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September 13, 2021
A school of jackknife fish (Equetus lanceolatus) as seen by the Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) over the West Florida Shelf.

Photo: NOAA Fisheries

Today we made three ROV dives on the West Florida Shelf, roughly 100 miles off the west coast of Florida... The object was to conduct a fish survey with respect to species presence and abundance as a function of bottom habitat types. Essentially, we were looking for good hard-bottom fish habitats within an area being proposed to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council as a new Marine Protected Area (MPA).
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12 photos for Sharp · Clear

Investigating Threats to ScallopsAugust 9, 2021Winter Flounder-landDecember 7, 2020I Spy Something FishyJuly 27, 2020Sailing Into the RainbowMarch 11, 2019Sometimes, a Fluke is just a FlukeJune 12, 2017What stands sea scallops apart from other bivalves?June 27, 2016“Ocean pout– eats sand dollars”July 21, 2014“Scallops have eyes that line the edges of both top and bottom shells.October 21, 2013“The sea mouse is actually a polychaete which is a type of marine segmented worm.”July 29, 2013“Following each seafloor dredge tow, the science and engineering teams work to shuck the largest of the scallops for closer analysis.”July 8, 2013“Following each seafloor dredge tow, the science and engineering teams work to shuck the largest of the scallops for closer analysis.”July 8, 2013“We continue to see skates, various fishes, lobsters and sand dollars, and in places, huge amounts of scallops.”November 19, 2012