Wednesday 01/07/2020 was the 3rd test deployment day overall for PLP2020. The mesh target performed well with no issues; additional 4L containers used to raise the mesh, but most of the target surface was still slightly submerged. The “sandwich”-type target did not perform as expected, with more intense grouping occurring than what was observed with the cage-type target. The main hypothesis is that double net structure in addition with the intertwined thin rope that was used to create “pockets” did not allow the debris to flow back with the waves in order to cover the entire target area. Both targets had good buoyancy with no additional floating devices needed.
