Operations on the NOAA Ship FERREL. Weighing a shark.

Operations on the NOAA Ship FERREL. Dolphin fish. Looks like dinner to me. Known as Dourado or Mahi-mahi in many areas. Coryphaena hippurus.

Operations on the NOAA Ship FERREL. A large barracuda caught during shark study operations.

Operations on the NOAA Ship FERREL.

Observing humpback whales from the bow of the NOAA Ship McARTHUR during Stenella Abundance research cruise.

Operations on the NOAA Ship McARTHUR during Stenella abundance cruises.

Operations on the NOAA Ship McARTHUR during Stenella abundance cruises.

Operations on the NOAA Ship McARTHUR during Stenella abundance cruises.

Operations on the NOAA Ship McARTHUR during Stenella abundance cruises.

Operations on the NOAA Ship McARTHUR during Stenella abundance cruises.

Operations on the NOAA Ship McARTHUR during Stenella abundance cruises.

Operations on the NOAA Ship McARTHUR during Stenella abundance cruises.

Operations on the NOAA Ship McARTHUR during Stenella abundance cruises.

Operations on the NOAA Ship McARTHUR during Stenella abundance cruises.

Operations on the NOAA Ship McARTHUR during Stenella abundance cruises.

Operations on the NOAA Ship McARTHUR during Stenella abundance cruises.

Operations on the NOAA Ship McARTHUR during Stenella abundance cruises.

Operations on the NOAA Ship McARTHUR during Stenella abundance cruises.

Operations on the NOAA Ship McARTHUR during Stenella abundance cruises.

Operations on the NOAA Ship McARTHUR during Stenella abundance cruises.

Operations on the NOAA Ship McARTHUR during Stenella abundance cruises.

Pinata night on the McARTHUR.

Hurrah!!! Scrambling for the goodies after the pinata broke. Pinata night on the McARTHUR at the end of the STAR 2000 cruise.

The McARTHUR dwarfed by cruise ships as it enters Key West Harbor.

The McARTHUR dwarfed by cruise ships as it enters Key West Harbor.

The McARTHUR dwarfed by cruise ships as it enters Key West Harbor.

The McARTHUR dwarfed by cruise ships as it enters Key West Harbor.

Starboard side view of the McARTHUR as it prepares to tie up at Key West Harbor.

The McARTHUR docking at Key West Harbor.

Preparing to secure the McARTHUR's gangway at Key West.

Securing the McARTHUR's gangway at Key West.

Deep Worker 2000 -- one man mini-sub deployed from McARTHUR during Sustainable Seas Expedition.

NOAA Ship FERREL working off Savannah with helicopter support.

NOAA Ship FERREL working off Savannah with helicopter support.

NOAA Ship FERREL working off Savannah with helicopter support.

Christmas at Seattle. NOAA Ship MACARTHUR on left, NOAA Ship JOHN N. COBB on right.

Surveying Steamer FATHOMER.

Longitudinal section of Surveying Steamer FATHOMER.

NOAA Ship RAINIER at Icy Bay.

NOAA Ship RAINIER at Icy Bay.

A double rainbow seen from the NOAA Ship RAINIER. A NOAA Teacher at Sea.

NOAA Ship RAINIER in the Inside Passage.

NOAA Ship RAINIER in the Inside Passage.

NOAA Ship RAINIER approaching the Alaskan coast.

NOAA Ship RAINIER approaching the coast at twilight at Icy Bay.

Marine mammal observer looking through the "big eyes" at Icy Bay.

Ice along a tide rip. Note launches in the background. Possibly discussing sound velocity problem as ice would probably have fresh water lens causing rapid changes in sound velocity from salt water regime.

Commander Ron Jones, Operations Officer on NOAA Ship SURVEYOR, considering next day's work while conducting multi-beam sounding operations north of San Francisco on the California Coast.

Yeoman Chuck Gentilcore coming to inform Commanding Officer of NOAA Ship PEIRCE of problem while tied up at Nassau, Bahamas Islands.

Lietuenant Rich Behn, Navigation Officer on the NOAA Ship SURVEYOR, during multi-beam sounding operations north of San Francisco, California.