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Seeing What We Catch

June 18, 2018
A jellyfish captured in a trawl net, as seen by the Cam Trawl, an underwater camera.

Photo: NOAA CamTrawl

When a trawl sample is collected, a large net is lowered off the stern of the ship that will collect the sample of fish (hopefully mostly pollock) and other living things. The net also functions as a vessel to hold scientific instruments that collect other types of information. There is a camera ("Cam Trawl") that is attached to the net and this records video that can be watched through a computer to actually see what is being caught.
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