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Winter Sets The Ocean’s Clocks

Field Fresh Blog: Science in Motion

Research fishery biologist Katey Marancik shares how the data she and others collected during the winter 2024 Ecosystem Monitoring Survey are an important starting point for understanding the ocean’s clock for the year.
April 10, 2024 - Research ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A large piece of ocean water sampling gear sits on the side deck of a research vessel while at sea. The ocean is choppy and the sunrise is peeking through the clouds. A choppy morning during the winter 2024 Ecosystem Monitoring Survey. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Katey Marancik

The Birds Are Back in Town

Field Fresh Blog: Science in Motion

Research fishery biologist Katey Marancik participated in the winter 2024 Ecosystem Monitoring Survey and was treated to sea bird species she normally doesn’t see during the spring or fall surveys. Puffins and loons and scoters—oh, my!
March 27, 2024 - Survey ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A small black and white bird with a bright orange beak swims on the ocean’s surface.

A Food Blog For Planktivores

Field Fresh Blog: Science in Motion

Research fishery biologist Katey Marancik participated in the winter 2024 Ecosystem Monitoring Survey sampling plankton. While eating in NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow’s galley, she wondered, “What would a planktivore food blog look like?” So she created one.
March 14, 2024 - Research ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Three people face the camera at a dinner table with a NOAA logo table cloth. Each person has a plate of food in front of them on the table and a smile on their face.

Welcome Back, Winter EcoMon

Field Fresh Blog: Science in Motion

Winter survey season is not for the faint of heart! Research fishery biologist Katey Marancik participated in the winter 2024 Ecosystem Monitoring Survey (EcoMon) and shares the literal ups and downs of trying to get to the survey vessel and out to sea.
March 13, 2024 - Research ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A person wearing a winter jacket, knit hat and a life jacket stands on the side of a boat taking a photo of another boat with their cell phone.

2023 Field Fresh Blog Photo Gallery

2023 in photos: Our observers, interns, and scientists share field experiences through their blog photos.
January 03, 2024 - Photo Gallery ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Metal longline hook and snap attached to fishing line laid on a measuring board. The hook has a curved shaft and body, and a sharp barb on its end. The snap resembles a large safety pin and is used to secure the baited hook and line to the mainline used to haul and deploy the gear.

Successful Ecosystem Monitoring Survey Wraps in the Gulf of Maine

Field Fresh Blog: Science in Motion

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

Field Fresh Blog: Science in Motion

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

Field Fresh Blog: Science in Motion

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.

2022 Field Fresh Blog Photo Gallery

Some of the photos from our bloggers.
December 27, 2022 - Photo Gallery ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A color image. A fish is laid on its side on a light colored background. The fish is nearly rectangular, but rounded at the head and tail. Its body depth is consistent, narrowing slightly where it attaches to the stubby tail. Its head has a steep profile, a prominent, button-like eye, and a small mouth close to the base of the head. The body is light colored, with pastel colored, irregular stripes.