"Personnel from NOAA's Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), and one person from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) conducted a research cruise supported by the mapping component of the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program's Coral Reef Ecosystem Integrated Observing System (CREIOS). Multibeam mapping at Kure and Pearl and Hermes Atolls, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and Hanalei Bay, Kauai. The National Marine Sanctuaries Program (NMSP) had two piggyback missions on the cruise as well. Their marine archaeological investigations of shipwreck sites at both Kure and Pearl and Hermes Atolls were conducted to meet needs of the Pacific Islands Regional Office, Maritime Heritage Program (MHP). Education and Outreach (E&O) activities were conducted on behalf of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument (NWHIMNM). Supplies, mail, and equipment were also delivered to PIFSC, USFWS, and Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) personnel at French Frigate Shoals and Kure and Pearl and Hermes Atolls during the transit up the archipelago"--Type of operation.

National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)