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                 source="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov">
   <item-identification>
      <catalog-item-id>31995</catalog-item-id>
      <title>Shipboard Cetacean Surveys- Oceanographic- XBT</title>
      <catalog-item-type>Data Set</catalog-item-type>
      <metadata-workflow-state ccs-id="9">Published / External</metadata-workflow-state>
      <parent-catalog-item-id>12851</parent-catalog-item-id>
      <parent-title>Cetaceans - Shipboard Surveys</parent-title>
      <parent-catalog-item-type>Project</parent-catalog-item-type>
      <status>Completed</status>
      <creation-date>2017</creation-date>
      <abstract>The Expendable Bathythermographs  (XBTs) measure the temperature of the water column with depth.</abstract>
      <purpose>To measure the temperature of the water column with depth.</purpose>
      <other-citation-details>All XBTs deployed were made by Lockhead Martin Sippican. The Sippican XBT model, terminal depths, and frequency of deployments varied by cruise.  XBT probe models (terminal depths) were deployed during the following cruises:
OES 06-03: T-4 (460 m)
OES 07-02: T-6 (460 m), T-7 (760 m) 
SE 08-06:    T-7 (760 m), Fast Deep (1000 m)
SE 09-01:    Fast Deep (1000 m)
SE 10-01:    T-7 (760 m), Fast Deep (1000 m)
SE 10-04:    T-6 (460 m), T-7 (760 m), Fast Deep (1000 m)
SE 10-08:    Deep Blue (760 m)
SE 11-08:    Deep Blue (760 m)
SE 12-03:    Deep Blue (760 m)
SE 13-03:    Deep Blue (760 m)
SE 15-02:    Deep Blue (760 m)</other-citation-details>
   </item-identification>
   <keywords>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Theme</keyword-type>
         <keyword>Oscar Elton Sette</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Theme</keyword-type>
         <keyword>XBT</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Theme</keyword-type>
         <keyword>cetaceans</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Theme</keyword-type>
         <keyword>line transect</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Theme</keyword-type>
         <keyword>oceanographic sampling</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Theme</keyword-type>
         <keyword>ship surveys</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Spatial</keyword-type>
         <keyword>American Samoa </keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Spatial</keyword-type>
         <keyword>Central Pacific Ocean</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Spatial</keyword-type>
         <keyword>Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Spatial</keyword-type>
         <keyword>High Seas</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Spatial</keyword-type>
         <keyword>Johnston</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Spatial</keyword-type>
         <keyword>Main Hawaiian Islands</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Spatial</keyword-type>
         <keyword>Pacific Islands Region</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Spatial</keyword-type>
         <keyword>Palmyra</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Spatial</keyword-type>
         <keyword>Wake</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Spatial</keyword-type>
         <keyword>Western Pacific Ocean</keyword>
      </keyword>
   </keywords>
   <physical-location>
      <organization>Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center</organization>
      <city>Honolulu</city>
      <state-province>HI</state-province>
      <country>USA</country>
      <location-description>IRC
1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg. 176
Honolulu, HI 96818</location-description>
   </physical-location>
   <data-set-information>
      <data-set-scope-code>Data Set</data-set-scope-code>
      <data-set-type>Mixed</data-set-type>
      <maintenance-frequency>None Planned</maintenance-frequency>
      <data-presentation-form>raw digital</data-presentation-form>
      <instrument>Expendable Bathythermograph probes and MK21 Oceanographic Data Acquisition System</instrument>
      <platform>ship</platform>
      <physical-collection-fishing-gear>n/a</physical-collection-fishing-gear>
   </data-set-information>
   <entity-attribute-information partial-listing="No" total-count="1">
      <entity>
         <item-identification>
            <catalog-item-id>32054</catalog-item-id>
            <title>Shipboard Cetacean Surveys- XBT Exported Data File (EDF)</title>
            <metadata-workflow-state ccs-id="9">Published / External</metadata-workflow-state>
            <abstract>The exported data file (.EDF) contains information on the location (lat/long), the cruise number, ship and station, information about the probe, and a table of the depth, temperature and sound velocity.</abstract>
            <notes>The sound velocity is derived with assumed salinity: 30.00 ppt</notes>
         </item-identification>
         <entity-information>
            <entity-type>Data File</entity-type>
            <description>exported EDF file for XBT data</description>
         </entity-information>
         <data-attributes partial-listing="No" total-count="3">
            <data-attribute cc-id="314334">
               <seq-order>1</seq-order>
               <name>DEPTH</name>
               <data-storage-type>NUMERIC</data-storage-type>
               <max-length>6</max-length>
               <required>No</required>
               <primary-key>No</primary-key>
               <status>Active</status>
               <description>Depth of the probe when the temperature is measured.</description>
               <units>m</units>
            </data-attribute>
            <data-attribute cc-id="314335">
               <seq-order>2</seq-order>
               <name>TEMPERATURE</name>
               <data-storage-type>NUMERIC</data-storage-type>
               <max-length>6</max-length>
               <required>No</required>
               <primary-key>No</primary-key>
               <status>Active</status>
               <description>Temperature</description>
               <units>C</units>
            </data-attribute>
            <data-attribute cc-id="314336">
               <seq-order>3</seq-order>
               <name>SOUND VELOCITY</name>
               <data-storage-type>NUMERIC</data-storage-type>
               <max-length>8</max-length>
               <required>No</required>
               <primary-key>No</primary-key>
               <status>Active</status>
               <description>Sound velocity derived with assumed salinity: 30.00 ppt</description>
               <units>m/s</units>
            </data-attribute>
         </data-attributes>
      </entity>
   </entity-attribute-information>
   <support-roles>
      <support-role cc-id="314316" in-effect="Yes">
         <support-role-type>Data Steward</support-role-type>
         <from-date>2008-12-01</from-date>
         <contact-type>Person</contact-type>
         <contact-name>Oleson, Erin M</contact-name>
         <contact-email>erin.oleson@noaa.gov</contact-email>
         <contact-address>1845 Wasp Blvd.</contact-address>
         <contact-address-city>Honolulu</contact-address-city>
         <contact-address-state>HI</contact-address-state>
         <contact-address-zip>96818</contact-address-zip>
         <contact-address-country>USA</contact-address-country>
         <contact-phone-number>(808)725-5712</contact-phone-number>
         <contact-business-hours>9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.</contact-business-hours>
         <contact-instructions>contact by email</contact-instructions>
      </support-role>
      <support-role cc-id="314317" in-effect="Yes">
         <support-role-type>Data Steward</support-role-type>
         <from-date>2006-09-01</from-date>
         <contact-type>Person</contact-type>
         <contact-name>Hill, Marie C</contact-name>
         <contact-email>marie.c.hill@noaa.gov</contact-email>
         <contact-address>1845 Wasp Blvd.</contact-address>
         <contact-address-city>Honolulu</contact-address-city>
         <contact-address-state>HI</contact-address-state>
         <contact-address-zip>96818</contact-address-zip>
         <contact-address-country>USA</contact-address-country>
         <contact-phone-number>(808)725-5710</contact-phone-number>
         <contact-instructions>contact by email</contact-instructions>
      </support-role>
      <support-role cc-id="314320" in-effect="No">
         <support-role-type>Data Steward</support-role-type>
         <from-date>2006-02-01</from-date>
         <to-date>2008-06-01</to-date>
         <contact-type>Person</contact-type>
         <contact-name>Johnston, David W</contact-name>
         <contact-email>dave.johnston@noaa.gov</contact-email>
      </support-role>
      <support-role cc-id="838832" in-effect="Yes">
         <support-role-type>Distributor</support-role-type>
         <from-date>2018</from-date>
         <contact-type>Organization</contact-type>
         <contact-name>NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information</contact-name>
         <contact-noaa-acronym>NCEI</contact-noaa-acronym>
         <contact-email>ncei.info@noaa.gov</contact-email>
         <contact-ror>https://ror.org/04r0wrp59</contact-ror>
         <contact-url>https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact</contact-url>
         <contact-url-name>NCEI Contact Information</contact-url-name>
         <contact-url-description>Information for contacts at NCEI.</contact-url-description>
         <contact-url-function>Online Resource</contact-url-function>
      </support-role>
      <support-role cc-id="314318" in-effect="Yes">
         <support-role-type>Metadata Contact</support-role-type>
         <from-date>2006-09-01</from-date>
         <contact-type>Person</contact-type>
         <contact-name>Hill, Marie C</contact-name>
         <contact-email>marie.c.hill@noaa.gov</contact-email>
         <contact-address>1845 Wasp Blvd.</contact-address>
         <contact-address-city>Honolulu</contact-address-city>
         <contact-address-state>HI</contact-address-state>
         <contact-address-zip>96818</contact-address-zip>
         <contact-address-country>USA</contact-address-country>
         <contact-phone-number>(808)725-5710</contact-phone-number>
         <contact-instructions>contact by email</contact-instructions>
      </support-role>
      <support-role cc-id="314319" in-effect="Yes">
         <support-role-type>Originator</support-role-type>
         <from-date>2006-03-01</from-date>
         <contact-type>Organization</contact-type>
         <contact-name>Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center</contact-name>
         <contact-noaa-acronym>PIFSC</contact-noaa-acronym>
         <contact-email>pifsc.info@noaa.gov</contact-email>
         <contact-ror>https://ror.org/02apffz65</contact-ror>
         <contact-address>1845 Wasp Blvd.</contact-address>
         <contact-address-city>Honolulu</contact-address-city>
         <contact-address-state>HI</contact-address-state>
         <contact-address-zip>96818</contact-address-zip>
         <contact-address-country>USA</contact-address-country>
         <contact-phone-number>808-725-5360</contact-phone-number>
         <contact-url>https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov</contact-url>
         <contact-url-description>Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage
</contact-url-description>
         <contact-url-function>Online Resource</contact-url-function>
         <contact-business-hours>8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.</contact-business-hours>
      </support-role>
      <support-role cc-id="314322" in-effect="Yes">
         <support-role-type>Point of Contact</support-role-type>
         <from-date>2006</from-date>
         <contact-type>Person</contact-type>
         <contact-name>Hill, Marie C</contact-name>
         <contact-email>marie.c.hill@noaa.gov</contact-email>
         <contact-address>1845 Wasp Blvd.</contact-address>
         <contact-address-city>Honolulu</contact-address-city>
         <contact-address-state>HI</contact-address-state>
         <contact-address-zip>96818</contact-address-zip>
         <contact-address-country>USA</contact-address-country>
         <contact-phone-number>(808)725-5710</contact-phone-number>
         <contact-instructions>email</contact-instructions>
      </support-role>
   </support-roles>
   <extents>
      <currentness-reference>Ground Condition</currentness-reference>
      <extent cc-id="314323">
         <description>The U.S. EEZs (Exclusive Economic Zones) of the Pacific Islands Region including Hawaii, American Samoa, Palmyra/Kingman, Wake, Johnston, Guam/Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Central and western Pacific Ocean high seas between EEZs.
</description>
         <geographic-areas>
            <geographic-area cc-id="314324">
               <west-bound>142</west-bound>
               <east-bound>-151</east-bound>
               <north-bound>32</north-bound>
               <south-bound>-18</south-bound>
               <description>The U.S. EEZs (Exclusive Economic Zones) of the Pacific Islands Region including Hawaii, American Samoa, Palmyra/Kingman, Wake, Guam/Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Central and western Pacific Ocean high seas between EEZs.</description>
            </geographic-area>
         </geographic-areas>
         <time-frames>
            <time-frame cc-id="314325">
               <time-frame-type>Continuing</time-frame-type>
               <start-date-time>2006</start-date-time>
               <description>See cruise details and specific surveys for time frames.</description>
            </time-frame>
         </time-frames>
      </extent>
   </extents>
   <access-information>
      <security-class>Unclassified</security-class>
      <data-access-policy>Requestor will be asked to submit a request by email to Erin Oleson (erin.oleson@noaa.gov) or Marie Hill (marie.hill@noaa.gov)</data-access-policy>
      <data-access-procedure>Requestor will be asked to submit a request by email to Erin Oleson (erin.oleson@noaa.gov) or Marie Hill (marie.hill@noaa.gov)</data-access-procedure>
      <data-access-constraints>Requestor will be asked to submit a request by email to Erin Oleson (erin.oleson@noaa.gov) or Marie Hill (marie.hill@noaa.gov)</data-access-constraints>
      <data-use-constraints>Requestor will be asked to submit a request by email to Erin Oleson (erin.oleson@noaa.gov) or Marie Hill (marie.hill@noaa.gov)</data-use-constraints>
      <metadata-access-constraints>None</metadata-access-constraints>
      <metadata-use-constraints>None</metadata-use-constraints>
   </access-information>
   <distribution-information>
      <distribution cc-id="838833">
         <download-url>https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0148017</download-url>
         <distributor cc-id="838832">
            <from-date>2018</from-date>
            <contact-type>Organization</contact-type>
            <contact-name>NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information</contact-name>
            <contact-ror>https://ror.org/04r0wrp59</contact-ror>
         </distributor>
         <description>WATER TEMPERATURE and DEPTH - SENSOR collected from NOAA Ship OSCAR ELTON SETTE in Central Pacific Ocean, American Samoa EEZ, and others from 2016-03-07 to 2016-03-27 (NCEI Accession 0148017)</description>
         <!--Note: file-type is deprecated-->
         <file-type>NCEI Archived Data Accession</file-type>
      </distribution>
      <distribution cc-id="332965">
         <download-url>https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0155890</download-url>
         <distributor cc-id="838832">
            <from-date>2018</from-date>
            <contact-type>Organization</contact-type>
            <contact-name>NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information</contact-name>
            <contact-ror>https://ror.org/04r0wrp59</contact-ror>
         </distributor>
         <description>WATER TEMPERATURE and DEPTH - SENSOR collected from OSCAR ELTON SETTE in Hawaii EEZ, Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, and Ladd Seamount from 2007-03-29 to 2007-04-04 (OES 07-02) (NCEI Accession 0155890)</description>
         <!--Note: file-type is deprecated-->
         <file-type>NCEI Archived Data Accession</file-type>
      </distribution>
      <distribution cc-id="332970">
         <download-url>https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0155892</download-url>
         <distributor cc-id="838832">
            <from-date>2018</from-date>
            <contact-type>Organization</contact-type>
            <contact-name>NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information</contact-name>
            <contact-ror>https://ror.org/04r0wrp59</contact-ror>
         </distributor>
         <description>WATER TEMPERATURE and DEPTH - SENSOR collected from OSCAR ELTON SETTE in main Hawaiian Islands from 2008-07-11 to 2008-07-29 (SE 08-06) (NCEI Accession 0155892)</description>
         <!--Note: file-type is deprecated-->
         <file-type>NCEI Archived Data Accession</file-type>
      </distribution>
      <distribution cc-id="332968">
         <download-url>https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0155913</download-url>
         <distributor cc-id="838832">
            <from-date>2018</from-date>
            <contact-type>Organization</contact-type>
            <contact-name>NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information</contact-name>
            <contact-ror>https://ror.org/04r0wrp59</contact-ror>
         </distributor>
         <description>WATER TEMPERATURE and DEPTH - SENSOR collected from OSCAR ELTON SETTE in Hawaii EEZ, central North Pacific Ocean, and others from 2010-01-22 to 2010-02-06 (SE 10-01) (NCEI Accession 0155913)</description>
         <!--Note: file-type is deprecated-->
         <file-type>NCEI Archived Data Accession</file-type>
      </distribution>
      <distribution cc-id="332967">
         <download-url>https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0155914</download-url>
         <distributor cc-id="838832">
            <from-date>2018</from-date>
            <contact-type>Organization</contact-type>
            <contact-name>NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information</contact-name>
            <contact-ror>https://ror.org/04r0wrp59</contact-ror>
         </distributor>
         <description>WATER TEMPERATURE and DEPTH - SENSOR collected from OSCAR ELTON SETTE in Hawaii EEZ, main Hawaiian Islands, and Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument from 2010-09-02 to 2010-10-26 (SE 10-08) (NCEI Accession 0155914)</description>
         <!--Note: file-type is deprecated-->
         <file-type>NCEI Archived Data Accession</file-type>
      </distribution>
      <distribution cc-id="332966">
         <download-url>https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0155915</download-url>
         <distributor cc-id="838832">
            <from-date>2018</from-date>
            <contact-type>Organization</contact-type>
            <contact-name>NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information</contact-name>
            <contact-ror>https://ror.org/04r0wrp59</contact-ror>
         </distributor>
         <description>WATER TEMPERATURE and DEPTH - SENSOR collected from OSCAR ELTON SETTE in Hawaii EEZ, central North Pacific Ocean, and others from 2010-04-20 to 2010-04-30 (SE 10-04) (NCEI Accession 0155915)</description>
         <!--Note: file-type is deprecated-->
         <file-type>NCEI Archived Data Accession</file-type>
      </distribution>
      <distribution cc-id="332969">
         <download-url>https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0155922</download-url>
         <distributor cc-id="838832">
            <from-date>2018</from-date>
            <contact-type>Organization</contact-type>
            <contact-name>NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information</contact-name>
            <contact-ror>https://ror.org/04r0wrp59</contact-ror>
         </distributor>
         <description>WATER TEMPERATURE and DEPTH - SENSOR collected from OSCAR ELTON SETTE in main Hawaiian Islands and Hawaii EEZ from 2009-02-06 to 2009-02-25 (SE 09-01) (NCEI Accession 0155922)</description>
         <!--Note: file-type is deprecated-->
         <file-type>.txt</file-type>
         <distribution-format>Text (Unstructured)</distribution-format>
      </distribution>
      <distribution cc-id="332981">
         <download-url>https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0155929</download-url>
         <distributor cc-id="838832">
            <from-date>2018</from-date>
            <contact-type>Organization</contact-type>
            <contact-name>NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information</contact-name>
            <contact-ror>https://ror.org/04r0wrp59</contact-ror>
         </distributor>
         <description>WATER TEMPERATURE and DEPTH collected from OSCAR ELTON SETTE in Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and others from 2015-05-08 to 2015-06-06 (SE 15-02) (NCEI Accession 0155929)</description>
         <!--Note: file-type is deprecated-->
         <file-type>NCEI Archived Data Accession</file-type>
      </distribution>
      <distribution cc-id="345784">
         <download-url>https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0156421</download-url>
         <distributor cc-id="838832">
            <from-date>2018</from-date>
            <contact-type>Organization</contact-type>
            <contact-name>NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information</contact-name>
            <contact-ror>https://ror.org/04r0wrp59</contact-ror>
         </distributor>
         <description>WATER TEMPERATURE and DEPTH - SENSOR collected from OSCAR ELTON SETTE in Hawaii EEZ and Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument from 2013-05-08 to 2013-06-03 (SE 13-03)  (NCEI Accession 0156421)</description>
         <!--Note: file-type is deprecated-->
         <file-type>NCEI Archived Data Accession</file-type>
      </distribution>
      <distribution cc-id="345785">
         <download-url>https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0156422</download-url>
         <distributor cc-id="838832">
            <from-date>2018</from-date>
            <contact-type>Organization</contact-type>
            <contact-name>NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information</contact-name>
            <contact-ror>https://ror.org/04r0wrp59</contact-ror>
         </distributor>
         <description>WATER TEMPERATURE and DEPTH - SENSOR collected from OSCAR ELTON SETTE in Hawaii EEZ and Palmyra EEZ from 2011-10-20 to 2011-11-17 (SE 11-08) (NCEI Accession 0156422)</description>
         <!--Note: file-type is deprecated-->
         <file-type>NCEI Archived Data Accession</file-type>
      </distribution>
   </distribution-information>
   <data-quality>
      <completeness-report>All XBT files obtained during CRP cruises are included within this dataset.</completeness-report>
      <quality-control-procedures>The ship's survey technician monitors the computer as data are collected. The are no QA/QC procedures after the data are collected.</quality-control-procedures>
   </data-quality>
   <data-management>
      <resources-identified>No</resources-identified>
      <resources-budget-percentage>Unknown</resources-budget-percentage>
      <data-access-directive-compliant>No</data-access-directive-compliant>
      <data-access-directive-waiver>No</data-access-directive-waiver>
      <delay-collection-dissemination>1 year</delay-collection-dissemination>
      <delay-collection-dissemination-explanation>We are allotted 1yr. from the time of data collection to the time of dissemination</delay-collection-dissemination-explanation>
      <archive-location>NCEI-MD</archive-location>
      <delay-collection-archive>1wk-1mo</delay-collection-archive>
      <data-protection-plan>Data are backed up to multiple hard drives and stored in secure locations.</data-protection-plan>
   </data-management>
   <lineage>
      <lineage-statement>The MK21 Oceanographic Data Acquisition System and software produces two files (.rdf and .edf) for each XBT cast. The .edf file is an export data file that can be opened with a text editor (e.g. Microsoft Notepad) and contains detailed information about the probe, the location of the cast, and the temperature collected at incremental depths.</lineage-statement>
   </lineage>
   <acquisition-information>
      <instruments>
         <instrument cc-id="838837" approved="Yes">
            <identifier>Sippican XBT/XSV</identifier>
            <docucomp-uuid>d2054ed0-69c2-11e0-ae3e-0800200c9a66</docucomp-uuid>
            <instrument-gear>instrument</instrument-gear>
            <instrument-type>Temperature, Depth, Sound Velocity</instrument-type>
            <description>The Expendable Bathythermograph is used by scientists to provide an ocean temperature versus depth profile. Useful for oceanographic research, the XBT does not restrict ship mobility. The Expendable Sound Velocimeter obtains accurate sound velocity profiles for the support of ASW operations, mine countermeasure operations, and oceanographic research.</description>
         </instrument>
      </instruments>
      <platforms>
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            <identifier>Oscar Elton Sette (SE)</identifier>
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            <description>TThe NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette is named for Dr. Oscar Elton Sette. Dr. Sette was a pioneer in the development of fisheries oceanography and according to many fisheries scientists, is the father of modern fisheries oceanography in the U.S. He is recognized both nationally and internationally for many significant contributions to marine fisheries research. Oscar Elton Sette replaces Townsend Cromwell. Oscar Elton Sette supports the scientific missions of NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service Pacific Islands Science Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. The ship normally operates throughout the central and western Pacific, and conducts fisheries assessment surveys, physical and chemical oceanography, marine mammal projects and coral reef research. It collects fish and crustacean specimens using bottom trawls, longlines, and fish traps. Plankton, fish larvae and eggs are also collected with plankton nets and surface and mid-water larval nets. The ship routinely conducts scuba diving missions for the Honolulu Laboratory. Ample deck space enables Oscar Elton Sette to carry a recompression chamber as an added safety margin for dive-intensive missions in remote regions. The ship is actively involved in NMFS Honolulu Coral Reef Restoration cruises, which concentrate scientific efforts on the removal, classification and density of marine debris and discarded commercial fishing gear from fragile coral reefs.</description>
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                  <description>The Expendable Bathythermograph is used by scientists to provide an ocean temperature versus depth profile. Useful for oceanographic research, the XBT does not restrict ship mobility. The Expendable Sound Velocimeter obtains accurate sound velocity profiles for the support of ASW operations, mine countermeasure operations, and oceanographic research.</description>
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      <metadata-record-created-by pers-id="5954">Marie Hill</metadata-record-created-by>
      <metadata-record-created>2016-03-28T18:31:28</metadata-record-created>
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      <owner-organization>Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center</owner-organization>
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      <owner-organization-address>1845 Wasp Blvd.</owner-organization-address>
      <owner-organization-address-city>Honolulu</owner-organization-address-city>
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