Ecosystem Monitoring of the Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf
Despite delays caused by the 2020 global pandemic, we completed coverage of the Mid-Atlantic region in the late winter.
What started as ocean exploration in 1912 is now a broadly focused, long-term program. We supply critical information to climate research and predictions, fisheries and protected species management, and basic science.
Ocean features called surface slicks are an interconnected superhighway of nursery habitat for more than 100 marine species—a hidden world just below the surface.
Scientists will conduct a 3-year project using 60+ years of field observations to improve biological, oceanographic, and climate models to help resource managers and fishermen better plan for the future.
