Science & Data

The Northeast Fisheries Science Center's Ecosystem Monitoring cruise, known as EcoMon, involves a lot of planning and coordination. Glimpse behind the scenes to see what is involved. It's all about the details.

On the last trawl of the Deep-See cruise aboard the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow, scientists caught three very large strawberry squid.

Scientists aboard the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow have been busy collecting data from Deep-See and many other instruments as they explore the Ocean Twilight Zone. Trying to take images of deep-sea animals can be a challenge!

Join us aboard the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow as scientists using a new towed instrument called Deep-See reveal new information about this mysterious layer of the ocean

Corals on one side of the Northeast Channel, anemones and fish on the other. Blog#12 reveals findings from our last dives of this expedition, which revealed important clues to improve our knowledge of deep-sea coral habitats. The largely unexplored seafloor is an amazing place!

Taking sediment cores from the seafloor with the remotely operated vehicle ROPOS is one of many research activities underway on the Northern Neighbors cruise aboard the NOAA ship Henry B. Bigelow. Researchers exploring deepwater communities off the coast of the Northeast U.S. and Atlantic Canada report in cruise blog#11 that all mud isn't the same!

Exploring squat lobsters and their DNA! Blog#10 from the Northern Neighbors cruise on the NOAA ship Henry B. Bigelow exploring deepwater communities off the coast of the Northeast U.S. and Atlantic Canada.

Cephalopods on the go: Bobtail squid, octopod eggs and sponges! Blog #9 from the 2019 Northern Neighbors cruise on the NOAA ship Henry B. Bigelow exploring deepwater communities off the coasts of the U.S. Northeast, Atlantic Canada.

Join us as we find abundant coral gardens, sponges and anemones! Blog #8 from the Northern Neighbors cruise on the NOAA ship Henry B. Bigelow exploring deepwater communities off the coast of the Northeast U.S. and Atlantic Canada.

Among today's sightings: bubblegum coral! Blog #7 from the Northern Neighbors cruise on the NOAA ship Henry B. Bigelow exploring deepwater communities off the coast of the Northeast U.S. and Atlantic Canada.