2024 Bottom Trawl Survey in Photos
Ever wonder what life is like when your office is a large floating marine laboratory? Our photo gallery highlights some of the incredible sights and scenes from the 2024 Bottom Trawl Survey season.
Our Bottom Trawl Survey reached a huge milestone in the fall of 2023—it turned 60 years old! To continue celebrating this milestone, scientists from our science center captured some of the things they experienced during the 2024 survey season. Their year in photos documents the ebbs and flows, incredible marine life, and cherished moments of survey life.
Fish biologist Sam Truesdell from our Population Dynamics Branch can usually be found running stock assessment models, ...
The Leg 1 day watch working the spring 2024 Bottom Trawl Survey. Left to right: Equipment specialist Rob Alexander, bio...
Research fishery biologist Stacy Rowe (R) gets ready to sort a tow during the spring 2024 Bottom Trawl Survey. Credit: N...
Equipment specialist Rob Alexander repairs a net in between stations during the spring 2024 Bottom Trawl Survey. Prior t...
Research Fishery Biologist Stacy Rowe (L) measures an Atlantic spiny dogfish that NOAA Corps LTJG Heather Gaughan (R) ho...
Equipment specialist Dom St.Amand (L) and fish biologist Sam Truesdell (R) measures an Atlantic torpedo caught during th...
Division Director for the Population and Ecosystems Monitoring and Analysis Division holds a clearnose skate caught dur...
Fishery biologist John Galbraith assesses a red cornetfish’s long and narrow body shape. From the head-on perspective, ...
This beautiful Atlantic croaker was caught during the spring 2024 Bottom Trawl Survey. They’re members of the drum famil...
Chain dogfish egg cases caught during the spring 2024 Bottom Trawl Survey. Ironically chain dogfish are in the catshark ...
Survey scientists sort and process spring 2024 Bottom Trawl catches by species or species groups. Catch is delivered for...
Check out the toofahs on this inshore lizardfish! They are a voracious predator that buries itself in the sand or mud to...
In U.S. waters, cobia are most abundant from Virginia south through the Gulf of Mexico. They can grow up to 6 feet and 1...
This little boarfish was caught during the spring 2024 Bottom Trawl Survey. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Catherine Foley
Leopard sea robins are easily identified by their spotted patterning and two black spots on their dorsal fin—one between...
Beardfish are easily identified by the pair of long barbels on their chins. This beardfish was caught during the spring...
Longfin squid caught during the spring 2024 Bottom Trawl Survey. Longfin squid can be found along the Northeast contine...
Close up of a Longfin squid’s eye. Their large eyes help them see in light and darkness. This longfin squid was caught d...
Dreaming of sunsets like this one during the fall 2023 Bottom Trawl Survey. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jessica Blaylock
We collect salinity, temperature, and depth data and other kinds of hydrographic data during our surveys. We use these d...
🎵On the ship again…Just can’t wait to get on that ship again🎵 Science center scientists were ferried out to NOAA Ship He...
Celebrating Women’s History Month with the women of the spring 2024 Bottom Trawl Survey. Leg 1 women (L to R): Danielle ...
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