Recovering a CTD rosette with few water sampling bottles.

Deploying a CTD rosette with few water sampling bottles.

Operating the winch and A-frame to deploy coring device

Recovering trawl net

Recovering trawl net during small pelagic survey - note doors already secure.

Recovering trawl net during small pelagic survey - note doors already secure.

Recovering trawl net during small pelagic survey - note doors already secure.

Recovering trawl net during small pelagic survey - note doors already secure.

Recovering trawl net during small pelagic survey - note doors already secure.

Cod end of trawl net coming aboard during scientific trawling operations with 8,000 pound catch of almost all croaker, a forage fish.

Cod end of trawl net coming aboard during scientific trawling operations with 8,000 pound catch of almost all croaker, a forage fish.

Cod end of trawl net coming aboard during scientific trawling operations with 8,000 pound catch of almost all croaker, a forage fish.

Shaking down the bag

Shaking down the bag

Dumping large catch onto deck for sorting.

Dumping large catch onto deck for sorting.

Using shovel to help sort and move fish from very large catch that is being dumped on deck.

A large number of eels in a trawl station catch placed in the sorting table.

Dogfish in sorting basket.

Squid in sorting basket.

A fish trap with bait which has been equipped with a camera to study the behavior of attracted fish.

Deploying fish traps from the stern of the NOAA Ship PISCES

Deploying a fish trap from the stern of the NOAA Ship PISCES

Recovering fish trap with power block.

Recovering fish trap with power block.

Fish trap coming aboard NOAA Ship PISCES.

The catch in a fish trap deployed from the NOAA Ship PISCES.

Power block in operation retrieving fish trap.

Large fish caught in fish trap deployed from NOAA Ship PISCES.

Grouper caught in fish trap deployed from NOAA Ship PISCES

Retrieving a chevron fish trap on NOAA Ship PISCES.

Retrieving a chevron fish trap on NOAA Ship PISCES.

Retrieving a round crab trap on the NOAA Ship PISCES for Natural Resource Damage Assessment studies.

Retrieving a round crab trap on the NOAA Ship PISCES for Natural Resource Damage Assessment studies.

Retrieving a round crab trap on the NOAA Ship PISCES for Natural Resource Damage Assessment studies.

Displaying a large red sea bass. After tissue and organ studies, the remainder of such fish are used by the ship's stewards for taste sampling.

Biologist assuring no dolphin or marine turtles in vicinity of NOAA Ship PISCES while conducting trawl surveys which could entangle such protected resources.

Biologist assuring no dolphin or marine turtles in vicinity of NOAA Ship PISCES while conducting trawl surveys which could entangle such protected resources.

Bigeyes view of moon.

Bigeyes view of moon.

Moon-gazing with the Bigeyes binoculars.

Biologist assuring no dolphin or marine turtles in vicinity of NOAA Ship PISCES while conducting trawl surveys which could entangle such protected resources.

Biologist assuring no dolphin or marine turtles in vicinity of NOAA Ship PISCES while conducting trawl surveys which could entangle such NOAA Ship PISCES while conducting trawl surveys which could entangle such

Releasing the "cowbell" to open the cod end of the trawl net. Although a poor trawl, this catches the cowbell in mid-release.

Picking the net of small organisms when trawl being retrieved during sperm whale predation survey.

Aleutian wing trawl net being retrieved during sperm whale predation survey.

Aleutian wing trawl net being retrieved during sperm whale predation survey.

Silhouette of scientists inspecting biota picked out of trawl net.

Scientists picking over cod end of net for adhering biota.

CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth sensor) with water bottles being deployed.