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The Fall Bottom Longline Survey: Enjoying the Ride Despite the Weather

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Northeast Fisheries Observer Program alumna Maura Flynn tackles the challenges of working at sea by heeding her own advice during the fall Gulf of Maine Bottom Longline Survey.
December 16, 2024 - Survey ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Two blackbelly rosefish on a fish measuring board. Measuring blackbelly rosefish on the fall Bottom Longline Survey. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/ Maura Flynn

Breathing in Climate Change: International Collaboration to Study Sea Scallops in a Changing Environment

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Two Northeast Fisheries Science Center scientists visited their Canadian counterparts to measure oxygen consumption in baby sea scallops exposed to ocean temperatures and pH levels expected in the future.
December 12, 2024 - Research ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Two female scientists sit side by side at a lab bench holding pipettes. Dr. Gurney-Smith (back) picking scallop larvae under the microscope while Katyanne Shoemaker (front) loads larvae into the respiration chamber plate. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Shannon Meseck

Searching for Right Whales During Our Annual Research Survey

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Marine mammal observer Alison Ogilvie shares a few memorable highlights from this year’s North Atlantic Right Whale Shipboard Survey.
December 12, 2024 - Survey ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Five North Atlantic right whales at the surface of the ocean. Perspective is looking down from above.

My Top Scallop Survey Moment: Right Place at the Right Time for a Right Whale

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Biological Science Technician Zach Fyke participated in all three legs of the 2024 Atlantic Sea Scallop Survey. He got to see and experience some pretty incredible things, including seeing his first right whale, puffins, a huge halibut, and more.
November 12, 2024 - Survey ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A scientist wearing a personal flotation device squats in front of a long-range autonomous underwater vehicle typing on a laptop while on the back deck of a research vessel at sea. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution engineer Owen Ceserano downloads images collected from a long-range autonomous underwater vehicle called “Stella” on deck of R/V Hugh R. Sharp. HabCam can be seen in the background. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Zach Fyke

Olivine, Oysters, and Ocean Acidification Part 2

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Summer 2024 interns Jonathan Lim and Jennifer Herrera share their experiences studying the effects of marine carbon dioxide removal on oysters at the NOAA Fisheries Milford Laboratory.
November 06, 2024 - Research ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pile of oysters.

Olivine, Oysters, and Ocean Acidification Part 1

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Summer 2024 intern Jonathan Lim shares his experiences working at the NOAA Fisheries Milford Laboratory.
October 24, 2024 - Research ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Group of eleven people smile on the back of a boat with three orange buckets filled with oysters.

Observing—Six Things I’ve Learned in a Year

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Working as a fisheries observer, you learn a thing or two over the course of a year. Observer Leah Jones shares her top six.
October 16, 2024 - Fisheries Observer ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A fisheries observer wearing foul weather gear, a hat, a jacket, and blue rubber gloves stands on the back deck of a commercial fishing vessel holding an Atlantic halibut in her hands while posing for the camera.

There’s a First Time for Everything

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Join fisheries biologist Mary Kate Munley on our first cruise in a quest to learn how ocean conditions affect shortfin squid.
October 11, 2024 - Survey ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
2 men stitch measurement equipment to the net. Both are wearing microphones and headsets. Matt Loughlin and David Axelsson from the Dyrsten crew secure a small instrument to the net to measure salinity, temperature, and depth while we fish for squid. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/ Audy Peoples

Graduate Student Interns Aboard a Research Vessel 130 Miles Out at Sea

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Southern Connecticut State University graduate student Abby Lucas recounts her path to collecting environmental DNA samples in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument.
August 19, 2024 - Survey ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Person wearing a blue shirt and black shorts sitting on a boat looking out into the ocean, holding a camera.

Using Environmental DNA to Understand Biodiversity in a Marine National Monument

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Join Yuan Liu on an expedition to collect environmental DNA from the highly protected waters of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument.
August 15, 2024 - Survey ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A research vessel is anchored by the dock. A frame is on the left side of the photo at the stern area of the boat. The bow area is to the right. The hull is painted with white and blue. Blue letters UCONN are painted on top of white paint on the side of the boat. Blue letters CONNECTICUT are painted on top of white paint on the hull of the bow area. The R/V Connecticut, the University of Connecticut’s research vessel. Credit: Katie Cubina