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Swimmer's eye-view of the kelp beds off Monterey.

Remains of an anchor at Cape Alava

Remains of an anchor at Cape Alava

Fuca Pillar at Cape Flattery, the northwest extremity of the Olympic Peninsula

Fuca Pillar at Cape Flattery, the northwest extremity of the Olympic Peninsula An aerial view.

Tatoosh Lighthouse from offshore.

Tskawahyah Island at sunset

Sunset along an Olympic Coast beach

Sunset along the Olympic Coast

Aerial view of Teahwhit Head and James Island

California mussel bed along the Olympic Coast

The rocky intertidal zone

A pair of Tufted Puffins on a cliff

A Black Oystercatcher.

A Murre colony up close

Tidal current patterns in the sand and sea grass at low tide

Mary Sue Brancato, Resource Protection Specialist for the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, is setting a trap to monitor for green crab, an invasive species.

Mary Sue Brancato, Resource Protection Specialist for the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, is tagging a dead bird as part of the COASST (Coastal Observation and Seatbird Survey Team) monthly survey of dead birds on area beaches.

Greg McCormack, Naturalist and Education Specialist for the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, is talking to a group of volunteer docents about plants and animals found in tide pools. 15 miles west of Port Angeles.

Greg McCormack, Naturalist and Education Specialist for the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, is talking to a group of volunteer docents about the structure and life cycle of a purple sea urchin. 15 miles west of Port Angeles.

Seabird observers Barbara Blackie and Scott Mills are searching for birds from the NOAA Ship McARTHUR II while it was operating in sanctuary waters.

Oceanographer Liz Zele prepares to deploy the CTD from the deck of the NOAA Ship McARTHUR II with the help of technician Lacey O'Neal.

Mary Sue Brancato, Resource Protection Specialist for the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, is setting a trap to monitor for green crab, an invasive species.

Ed Bowlby, Research Coordinator for the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, photographing humpback whales feeding just off the bow of the NOAA Ship McARTHUR II.

A squid - Illex illecebrosus - cruising over a sandy area of the bank

School of fish

A humpback whale breaching

A Northern Right Whale on the surface

A Wolf Fish - Anarhichas lupus - hiding in the rocks

A Sea Raven - Hemitripterus americanus

Divers Benjamin Cowie-Haskell and Deborah Marx climb back onboard the R/V Gannet after an investigation of the shipwreck Paul Palmer

Divers Benjamin Cowie-Haskell and Deborah Marx are buzzed by a large mola mola or ocean sunfish while documenting the shipwreck of the coal schooner Paul Palmer

Divers Benjamin Cowie-Haskell and Deborah Marx wait to be picked by the R/V Auk after a dive to the shipwreck of the coal schooner Paul Palmer

NOAA divers return from a dive in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

Marine debris on the shipwreck of the coal schooner Paul Palmer includes recreational fishing line and jigs.

A large trawl net was wrapped around the windlass on the shipwreck of the coal schooner Paul Palmer until it was removed by NOAA divers in 2006.

A trawl net cable sliced into the steamship Portland's bow before the fishermen lost his entire net.

A trawl net cable sliced into the steamship Portland's bow before the fishermen lost his entire net.

Fishing gear that is entangled historic shipwrecks harms the wreck's wooden structure as well as the marine life that reside there.

Derelict fishing gear

Lost fishing gear still continues to fish

Derelict fishing gear

The coal schooner Paul Palmer's stern timbers

The schooner Paul Palmer's wooden frames protrude up from the sandy seafloor of Stellwagen Bank