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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).Read the blog post
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“This is the actual size of a North Atlantic Right Whale. Our whole 8th grade class fits inside!”December 2, 2013
“We had right whales all around us. One swam right toward out boat and then veered off at the last minute!”October 1, 2012