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The End of Leg 2

Collecting Information to Restore Marine Mammals and Seabirds in the Gulf of Mexico

The Gordon Gunter crew wraps up the second leg of the Vessel Survey for Abundance and Distribution on Marine Mammals and Seabirds.
October 02, 2024 - Survey ,
Southeast
Two dolphins leaping through the air above bright blue water. Pantropical spotted dolphins frolicking through the water. Credit: Terra Mar Applied Sciences/Kate Sutherland (Permit #21938)

The Longest Trackline

Collecting Information to Restore Marine Mammals and Seabirds in the Gulf of Mexico

While traversing a 200-nautical mile trackline, the survey team encounters numerous marine mammal and seabird sightings and hears a chorus of underwater sounds from nearby whales and dolphins.
September 30, 2024 - Survey ,
Southeast
Two dolphins swim through smooth blue water, one just below the surface, the other with its back breaking through the water's surface. Clymene dolphins. Credit: Terra Mar Applied Sciences/Kate Sutherland (Permit #21938)

A Voyage Through the Arctic Post #6

A Voyage Through the Arctic

An Alaskan Pioneer, Part 2
September 28, 2024 - Research ,
Alaska
Scientists deploying a net that catches samples from the ocean Deploying bongo nets. Credit: Mabel Baldwin-Schaeffer/NOAA Fisheries.

Thunderstorms and Hazy Skies

Collecting Information to Restore Marine Mammals and Seabirds in the Gulf of Mexico

On the next few days of the Vessel Survey for Abundance and Distribution of Marine Mammals and Seabirds, the skies put on a show while some animals proved difficult to identify.
September 24, 2024 - Survey ,
Southeast
From the bow of a ship at sea, a burst of orange is seen in the sky above storm clouds and rain at the horizon. Thunderstorm at sunrise. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Carrie Sinclair

Studying Ice Seals in the Bering Sea—Post #3

NOAA Fisheries scientists conduct several regular surveys and field projects on seals that make their homes on Arctic sea ice to gather information to be used to manage these seal populations.
September 24, 2024 - Survey ,
Alaska
An adult female ribbon seal rests on an ice floe, looking directly at the camera with a transmitter on top of her head. An adult female ribbon seal (Histriophoca fasciata) with a newly applied transmitter on the top of her head. The transmitter will provide data on her location, diving, and haul-out behavior. Photo taken while working under authority of NMFS Research Permit #23858. Credit: Jessica M Lindsay/NOAA Fisheries.

Adding New Species to the Survey Sighting List

Collecting Information to Restore Marine Mammals and Seabirds in the Gulf of Mexico

Concluding the first week of Leg 2 on the Vessel Survey for Abundance and Distribution on Marine Mammals and Seabirds.
September 17, 2024 - Survey ,
Southeast
The back of a large, dark grey whale is seen just above the water, with a cloud of fine mist above it's blowhole. Rice's whale and its blow. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Mary Applegate (Permit #21938)

Marine Mammal and Turtle Times - The Tale of an Entangled Humpback Whale

Marine Mammal and Turtle Times

Join the Southwest Fisheries Science Center's marine mammal and sea turtle biologists in the field, at the lab, and from their desk as they describe their research from a personal perspective.
September 17, 2024 - Research ,
West Coast
A birds-eye view of a humpback whale just below the ocean surface with gillnet wrapped around its head Images collected with an uncrewed aerial system (UAS) were used to assess an entangled humpback whale 3 miles offshore San Diego on 28 August 2024. Images collected under NMFS Permit #24359.

An Elegant Start to the Second Round of Surveying for Marine Mammals and Seabirds

Collecting Information to Restore Marine Mammals and Seabirds in the Gulf of Mexico

Join us as we set sail for Leg 2 of the Vessel Survey for Abundance and Distribution on Marine Mammals and Seabirds.
September 17, 2024 - Survey ,
Southeast
An orange sun rises over the ocean into a pink and purple sky. Sunrise. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Carrie Sinclair

A Voyage Through the Arctic Post #5

A Voyage Through the Arctic

An Alaskan Fishing Pioneer, Part 1
September 12, 2024 - Research ,
Alaska
Large white vessel on the water with misty hills in the background R/V Oscar Dyson leaving Dutch Harbor. Credit: Paul Hillman/NOAA Fisheries.

Fair Winds and Following Seas to the Reuben Lasker!

Not in the Atlantic Anymore: Scientist Cross-Trains on the West Coast

Leg 2 of the Coastal Pelagic Species Survey comes to a successful end.
August 27, 2024 - Survey ,
Southeast
West Coast
A group of people stand on the deck of a research vessel in front of a foggy, hilly, developed coastline Leg 2 science team (from left to right: Kevin Stierhoff, Allie Johannsen, Andy Ostrowski, Tobi Davies, Luca Sartori, Brittany Schwartzkopf, Alice Beittel) heading into port as the ship travels past downtown San Francisco. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Brittany Schwartzkopf