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Trawling for Pollock, But Catching Jellies

September 17, 2019
Trawl net aboard NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson

Photo: Callie Harris

A midwater trawl (aka a pelagic trawl) is a type of net fishing at a depth that is higher in the water column than the bottom of the ocean. We are using a type of midwater trawl known as a Stauffer trawl which has a cone shaped net that is spread by trawl doors.... If you have ever gone fishing before, you probably quickly realized just because you want to catch a certain species doesn’t mean you are going to get it.
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What We’re Thankful ForNovember 23, 2020Getting Our Bear-ingsNovember 16, 2020A Bubble JellySeptember 28, 2020“Photo with the Oscar Dyson crew and scientists on Leg 2 of the Pollock survey of the Bering Sea in July 2012.”March 9, 2020Fish Stick ScienceFebruary 19, 2020It’s Whale Week at NOAA Fisheries — Hooray!February 10, 2020Lumpsucker LessonOctober 8, 2019Trawling for Pollock, But Catching JelliesSeptember 17, 2019Commercial Fishing Methods in AlaskaSeptember 3, 2019Like Virtual SCUBA DivingJuly 15, 2019In celebration of March Madness, here’s a basketball… -shaped fish! Go Lumpsuckers!March 18, 2019It’s a Fish-Eat-Fish WorldAugust 20, 2018
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