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By Rebecca Ingram Living on an island, it is easy to see how intertwined our lives are with the ocean. We benefit daily from the ocean’s many resources, whether it be going fishing, diving, or ...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2017/04/25/an-ocean-of-life/

You’ve probably heard of fish such as bigeye tuna and mahi mahi, but what about lancetfish?  Hawaii’s longline fishery catches lancetfish at about the same rate at tuna, but lancetfish aren�...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2016/07/08/lancetfish-on-the-long-line/

A paper coauthored by PIFSC scientists looks at how energy makes its way to the top of the central North Pacific food web. The scientists used information on what marine organisms across the food...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2016/05/11/how-does-energy-reach-the-top-of-the-food-web/

Where are all the Ranina ranina? By guest blogger Lauren Van Heukelem One main objective of the SE1503 cruise aboard NOAA ship Oscar Elton Sette was to survey the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2015/06/26/where-are-all-the-ranina-ranina/

By Guest Bloggers Cassie Pardee and Diona Drake Here we present another update from project SE1503 aboard NOAA ship Oscar Elton Sette performing fisheries oceanographic research in the Mariana Is...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2015/06/25/se1503-sharks-on-the-ship-and-videos-from-the-deep/

Big traps, Lobster traps, Minnow traps…Oh My! June 15, 2015 Written by PIFSC guest blogger Cassie Pardee Photos courtesy of Diona Drake and Don Kobayashi One of the many projects on SE15-03 is ...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2015/06/16/project-se1503-aboard-noaa-research-ship-oscar-elton-sette-midwater-trawling-soft-bottom-trapping/

By PIFSC EOD guest blogger Laura Lilly, guest scientist acoustician aboard SE1501, under Chief Scientist Phoebe Woodworth-Jefcoats. One important aspect of our SE1501 cruise was the nighttime sha...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2015/04/24/night-trawlers-and-crawlers-se-1501-blog-from-team-trawl/

(by guest blogger Lucas Moxey, scientist aboard Oscar Elton Sette SE-15-01) Over the last few days, activity onboard the oceanographic research vessel NOAA Ship Oscar E. Sette has been fast-paced...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2015/04/11/taking-a-closer-look-at-the-north-pacific-chlorophyll-front/

By PIFSC EOD guest blogger Laura Lilly, guest scientist acoustician aboard SE1501, under Chief Scientist Phoebe Woodworth-Jefcoats. As with all meticulously-arranged science plans, the original s...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2015/04/08/three-days-north-into-the-blue-aboard-se1501/

The 2014 Summer Intern Symposium at the NOAA IRC at Ford Island, Honolulu, Hawaii, now has a video, thanks to videographer Jessica Guillermo. Please check it out at the following url: https://www...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2014/11/04/2014-summer-intern-symposium-video/

Researchers aboard the NOAA ship Oscar Elton Sette departed Ford Island, Pearl Harbor 17 March 2014 to conduct a cetacean forage survey in waters around the NOAA Kona Integrated Ecosystem Assessm...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2014/03/23/cetacean-forage-survey-underway-off-the-kona-coast-of-the-island-of-hawai%CA%BBi/

To follow up on last month’s blog announcement for the upcoming 2014 PYSO Summer Internship, the listing of 2014 projects is now available for prospective applicants to refer to when drafting t...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2014/01/10/2014-pyso-summer-internship-projects-listing-available/

The joint UH-PIFSC Seaglider launched off Kona in early December was recovered on 2 January 2014.  During its nearly month-long deployment, the Seaglider made 135 dives that spanned the entire l...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/seaglider-recovery-update/

A joint UH-PIFSC Seaglider was launched off Kona on Monday, 9 December 2013.  The glider will remain at sea for one month and gather data on habitat properties and cetacean presence.  This glid...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2013/12/16/uh-pifsc-seaglider-launched-off-kona/

Please welcome the 2013 PIFSC Young Scientist Opportunity (PYSO) summer interns. This year we have 4 outstanding interns joining us at PIFSC for an exciting summer of scientific research, culmina...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2013/07/12/2013-summer-interns-and-upcoming-symposium/

Using sound to gather ecosystem information This blog post comes from guest blogger, scientist Alexis Rudd. It’s 2:00 am and I’m on the NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette, locating dolphins in the d...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2013/06/24/acoustics-update-from-research-cruise-se-13-04-kona-integrated-ecosystem-assessment/

So what does science at sea look like? Here’s a look at a few of our operations in action: CTD casts, fluorometry, trawling, passive acoustic monitoring, and visual marine mammal observations. ...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/science-at-sea-update-from-research-cruise-se-13-04-kona-integrated-ecosystem-assessment/

Trawl Haul    One of our many operations on this Kona IEA survey is conducting mid-water trawls.  These trawls target the shallow sound scattering layer, a thick layer of small animals like c...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2013/06/19/trawling-update-from-research-cruise-se-13-04-kona-integrated-ecosystem-assessment/

The Kona IEA survey is underway! The Kona IEA survey is underway!  After a rough transit to our survey grid, we were able to begin our operations comfortably in the lee of Hawaii.  As we’ve m...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2013/06/17/research-cruise-se-13-04-kona-integrated-ecosystem-assessment/

The SE1302 project aboard the NOAA research vessel Oscar Elton Sette was recently completed after 15 days of work off the western coast of Maui (15-29 April, 2013). This project was the latest in...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/1102/

On March 9th, in collaboration with the Western Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Council, the NOAA OceanWatch – Central Pacific held a 1-day water quality monitoring workshop for educators...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/water-quality-monitoring-in-tutuila-a-workshop-for-educators/

During the summer months of 2007-2010, the NOAA OceanWatch – Central Pacific office partnered with the University of Hawaii GEARUP program to provide under-represented minority students from Fa...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/student-led-water-quality-monitoring-at-manoa-valley-watershed/

Scientists from the Ecosystems and Oceanography Division of the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center in collaboration with Scientists from the University of British Columbia and NOAA’s Geop...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/new-ecosystems-and-oceanography-paper-looks-at-possible-climate-effects-and-fishing-impacts-on-the-central-north-pacific/