Saturday, August 13, 2011

Returning to Sea

by Wyatt Fournier from the Northwest Explorer

We departed Juneau on September 3rd on board the Northwest Explorer. Our science crew for this portion of the survey is a diverse group of seasoned researchers, returning scientists, graduate students, and volunteers.

From left to right: Dave McGowan, University of Washington PhD student studying fisheries acoustics; Wyatt Fournier, Chief Scientist and Research Fisheries Biologist for the Ecosystem Monitoring and Assessment Program (NOAA); Jen Nemura, Fisheries Acoustics Researcher for the University of Washington; Mike Neary, Seabird Observer and recent graduate of Le Moyne College in New York; Eric Wisegarver, Fisheries Oceanographer for the Fisheries-Oceanography Coordinated Investigations Program (NOAA); and Shari Mullen, University of Maryland Eastern Shore PhD student in the NOAA Graduate Science Program.

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