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October 30, 2026

Melina Vella: Southern Stations – Hot or Not? September 20, 2026

View of the back deck of NOAA Ship Henry B Bigelow

NOAA Teacher at Sea

Melina Vella

Aboard NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow

September 10 – 30, 2026

Mission: Northeast Fisheries Science Center Bottom Trawl Survey – Leg 1

Geographic Area of Cruise: Northeast Atlantic U.S. Coast

Date: September 20, 2026

Weather Data from the Bridge

Latitude: 34º48.0551’N

Longitude: 075º48.6160’W

Air Temperature: 25.5ºC (77.9ºF)

Science and Technology Log

It’s human nature to want to celebrate a big milestone. There’s a reason we look forward to birthdays and holidays. Studies show that it’s good for the brain to have checkpoints to mark our accomplishments. The big landmark (is it still a landmark if we’re at sea?) we’ve all been counting down to has finally arrived: the southernmost stations!

A closeup of a monitor showing the Coastal Explorer navigating system. The ship’s current location is represented by the lime green ship icon. Each set of blue circles represents a sampling location. These seven stations shown are the furthest south of the entire mission!

As you may recall, the range of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center Bottom Trawl Survey spans from Maine down to North Carolina. The past few days everyone onboard has been abuzz with excitement about the potential for some unique critters as we continue heading south. The novelty for me still hasn’t worn off—every item we bring up is equally thrilling—but the idea of even more rare species is enticing.

map of the east coast of the United States from Maine to North Carolina, with yellow coloring filling in the continental shelf offshore of the coast. the shelf is widest east of Boston, and narrower down near North Carolina. — A very basic map I made to visualize the general area covered by the survey using the publicly available polygon layer (NOAA NEFSC).

As we head towards the equator, we’re also heading towards much warmer water. The sea surface temperature on the first day of our trip was a chilly 20.9ºC (69.62ºF). In contrast, the sea surface temperature measured 29.2ºC (84.6ºF) on the day we reached the southernmost stations. That difference of about 10ºC (15ºF) has the potential to make a huge difference.

view of sunrise from the flying bridge of NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow. we see a man in a baseball cap standing at a railing, looking toward the sunrise, in silhouette. — You can’t beat the view of a sunrise from the flying bridge. It’s the perfect mid-watch pick-me-up after being in the lab in the middle of the night.

About a week into the mission, everyone’s settled into their sleeping and meal routines. We’re a well-oiled but exhausted machine.

It’s around midnight on the 17th and we’ve just switched shifts. A few members of the day watch have already retreated to their rooms after a long day while others are lingering to fill us in on the day’s trawls. From what I can tell, it was a day with just a couple of stations, but a lot of time spent in the wet lab.

Extended time in the lab can mean a couple different things:

Giant tows with an overwhelming quantity of biomass. See my last blog post, featuring the Great 3000 Pound Scallop Tow, for instance. It simply takes a long time to process the sheer number of organisms.
Back to back stations that are close together. The first few days our distances between stations (steams) were very long, sometimes hours apart. In contrast, some stations are only a few nautical miles from one another.
Smaller tows but with high biodiversity. In other words, even if there are fewer fish overall, there may be lots of different individual species. Each of them will be sorted as precisely as possible, and the extra minutes it takes to tell them apart adds up quickly.

view over the aft deck from an upper deck, down at a sorting table containing some fish. two crewmembers wearing hard hats, life vests, and gloves stand at the sorting table and look up and smile for the camera. another crewmember similarly dressed walks along the deck, heading out of frame. — Joey Dunphy, Mei Lin McLaughlin, and Ben Tuttle around the checker pen (where the net deposits the haul of fish for processing) working on the back deck.

The watch leader of day shift, Jenn, said that there was a very high amount of diversity on their shift. They pulled up some unique juvenile fish alongside a large sea sponge which caused some major excitement.

view down over the aft deck from an upper deck as perhaps 12 crewmembers wearing hard hats (many with gloves) lean over bins to examine the catch — I was able to observe the day watch team from an upper deck, giving me a bird’s eye view. They’re all working diligently to examine every tiny nook and cranny of the sponge for any animals!

We’re hoping that the night shift will be filled with just as much excitement. The door to the acoustics lab bangs open and the night watch survey technician comes in announcing with fanfare, “Almost to the southernmost station!” He and an experienced sea-going science team member are chattering away about what we might catch. We’re all throwing out things we desperately hope to see (on my end, the biggest shark one could possibly catch), and ones that we would rather not deal with (anything too venomous or bitey).

There’s an equal amount of skepticism and optimism. Another science team member, Joey Dunphy, calls the southernmost station “the most overhyped station.” He says that “sometimes it delivers, but other years it falls flat.”

So what was the verdict this year?

I know this is my first rodeo—but I’d say that it delivered above and beyond. From the tiniest of crabs to cornetfish a few feet long, there was something for everybody. Here are some of the highlights:

Disclaimer: not all of these photos are from the southernmost station, but they were all caught off the coast of North Carolina, the most southern state of the whole survey so I’m including them here anyway…

Melina, wearing large orange overalls and blue gloves, holds up an inflated porcupinefish (looks like a pufferfish) for a photo near the side rail of NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow. We can see other crewmembers beyond. — Here I am holding a Porcupinefish (*Diodon*). They’re related to other inflating fishes like pufferfishes in the order Tetraodontiformes.
Image Credit: Kate Bemis

In the wet lab, a NOAA Corps officer smiles as he takes a photo with his phone of a butterflyfish that an out-of-frame science team member is holding out in a gloved hand. — The excitement was contagious! People from all over the ship showed up to celebrate and see the critters! A science team member is displaying a Spotfin Butterflyfish (*Chaetodon ocellatus*) to a NOAA Corps officer.

view of two preserved butterflyfish of different species, pinned on styrofoam (like collections of true butterflies) to extend the fins for comparison. — One of the ways that specimens are preserved is by pinning them. The photo above is of a Spotted Butterflyfish and Reef Butterflyfish (*Chaetodon sedentarius*).
Image Credit: Daniel DiMichele of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

close-up photo of a round spiky fish (a striped burrfish, inflated) in a gloved hand — An inflated Striped Burrfish (*Chilomycterus schoepfi*).
Image Credit: Science Team Volunteer Mei Lin McLaughlin

a close up of a small spiky fish (a striped burrfish, NOT inflated) lying on wet sand surrounded by bubbles — I’ve only ever seen preserved or recently washed ashore Striped Burrfish in Delaware. The one above was found on Slaughter Beach, Delaware in August 2025 during a nature center beachcombing program.

a stargazer on a metal surface next to a printed ID tag that reads Cruise ID 202604, Station 136, Kathetostoma albigutta (lancer stargazer), Date: 2026-09-17, John Galbraith. — Stargazers, of the Uranoscopidae family, have eyes on the top of their heads looking up. This particular fish is a Lancer Stargazer (*Kathetosoma albigutta*). Someone told me that stargazers are considered the holiest fish because they are gazing up at the sky towards the heavens and the gods.

close-up view of a cowfish grasped between gloved fingers in front of a sorting table — The bold colors and intricate pattern of the Honeycomb Cowfish (*Acanthostracion polygonius*) were jaw-dropping.
Image Credit: NOAA Fisheries Biologist Joey Dunphy

even closer view of the face of a cowfish showing the protrusions above the fish's eyes — The protruding “horns” like cattle above their eyes are the reason behind the common name “cowfish.”
Image Credit: NOAA Fisheries Biologist Joey Dunphy

five crabs piled on a fish measuring board next to an empty blue glove — This photo doesn’t do justice to the gorgeous shimmering pearly legs of the Iridescent Swimming Crab (*Achelous gibbesii*).

a gloved hand holds up a slipper lobster for a photo — This is one of the most unique crustaceans I’ve ever seen–a Slipper Lobster! Of the family Scyllaridae, these are not true lobsters.

Personal Log

I could not have asked for a better day than the one we had at the southernmost stations. Not only on the science front—we caught dozens of unexpected specimens—but personally as well. The atmosphere of the ship was phenomenal. The weather and sea conditions also cooperated nicely.

Mentally and physically taking a step back (quite literally as I took the photos below), I was filled with awe at the scope of the entire mission. There are forty or so people onboard and dozens more back on land coordinating with the ship. Even more scientists will be awaiting the data and samples we’re collecting. Thousands of individuals over the more than sixty years have been part of these operations.

five science team members in orange overalls crowd together on the side deck of NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow - only one is looking at the camera — Night watch couldn’t contain their joy! While only featuring a few of us, this was the closest we got to a team photo… It can be hard to remember to snap group pics when we’re elbows deep in flopping fish.

crewmembers in orange overalls, wearing blue gloves, hold up fish on the side deck of the ship — James Hilton (left) looks at some especially fun fish from the southernmost tow. Daniel DiMichele (middle) holds a Cowfish (Ostraciidae family) and Hannah Palladino holds a Porcupinefish (*Diodon*).

I don’t like to get too sappy or sentimental, but I was especially overcome with gratitude thinking about the fact that I get to be one of those individuals. We all have different academic and career backgrounds, but we’re all on this shared journey in the middle of the ocean. The human element of it all doesn’t necessarily show up in the final government reports, but it certainly is carried in the memories of everyone onboard.

Did you know…

That flying fish, of the Exocoetidae family, can leap out of the water at speeds of more than 35 miles an hour?

a preserved flying fish pinned with fins spreads on styrofoam — This particular fish actually flew its way onto the deck of the ship before being preserved, pinned, and photographed.

a preserved flying fish in a tank where it will be photographed. beyond the tank, Melina works to hang up a gray curtain to create a solid background. — I was able to help out the team with capturing images of the specimen. Here I am switching out the colored backgrounds. Each color helps different features of the fish stand out clearly.
Image Credit: Kate Bemis

June 1, 2018June 13, 2018

Tom Savage: Introduction, June 1, 2018

NOAA Teacher at Sea

Tom Savage

NOAA Ship Fairweather

August 6 – 23, 2018

Mission: Southeast Alaska Hydrographic Survey

Geographic Area of Cruise: Southeast Alaska

Date: June 1, 2018

Introduction

Greetings from Western North Carolina. My name is Tom Savage, and I am a high school Science teacher at the Henderson County Early College on the campus of Blue Ridge Community College in Flat Rock, NC. I currently teach Chemistry, Earth Science, Physical Science and coach our Science Olympiad Team. This is my fourteenth year teaching and ninth year teaching at the early college.

Science Olympiad team placed first this year at UNC – Asheville, NC !

Exactly three years ago, I was preparing for my first NOAA Teacher at Sea voyage aboard NOAA Ship Henry Bigelow. During that mission, we conducted a cetacean (whale) inventory off the coast of New England in a region called Georges Bank. It was a trip of a lifetime and it had a profound impact on my teaching and my students. As a result, students in my physical science classes are now identifying whales species based on their sound acoustics. In addition, I began a new elementary outreach program, “Young Scientist.” Through activities, elementary children are exposed to the many sounds marine mammals produce for communication. Embedded within these lessons is the the marine mammals that reside in our oceans and NOAA’s mission in safe guarding these fragile ecosystems. Collaboration continues today with acoustician scientist Genevieve Davis, from NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center, located in the small scientific community of Woods Hole on Cape Cod.

Stickers for the Drifter Buoy — “Sounds of the Sea” ~ elementary children designing stickers to be attached to the drifter buoy.

I was very excited and honored to be chosen for another “once in a lifetime adventure,” two in one lifetime! This year I will be assisting with a hydrographic survey in and around the inside passages of southeast Alaska on NOAA Ship Fairweather! The goal of the survey is to map the ocean floor through the use of SONAR for the purpose of updating nautical charts. Using sound waves for mapping will compliment my marine mammal lesson plans. On this mission, we will be deploying a drifter buoy in which students will be tracking during the year as it will be transmitting realtime locations.

I have always had a fascination with the oceans. During the summer of 2013, I spent a week with eighteen other science teachers from across the county, scuba diving within the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. This week long program was sponsored by the Gulf of Mexico Foundation and NOAA. This exceptional professional development provided an opportunity to explore, photograph and develop lesson plans with a focus on coral reefs. I also learned about how important the Gulf of Mexico is to the oil industry. I had the opportunity to dive under an abandoned oil platform and discovered the rich, abundant animal life and how these structures improve the fish population.

Prior to becoming a teacher, I worked for six years in the GIS (Geographic Information System) field collecting, developing and designing maps for many purposes; ocean floor mapping is not on the list. I also worked for five years as a park ranger at many national parks including the Grand Canyon, Glacier and Acadia. Working at these national treasures was wonderful and very beneficial to my teaching.

Providing young adults with as many experiences and career possibilities is the hallmark of my teaching. During the year, I arrange a “Discover SCUBA” at the local YMCA. Students who have participated in this have gone on to become certified. In the fall I have offered “Discover Flying” at a local airport, sponsored by the “Young Eagles” program. Here students fly around our school and community witnessing their home from the air. A few students have gone on to study various aviation careers.

The most difficult part of being at sea for such a long time is missing my family. They all enjoy the ocean! I have been diving with my son since he was 12 and this summer my daughter will earn her junior certification.

I look forward to sharing this adventure with you! Please send any questions that you may have and I will respond in a timely manner.

Until next time; happy sailing!

July 9, 2013August 13, 2021

Jennifer Petro: Finding the Fish, July 7, 2013

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Jennifer Petro
Aboard NOAA Ship Pisces
July 1 — 14, 2013

Mission: Marine Protected Area Surveys
Geographic area of cruise: Southern Atlantic
Date: July 7, 2013

Weather Data
Air temperature: 27.°C (81.5°F)
Barometer: 1022.50 mb
Humidity: 73%
Wind direction: 195°
Wind speed: 6.1 knots
Water temp: 26.6° C (79.3°F)
Latitude: 34 44.62 N
Longitude: 75 91.98 W

Science and Technology Log

Today we find ourselves off of the coast of northern North Carolina where we will be for the next few days. An exciting aspect about this cruise is that we will be multi-beam mapping (a blog about that very soon) and sending the ROV down for surveys in new areas off of North Carolina. For the past few days I have been working with the team from the Panama City Southeast Fisheries Science Center identifying fish. This can sometimes be a very difficult prospect when the ROV is flying over the fish at 2 knots. The team from SEFSC consists of Andy David, Stacey Harter and Heather Moe. David is a 23 year veteran of NOAA and has been working on the MPA project since 2004. Stacey has been working on this project since its inception as well. Heather is new to the team and is just coming off of a 1 year assignment with the NOAA Corps at the South Pole.

There are several major objectives of this survey cruise.

(1) To survey established MPAs to collect data to compare to previous years’ surveys.

An important aspect of these cruises is to establish the effectiveness of an MPA. In some MPAs there is usually no fishing allowed. This includes trolling. bottom fishing (hook and line) as well as all commercial methods of fishing. The MPAs we are studying are Type II MPAs where trolling is permitted. They are looking for seven specific target species.

Blue Line Tilefish
Golden Tilefish
Misty Grouper
Snowy Grouper
Yellowedge Grouper
Speckled Hind (a grouper)
Warsaw Grouper

According to Andy, these species have been chosen due to their commercial value. During each dive a record is taken as to the type of species seen. We are specifically looking for the target species but we are keeping track of ALL the species that we see. I think it is fantastic to see scientists get excited about seeing something new. So far we have seen Oceanic Sunfish (2), Redband Parrotfish, Tautog (a more northerly found fish), Longsnout Butterflyfish and one fish species that we have not identified yet. There is an emphasis on Lionfish counts to assist in gauging how the introduction of this invasive species is affecting the overall fish populations. In some areas the Lionfish numbers have increased dramatically over the years. Today we actually saw one try to eat a smaller fish! They are very abundant in some locations and not in others but they have been present in 95% of our dives.

A Speckled Hind seen inside the North Florida MPA.

A Warsaw Grouper seen inside the North Florida MPA.

Stacey Harter, LT JG Heather Moe and I watching the big monitor and calling out the fish that we are seeing to be recorded.

(2) Survey outside of the MPAs.

You may ask “Why survey outside the area?” We want to know if the MPAs are indeed doing what they were designed to do: protect fish species. That was very evident in Jacksonville where the numbers and size of Gag Grouper and Scamp far exceeded the numbers and size outside the MPA.

Andy David recording for the ROV video log species of fish we are seeing on the dive.

(3) Survey new sites for possible MPA designation.

There is a process that is followed when determining if an area is a suitable MPA candidate. What we are doing on this cruise is both mapping and surveying new areas that have been proposed as MPA sites. This is the ground level stage. The MPAs in the region that we are in are ultimately determined by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council.

A Gray Triggerfish protecting a nest of eggs. Seen in the Edisto MPA as well as in a proposed site off of North Carolina.

Data during the dives is collected in a few ways. There are several video monitors that we watch and we call out species that we see. A data keyboard, like the one Harbor Branch uses for invertebrates counts, is used to keep track of types and number of each species seen. During every dive a video from the camera on the ROV is recorded and species are highlighted and recorded on to the DVD. This data will be analyzed thoroughly back at the lab and then sent to the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council.

Personal Log

I am happy to announce that I have finally gotten my sea legs. It wasn’t as bad as I had envisioned but I was definitely concerned that it would be a major issue. We had some weather on Thursday, July 4 and that was the worst of it for me. I now hardly feel the vessel move. It has been fun over the past several days. We are in the lab most of the days so we only get to really see the crew at mealtimes and after dinner. The crew, from the CO to the engineers, are all great people. They are happy to answer questions, point you in the right direction and are quick to say hi and ask you about your day. Yesterday afternoon one of the engineers, Steve, gave us a tour of the engine room. All of the ship’s infrastructure is supported by this room. The engines run the generators for power, support the a/c, house the desalination filters (all the fresh water on board comes from salt water) as well as getting the boat from point A to point B. I was impressed!

One of the 4 Caterpillar engines that keep Pisces running ship shape.

Today after our last ROV dive, a school of Mahi mahi followed it (the ROV) up to the surface. The fishing was on! The crew brought out rods, reels and bait and the fishing commenced. Collectively we managed to land one bull or male and 2 smaller Mahi mahi. It was a nice diversion for all of us, scientists and crew, as we were back to work all too quickly. Fish tacos for dinner!

Fair weather and calm seas.

Jennifer

Did you know that…

Some grouper can grow to be so huge that when they open their mouths to feed, they create a suction that is powerful enough to inhale small prey.

June 26, 2013August 11, 2021

Sue Cullumber: Reflections – From the Atlantic to Arizona, June 26, 2013

NOAA Teacher at Sea
Sue Cullumber
Onboard NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter
June 5–24, 2013

Mission: Ecosystem Monitoring Survey
Date: 6/26/2013
Geographical area of cruise: The continental shelf from north of Cape Hatteras, NC, including Georges Bank and the Gulf of Maine, to the Nova Scotia Shelf

1stgroup — Our first group for the EcoMon Survey. Kat, Kevin, Holly, Chris, Tom, Sue, Chris, and Cristina.

Personal Log: Well I’m back in my home state of Arizona. It is really hot, the forecast is for it to be above 110º, and I miss the cool breezes of the Atlantic Ocean. I am happy to be back in Arizona, but I will miss all the people, the marine creatures and the beauty of the Atlantic Ocean. I will remember this experience for the rest of my life and look forward to sharing this exciting adventure with my students, friends and family.

2ndgroup2 — Our 2nd group for the EcoMon Survey. Tom, Kris, Cristina, David, Sue, Chris, Kevin and Sarah.

On the last two days onboard we finished up our EcoMon Survey and had time to add 23 more Bongo Stations. These were completed in two areas with the first just east of Maryland and the second off the coast of North Carolina. As we headed east of North Carolina we went into the Gulf Stream and the water temperature started to increase. At these stations our samples contained more larval fish than previously. We even brought up some deep-sea fish in two of these samples. One was a species of Gonostoma and the second a Hatchet fish. Both were fairly small and black with iridescent colors and had large mouths with many teeth.

deepseafish6_22 — A fish, from the species Gonostoma, that was brought up in our Bongo net.

deepseahatchet6_22 — A Hatchet fish in our Bongo net sample.

Our drifter buoy, WMO # 44932, has been showing some movement since being deployed (to track movement, put GTS buoy for data set and WMO # for platform ID). Currently it is at latitude/ longitude: 38.73ºN, 73.61ºW. It does appear to be moving inland, but hopefully it will catch the current and start moving further into the Atlantic. We will be tracking it at Howard Gray over the next year.

margaretcrablegs — Margaret Coyle, our chief steward, serving Alaskan crab legs.

Last day on the Gordon Gunter, Margaret, the chief steward, prepared a special meal for all of us. The spread included: Alaskan crab legs, roast duck with plum sauce, NY loin strip Oscar, grilled salmon, asparagus, red potatoes, Italian rolls, cream of potato and bacon soup (which I had at lunch, delicious) and cranberry cheesecake. I choose the crab, duck, asparagus, potatoes, and cheesecake – heavenly!!! I probably shouldn’t have had the cheesecake as well, but it was just delicious! Margaret always had so many great choices it was really hard to make up your mind.

dolphinbottlenose — Bottlenose Dolphin at the bow of the Gordon Gunter.

Our last night on the Gordon Gunter was amazing. We had another unbelievable sunset with fantastic colors. A friend of mine from Arizona said, “It makes our Arizona sunsets look very bland and I think they are some of the best I’ve seen.” Then a group of Bottlenose dolphins visited the bow of the ship, so it was truly a remarkable night I will always remember.

sunsetfinal — Our final sunset on the Gordon Gunter.

sueongunter6_24 — Enjoying the cool breezes of the Atlantic Ocean.

Question of the day? : Why do you think the deep-sea fish have such large mouths?

September 14, 2012August 11, 2021

Kaitlin Baird: Some Essential Tools! September 14, 2012

NOAA Teacher at Sea
Kaitlin Baird
Aboard NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow
September 4 – 20, 2012

Mission: Autumn Bottom Trawl Survey with NOAA’s North East Fisheries Science Center
Geographical Area: Off the Coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
Date: September 14th
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Location Data:
Latitude: 35′ 10.67
Longitude: 75’33.60

Weather Data:
Air Temperature: 23.40 (approx.74 °F)
Wind Speed: 2.17 kts
Wind Direction: Southwest
Surface Water Temperature:2 7.61 °C (approx. 82°F)
Weather conditions: Sunny and fair

Science and Technology Log

One of the things I was curious about was the deployment of these large instruments and the technology that supports it. One of the keys to the deployment of things like the BONGO nets, Continuous Depth Recorders (CTD’s) and the trawl net itself are winches. A winch spools the wire cable that is hooked to all of the instruments and allows them to move up, down and out into the water column. With some of the instruments, like the BONGO’S and CTD casts, a retractable A-Frame is used to lower the cable from the winch. You can see the A-Frame on the right and the winch on the left in the photo below. This winch in particular controls the deployment of the net and connects to two winches on the stern that roll out the net to open up the mouth. The wire is constantly monitored from the bridge on the screen below and is automatically adjusted to maintain equal tension on both sides.

Winch for fishing nets, Tension monitor on winches from the bridge and A-frame — Winch for fishing nets, Tension screen for winches from the bridge and retractable A-frame

Once the net is run out with the aid of the winches, it is constantly monitored for its shape during the tow with a number of different censors attached to the net. There is an autotrawl system that sets the depth of the trawl and the tension of the wires. A Global Positioning System (GPS) plots the position of the net for each trawl so that it can be associated with all organisms caught in the tow. At the end of the tow the winches reel back the cable and a crane brings the net with the catch over to the “checker” where the net is unloaded!

Monitoring the position and shape of the trawl in the water

Personal Log:

The fun part begins when the net opens and all the animals enter the checker. When all of the catch goes into the checker the scientists take a look at the catch, and remove anything too large to go up the conveyor belt. If a fish dominates the catch it will “run”. This means, as it goes down the conveyor belt it won’t be taken off and it will be weighed by the basketful and then a subsample will be taken for further analysis.

The fish are all divided up by species and electronically coded in the FSCS system to be measured. After they are measured, the system will prompt for further analysis for that particular species. If extra sampling of the fish is required, it is labeled with a printed sticker for the species with a unique barcode that can be scanned to retrieve its record in the database.

tag for the organisms to designate its ID and what is to be done with it — Tag for the organisms to designate its ID and what is to be done with it

I thought I’d share some photos with you of some of the unique things we have seen so far fishing today. We are off the coast of Carolina and finishing up our Southern stations today into early morning!

Catch of the day! Thanks for reading!

Atlantic Sharpnose Shark caught off of Carolina coast