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FWRI's Indian River Field Lab is one of the Institute’s 31 field labs located throughout the state. This lab is home to two marine fisheries research programs. The Fisheries-Independent Monitoring (FIM) program, which collects data on hundreds of fish and invertebrate species that inhabit Florida’s riverine, estuarine, and coastal reef habitats. This includes monitoring abundance trends of important fish and invertebrate species over time, defining seasonal and spatial trends, and habitat preference of key species. The Fisheries-Dependent Monitoring (FDM) program, which collects data on more than 200 species of fish and invertebrates harvested from Florida waters. Fishery-dependent data, collected directly from people who harvest aquatic species, is used to monitor harvest rates and assess the health of exploited fish and invertebrate populations.
FWRI's Indian River Field Lab is one of the Institute’s 31 field labs located throughout the state. This lab is home to two marine fisheries research programs. The Fisheries-Independent Monitoring (FIM) program, which collects data on hundreds of fish and invertebrate species that inhabit Florida’s riverine, estuarine, and coastal reef habitats. This includes monitoring abundance trends of important fish and invertebrate species over time, defining seasonal and spatial trends, and habitat preference of key species. The Fisheries-Dependent Monitoring (FDM) program, which collects data on more than 200 species of fish and invertebrates harvested from Florida waters. Fishery-dependent data, collected directly from people who harvest aquatic species, is used to monitor harvest rates and assess the health of exploited fish and invertebrate populations.
