NOAA Ship and Research Cruises
Oscar Elton Sette
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NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette photo by Karl Hedberg |
The NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette is the primary platform supporting the Center's fisheries research, coral reef surveys and other field activities.
The ship normally operates throughout the central and western Pacific, and conducts fisheries assessment surveys; physical, chemical and biological oceanography; marine mammal projects; and coral reef research. It collects fish and crustacean specimens using trawls, longlines, hand lines, and traps. Plankton, fish larvae and eggs are also collected with plankton nets and surface and mid-water larval nets.