NOAA Ship ALBATROSS IV proceeding to study Gulf Stream eddies. Buoys will be moored with tethered instrument packages.

NOAA Ship ALBATROSS IV proceeding to study Gulf Stream eddies. Buoys will be moored with tethered instrument packages.

Preparing current meters to secure to tethered mooring during Gulf Stream eddy studies from the NOAA Ship ALBATROSS IV.

Stern of the ALBATROSS IV during Gulf Stream eddy studies

Sunset with tops of lighted buoys silhouetted during Gulf Stream eddy studies.

Preparing to launch a buoy during Gulf Stream eddy studies from the stern of the NOAA Ship ALBATROSS IV.

Preparing to launch a buoy during Gulf Stream eddy studies from the stern of the NOAA Ship ALBATROSS IV.

Preparing to launch a buoy during Gulf Stream eddy studies from the stern of the NOAA Ship ALBATROSS IV.

Pheww!!! This buoy launching stuff is hard work. Crewman takes a break during Gulf Stream eddy studies while proceeding to another mooring site.

Buoy with tethered current meter being launched during Gulf Stream eddy studies from NOAA Ship ALBATROSS IV.

Yeah, the buoy made it over the side. Now let's see if we can get this current meter in the water. Gulf Stream eddy studies from the NOAA Ship ALBATROSS IV.

Marine mammal victim of entanglement.

Marine mammal victim of entanglement.

Marine mammal victim of entanglement.

Sea turtle killed by entanglement in fishing net

Marine mammal victim of entanglement.

Marine mammal victim of entanglement.

Marine mammal victim of entanglement.

Sea lion killed by being entangled in net

Entangled fur seal

Entangled fur seal

Entangled fur seal

Entangled elephant seal

Hawaiian monk seal entangled in rope

Sea turtle entangled in derelict gillnet

Poster emphasizing not to throw garbage from vessels.

Seabirds eating garbage tossed overboard from vessel.

Trash floating in the sea.

Black-footed albatross eating garbage.

Seagulls picking their way through a garbage dump on land

A National Marine Fisheries Service observer checks the dimensions of a net and its catch.

A ghastly view of fish squeezed through the net by the tons of fish trapped within the main body of the net.

Bringing a huge trawl aboard a commercial fishing vessel.

The hold of a commercial ship filling up with sole.

Working in Oregon fish hatchery, pouring bucket of salmonid eggs into tank

Leaping salmon heading upstream

Victor Simon recording fisheries data off San Pedro, California.

Dave Read, Matt Barnhart, and John Harms work on an underwater camera system aboard the F/V SEAHORSE.

Blue shark feeding on squid.

Bait fish circling a bait tank aboard the F/V SEAHORSE.

Sign on stern of F/V SEAHORSE indicating its use as a contract fisheries research vessel.

Lead Fisherman Jonathan Saunders sews in the liner of a sampling trawl net. On board the NOAA Ship OSCAR ELTON SETTE.

Searching the horizon with the "big eyes" on the OSCAR ELTON SETTE.

Beach seining - pulling beach seining into boat to set up for another set.

Cliff seining - retrieving a cliff seine near Sitka.

Cliff seining - finishing up the retrieval of a cliff seine near Sitka.

CTD cast - retrieving a CTD after a cast in Frederick Sound off the NOAA Ship JOHN N. COBB.

Researcher Mike Murphy holding laminaria saccharina sugar kelp algae.

Longline processing and observer sampling catch in Gulf of Alaska during longline survey.

Pulling in a halibut during a demersal longline survey to work with acoustic trawl survey in Southeast Alaska.