet.net

Length (ft.): 47
Beam: 17
Draft (ft.): 8
Date Constructed: 1984
Speed (knots): 8.5
Hull type: steel / full displacement trawler
Displacement (tons): 50 Gross

Crew Size (including Captain): 2
  Science officer in crew? N
Crew provides shipboard science support? Y
Number of scientists vessel can accommodate: 4 (day) / 2 (overnight)
Vessel Field Season: From April to December
Number of Operational Days in Calendar Year 1997: 100
Cruise schedule finalized in: March
Vessel time made available to outside researchers: Y (15%)
Time made available on:
  a) charter/contract basis? Y
  Fee charged? ($US per day): varies depending on relevance to NYDEC programs
  b) "payment in kind" basis for example, time on another vessel? Y - supplies, materials or equipment
"Piggyback" sampling by outside researchers permitted when when possible? Y

Navigation and Communications

Radar: Furuno 48 mi
Loran/GPS: Furuno Loran, Northstar 941 GPS w/differential
Radio: 2 VHF's, one has scanning capability cell phone
Depth Sounders: Furuno 2 freq color video, Simrad EL paper
Other: 486 PC computer w/ GPS interface, charting, navigation and log functions and cell phone modem interface

Lift Capacity and Water/Sediment Sampling Equipment

Winches/Cranes : split trawl winches w/ 2000 ft of 3/8" wire, 1 BT winch w/ 100 m of cable, gantry w/ various lifting tackle - 2 ton capacity
CTD's/BT's: Digital BT, 2 manual BTs
Niskin Bottles:
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Lab Space (sq. ft.): 150

Lab Equipment

Electrical Power: 208 V three-phase - 30 KW / 12V
Water Supplies: 500 gal fresh water
Refrigerators / Freezers: 1 chest freezer
Incubators/Water Baths:
Vacuum Pumps: Y
pH meters:
D.O. meters:
Conductivity:
Other:

Fish and Plankton Sampling Gear

Trawl Net(s): 25 ft to 60 ft bottom trawls 30 ft to 60 ft midwater trawls, 3 m frame nets
Plankton Nets: 1 m2 plankton nets
Other: bottom and midwater gillnets, Simrad hydroacoustics (in conjunction with OMNR)

Meteorological Equipment

Winds Speed/Direction: Y
Temperature: Y
Barometer: Y
Other:

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