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Messages in a Bottle: Ocean Feature Mapping

In celebration of our 150th anniversary, we’ve taken a look at just how far ocean mapping technology has come—from drifting bottles and aerial observations to satellite imagery, GPS drifters, and computerized oceanographic models.
New England/Mid-Atlantic
image shows four panels arranged left to right and from background to foreground. The leftmost panel shows a hand drawn map of New Jersey from the 19th century. The next panel shows a map of isotherms on the East Coast. The next panel shows a computer generated map of ocean currents in the Mid-Atlantic Bight and the rightmost panel shows a globe of the Earth with satellite imagery.

Milford Lab Historical Photo Gallery

Milford Lab Photo Gallery: Approaching a Century of Advancing Aquaculture
April 14, 2022 - Photo Gallery ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Two men standing in front of an elevated shack with a Bureau of Fisheries sign and a ladder alongside. A second building can be seen in the background.

History of the Milford Laboratory

Milford Lab: Approaching a Century of Advancing Aquaculture
New England/Mid-Atlantic

Ships We Have Known - Northeast Fisheries Science Center

A photo gallery of ships has graced the wall outside the Directorate Office at the Science Center in Woods Hole for approximately 40 years.
March 23, 2022 - Photo Gallery ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Water view of white stern trawler docked at pier.

Ships We Have Known

A gallery of ships has graced the wall outside the Directorate Office at the Science Center in Woods Hole for approximately 40 years.
March 23, 2022 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Photo gallery of fishery research platforms, located on a wall at the Science Center in Woods Hole Gallery of fishery research platforms, many from the era which included international cooperative research and surveys with the Science Center. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Nancy McHugh

Nation’s Oldest Public Marine Aquarium Continues 150 Year Legacy

In celebration of our 150th anniversary, we are highlighting some of the things that make the Woods Hole fisheries lab and the village a special place. One of them is the Woods Hole Science Aquarium.
February 11, 2022 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Man dressed in a suit with hat looks at one of the lighted tanks partially covering windows along the wall of the old fisheries aquarium. Hoods over the top of the tanks deflect light from the windows visible at top. Many other tanks fill the room, including a row of small open tanks across the aisle at the bottom of the open. White power cords hang down from the ceiling to each tank.

Linda Despres: Overcoming the Odds to Fulfill a Dream

Despite early hurdles facing women going to sea, Linda Despres fulfilled her dream of a marine science career. During her 40 years at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center she spent 1,560 days at sea, and even a few underwater.
February 08, 2022 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Women in foul weather gear overalls holds up two cod. In the background are baskets and fish on the deck for sorting from a bottom trawl Linda Despres holds Atlantic cod during a 2001 bottom trawl survey on the NOAA Ship Albatross IV.

Science Center - In Our Own Words

In celebration of our 150th Anniversary, we share comments from our staff at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center.
New England/Mid-Atlantic

World Wars Impact Woods Hole Fisheries Lab

In celebration of our 150th anniversary, we are highlighting some of the interesting periods during the Woods Hole fisheries lab history, among them the two world wars.
January 13, 2022 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Three pigeon coops and sheds with screening are visible at the edge of a parking lot at center. View north shows private homes in the background looking toward Buzzards Bay. Great Harbor is at left. Materials and some small boats on the edge of the parking lot near the harbor at left. Photo: Courtesy Woods Hole Historical Museum Archives. The Navy pigeon coops and cages are visible at center in this 1944 photo looking north towards Buzzards Bay. The fisheries lab’s cottage and a parking lot are located there today. Great Harbor is at left, Albatross/West Street is at right. Photo: Courtesy Woods Hole Historical Museum Archives, Carlotta Cross.

Vinal Nye Edwards: Naturalist Extraordinaire And The First Federal Fisheries Employee

In celebration of our 150th anniversary, we are highlighting people who helped build the foundation of fisheries and marine science. Meet Vinal Nye Edwards, a local Woods Hole naturalist, who was hired in 1871.
December 27, 2021 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Head and shoulders view of older man with beard wearing a suit coat.