Plastic bags are meant to discourage boobies from landing on the masthead.Apparently they don't work. On the NOAA Ship McARTHURduring STAR 2000 operations in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean.
11/30/2018 2:04:51 PM
Photographer: Shannon Rankin
Affiliation: NMFS
Date: 2000 Fall
Location: Eastern Tropical Pacific