Over 40 years of service: the Oregon II in 2007 and 1967.

The NOAA Ship OREGON II conducts fishery and living marine resource studies in support of the research of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Pascagoula Laboratory in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The ship collects fish and crustacean specimens using trawls and benthic longlines and fish larvae and eggs, and plankton using plankton nets and surface and midwater larval nets. The OREGON II normally operates in the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Caribbean Sea. The vessel is operated by NOAA's Office of Marine and Aviation Operations..

OREGON II's E-mail address is:

Noaa.Ship.Oregon@noaa.gov

OREGON II's Mail address is:

NOAA Ship OREGON II
Gulf Marine Support Facility
151 Watts Avenue
Pascagoula, MS 39567-4112

OREGON II's Telephone Numbers