NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, small boat mission report

Taylor, Jeremy C.

"Cruise objectives were to: 1) collect data with the newly acquired and installed Imagenex 837 Delta T Multibeam system, 2) test the feasibility of conducting joint AUV and BotCam deployments in collaboration with Prof. Jeff Drazen's team from the University of Hawaii Oceanography Department, aboard the M/V Huki Pono, 3) collect an initial set of data using BotCams and the AUV in the same areas to develop these as fishery independent stock assessment methods, 4) Collect imagery of benthic and demersal communities in mesophotic coral ecosystems using the SeaBED AUV"--Objectives.

Miscellaneous

Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP)
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)