Not a whole lot to update on today, except that spiny dogfish have started showing up in numbers in the trawls. This is a good sign, as it seems the general trend is that they’re getting more abundant as we travel south (we’re currently working…
After hanging out in port for a couple days, the Bigelow is now ship-shape (I will never apologize for puns) and spent yesterday steaming down to the first sample sites off of New Jersey. Being on the midnight-noon watch, I was on hand when we…
The laptop has officially been cleared for the ship’s network, so in the future I’ll be integrating pictures into the posts. For now though, read the previous post and see if you can match these pictures up to it. Home for the next two…
Sorry about the lack of updating yesterday. Like any good marine biologist I’ve been sidelined with a massive case of seasickness. I seem to be over it now so here’s a quick recap of the past couple days. Pictures will be added in a future…