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What We Read While At Sea

Field Fresh Blog: Science in Motion

Data quality specialist Liz Ouellette shares the top 12 books our Bottom Trawl Survey scientists read during the fall 2023 survey. From science and sci-fi, to linguistics and church history, there’s something for everyone!
January 25, 2024 - Survey ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Old books on a bookshelf.

Surprising Sights and Wondrous Wildlife in the Gulf of Maine

Field Fresh Blog: Science in Motion

Field Biologist Emma Fowler shares some of her favorite moments from the fall 2023 Cooperative Gulf of Maine Bottom Longline Survey.
January 03, 2024 - Survey ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
wo commercial fishermen wearing foul weather gear, blue rubber gloves, and baseball hats smile ear-to-ear while one holds a large golden tilefish. The golden tilefish has a white underside and its dorsal side, head, and dorsal fin are flecked with yellow and gold tones. Captain Phil Lynch and mate Danny DeRose proudly displaying a golden tilefish they caught onboard the F/V Mary Elizabeth. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jacob Wilson

Sound Bytes: Waving Goodbye to ADRIFT Fieldwork

Sound Bytes

Reflecting on our ADRIFT Central Coast Collaborative Surveys
December 26, 2023 - Research ,
West Coast
Kaitlin Palmer, Kourtney Burger and Cory Hom-Weaver stand in front of Morro Bay rock during sunset. The rock is a prominent feature in Morro Bay that jets up from the sand and ocean over 500 feet tall. Members of the ADRIFT team (Kaitlin Palmer, Cory Hom-Weaver, and Kourtney Burger) in front of Morro Rock. Credit: NA

2023 Integrated West Coast Pelagics Survey Multi-function Trawl Testing

From December 11–15, 2023, researchers will evaluate a new multi-function trawl system's midwater and surface-trawling performance in preparation for the Integrated West Coast Pelagics Survey.
December 11, 2023 - Survey ,
West Coast

Locating the Larvae

Out at sea in the darkest of night, scientists are sampling larval fish throughout Hawai‘i to better understand their habitat and patterns in fish reproduction.
October 30, 2023 - Research ,
Pacific Islands
Two researchers on the side of a vessel, deploying a plankton net into the ocean. Don Kobayashi (left) and Justin Suca (right, CIMAR/RCUH in support of NOAA Fisheries, PIFSC) deploy the Isaac-Kidd Midwater Trawl plankton net. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

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

Sound Bytes: Learning Through Experience

Sound Bytes

Harnessing student curiosity to support authentic research
July 10, 2023 - Research ,
West Coast
Virginia Pearson stands on a rocky beach in Sitka, Alaska holding a small purple shore crab in their hands. Virginia Pearson holding a purple shore crab (Hemigrapsus nudus) in Sitka, AK. Credit: Helena Provencio

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

Leg 2 of the 2023 Survey is Underway!

The Main Deck

Leg 2 of the Survey resumes science operations where Leg 1 left off
July 05, 2023 - Survey ,
West Coast

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