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ADDITIONS TO THE WEBSITE!!!
Monday, August 17, 2009
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We have added images and information from our “Arctic Salmon” expedition on the Global Ocean Exploration Website…Head on over and check it all out!!!
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http://www.globaloceanexploration.com
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June 29: Final Day of Sampling
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
On this final day of sampling, we found ourselves back up north…farther north than before. It seems that every day we steam north to start the sampling. The reason for this is to keep up with the migration of the salmon post-smolts. They are funneling along the shelf here off of the Voering Plateau moving [...]
The Anatomy of a Trawl
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Trawls are commonly used to collect fish in fisheries research. They are also a very common way of fishing commercially for pelagic species (like the Russian trawlers we are seeing fishing for mackerel). The trawl being used to capture the post-smolts is not huge like those on a commercial vessel and is designed to stay on [...]
June 26: Northernmost Point of the Cruise (or is it?)- Sampling Begins
Sunday, June 28, 2009
In the early morning (0330), We reached the anticipated northernmost point of the cruise, 67.5°N, the starting point for the sampling. The cruise plan was to head to this point and see what we find. If we found a large number of salmon, we would continue north. So with a CTD done and a plankton [...]