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Setting Sail on the First Leg of the 2023 Fall Bottom Trawl Survey

Field Fresh Blog: Science in Motion

The net loft team standardizes, inspects, and repairs nets to ensure a scientifically sound survey.
December 04, 2023 - Survey ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Two people wearing hard hats feed a green trawl net into a net reel on the deck of a white ship. A third person in a hard hat looks on. The crew of the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow loading a new trawl on the net reel. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

60 Species of Fish to Celebrate 60 Years of the Bottom Trawl Survey

Field Fresh Blog: Science in Motion

National Systematics Lab research zoologist Katherine Bemis shares her team’s work and 60 of their favorite marine species in celebration of the Bottom Trawl Survey’s 60th anniversary.
November 29, 2023 - Survey ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Two scientists stand in a lab taking photos of fish in a tank. There is a camera and lighting system set up. One scientist is adjusting the lighting on one side of the lab while the other scientist is on the other side of the lab in front of a laptop. Both scientists are looking at the laptop screen. National Systematics Lab team photographing fish during the fall Bottom Trawl Survey. Fish are placed in a phototank and images are taken using a camera controlled from a laptop. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Sabrina Dahl

Kicking Off The 60th Year Of The Fall Bottom Trawl Survey

Field Fresh Blog: Science in Motion

Our scientists calibrate and test systems during a 2-day cruise ahead of the fall Bottom Trawl Survey.
November 08, 2023 - Survey ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
The back deck of a ship sailing on blue water with the wake in the background on a cloudy day. A suspension bridge is visible in the distance. Setting sail out of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, to the first station of the 2023 Fall Bottom Trawl Survey. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Dom St. Amand

In Search of Atlantic Northern Shrimp

Field Fresh Blog: Science in Motion

Biological science technician Zach Fyke takes us on a journey to the Gulf of Maine where scientists continue their search for a locally iconic and celebrated crustacean.
September 28, 2023 - Survey ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Seven scientists stand in front of a research vessel’s wheelhouse near the bow while at sea. Some are wearing orange foul weather pants, baseball hats, t-shirts, and sunglasses. The sea is calm and there is a light layer of fog in the background hovering above the water. The sky is blue and there are a few white, wispy clouds.

Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab: An Observer's Perspective

Field Fresh Blog: Science in Motion

Robert Bland has 19 years of experience as a fisheries observer. His new blog shares what it’s like fishing for Atlantic deep-sea red crab—a unique insight to a fishery many don't know about.
July 12, 2023 - Survey ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A commercial fishing vessel is at sea. The back deck is loaded with several dozen squat round traps made of orange netting. In the foreground are metal fish sorting bins, orange mesh bait bags, and blue plastic fish totes. Along the left side of the vessel are coils of rope in a gear deployment contraption. There is a slight chop to the water and the sky is blue and cloudless. An Atlantic deep-sea red crab fishing vessel at sea. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Robert Bland

Successful Ecosystem Monitoring Survey Wraps in the Gulf of Maine

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Sampling in the Gulf of Maine nears an end, cruise to collect data in wind energy lease areas on the way home.
July 06, 2023 - Survey ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Two people at a desk in front of a computer and monitor in a dry lab on a research vessel. The computer displays a dark green vertical line. Kenzi Kimball is in the center of the image, with purple hair bound in a bandanna and wearing a blue hoodie, holding a walkie-talkie to give instructions to a winch operator out on deck. Audy Peoples sits nearest the camera, watching the screen. Audy Peoples (foreground) teaching University of New England student Kenzi Kimball (center) to run the watercast software and communicate with the winch operator. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jerry Prezioso

Ecosystem Monitoring Cruise Launches Drifter Buoys and Makes a Unique Discovery

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The cruise heads into the Gulf of Maine on track to complete all of its sampling stations.
June 30, 2023 - Survey ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
On the left, the deck of the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow with electrical wiring and part of a conductivity temperature and depth rosette water sampler visible, including three gray cylindrical bottles for sampling seawater. On the right, the calm flat and blue ocean over the deck of the ship with an orangish pink sunset on the horizon. 2023 Ecosystem monitoring cruise. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jerry Prezioso

Ecosystem Monitoring Cruise Samples the Mid-Atlantic Bight

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Smooth sailing as students and scientists reach the southernmost point of the cruise and begin the journey north.
June 26, 2023 - Survey ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Student with short brown hair wearing a green sweatshirt monitors data on a laptop screen while talking into a two-way radio transceiver. Morgan Hadley, Endicott College student, is guiding Chris Taylor’s deployment of the submersible radiometer by monitoring its data output. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jerry Prezioso

2023 Ecosystems Monitoring Cruise Underway—and Busy

Field Fresh Blog: Science in Motion

Old hands, students, and scientists forge south toward Cape Hatteras.
June 23, 2023 - Survey ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A female scientist sits in front of a computer with a male scientist standing to the left of her and a female scientist standing to the right. The standing female scientist points to something on the computer screen.

Whale Tails, Wrymouths, and Other Bottom Longline Survey Surprises

Field Fresh Blog: Science in Motion

Field biologist Emma Fowler shares more sights and scenes, unusual finds, and other fun surprises from the 2023 spring Gulf of Maine Bottom Longline Survey.
June 21, 2023 - Survey ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A whale tail drips with water above the ocean surface as the whale dove below the surface. The water is calm and the sky is slightly overcast. A humpback whale dives below the ocean surface at Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Emma Fowler