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 Photo: Dave Withrow The Oscar Dyson docked in its homeport of Kodiak, Alaska, in April 2008. |
 Photo: 2C Kurt Kier A Bald Eagle scavenges for fish remains on a net in Kodiak, Alaska. Bald Eagles are plentiful on the town’s waterfront in the winter. |
 Photo: Patti Haase Everyone gets to pitch in the fish lab (aka the slime lab). Here, Chief Scientist Neal Williamson, examines a Walleye Pollock which will be subsequently weighed and lengthened. |
 Photo: Patti Haase An Aleutian wing trawl recovery on the Oscar Dyson. Unlike commercial vessels seeking large amounts of Walleye Pollock, echo integration-trawl surveys only need to catch a small amount of fish to sample. It’s hard to tell if there is anything in our cod-ends until we get them on deck. |
 Photo: ST Jessica Sheehan A young octopus, caught in a bottom trawl, meanders across the fish lab conveyor belt. |
 Photo: SST Kathy Hough The AFSC/SWFSC DropTS, a self-contained split-beam echo sounder system, was deployed to evaluate wireless communication capabilities and to observe data aboard the ship in real-time. The system can be deployed to a maximum depth of 500 meters. |
 Photo: SST Kathy Hough The DropTS has a mechanically stabilized transducer. The system will greatly improve the accuracy of target strength measurements of schooling and demersal fish and invertebrates, and thus improve the accuracy of acoustic surveys that target these organisms. |
 Photo: SST Kathy Hough Spotted seals as seen through a set of 25x big-eyes. Not expecting to see ice again, the Oscar Dyson came across floes near St. Matthew Island, June 27, 2008. Both spotted and ribbon seals were seen, some of which were likely tagged with satellite transmitters the preceding year. Scientists reported receiving signals from prior year seals in the same area at the time. |
 Photo: SST Kathy Hough Scientists and crew fly a kite at the Oscar Dyson Steel Beach in celebration of July 4th |
 Photo: Patti Haase LF Patrick Kriegh operates the net machinery controls while ENS Faith Opatrny monitors the overall fishing operation from the bridge. |
 Photo: SST Kathy Hough On July 9, 2008, CAPT Michele Bullock pinned the NOAA Command-at-Sea insignia onto CDR Michael J. Hoshlyk signifying transfer of the Oscar Dyson’s Command from departing CO, CDR Michael D. Francisco. |
 Photo: Vivian Mendenhall Some of the Oscar Dyson's crew and officers pose for a group photograph after the Change of Command ceremony on the ship’s fantail. |
 Photo: SST Kathy Hough The crew of the Oscar Dyson was greeted by a spectacular sunrise over Cape Navarin, Russia after crossing the 180th Meridian (the Domain of the Golden Dragon). |
 Photo: SST Kathy Hough The deck crew of the Oscar Dyson deploys an Aleutian wing trawl to sample walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) off Cape Navarin, Russia as part of a joint acoustic survey between the AFSC and the Pacific Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (TINRO) in Vladivostok, Russia. |
 Photo: SST Kathy Hough The Oscar Dyson's deck crew attaches instruments to a “kite” on an Aleutian wing trawl. The instruments indicate the net’s depth, opening characteristics, and water temperature. |
 Photo: SST Kathy Hough An Oscar Dyson deck crew member utilizes strength, body weight, and leverage to haul in a trawl chain that has the weight of the net on it. The associated wire will be transferred to the trawl doors for deployment. |
 Photo: SST Kathy Hough A subsample of Walleye Pollock is released into the hydraulic lift table. This table allows the scientists to process their samples inside, protected from the weather. |
 Photo: SST Kathy Hough A sample of walleye pollock, primarily age 2. |
 Photo: SST Kathy Hough Scientist Mikhail Stepanenko, from the TINRO in Vladivostok, Russia, ready to process a small sample of walleye pollock from Russian EEZ waters. |
 Photo: Taina Honkalehto Two observers look for marine mammals through 25x big-eyes, and one scans by eye for close range animals and records sightings into a computer. It may be a sunny day in July, but the observers are dressed warmly from head to toe while on the flying bridge. |
 Photo: LT Mike Levine Spotting a short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) is rare and causes a lot of excitement among scientists and crew alike. This juvenile displays its impressive wingspan and bubble-gum pink bill. |
 Photo: LT Mike Levine A ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres), a shorebird, hitch-hiked a ride on the OSCAR DYSON to rest and scavenge for food on the deck. It was a bit far from shore, but not unusual to see in the Bering Sea. |
 Photo: SST Kathy Hough The Juday being deployed off the hero deck. |
 Photo: SST Kathy Hough Recovery of the AFSC’s acoustic buoy is a team effort. After the buoy is lifted from the water and secured against the rail, crew and scientists haul in the echosounder that dangles beneath the buoy. |
 Photo: SST Kathy Hough Scientists, crew, and officers decorated styrofoam cups while on the other side of 180th Meridian to celebrate crossing the line and to bring back souvenirs from Russia to their families and friends. The cups were submerged to 500m in order to squeeze the air out of the styrofoam, thus shrinking them. |
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