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Senior NOAA officials today commissioned NOAA Ship Pisces, the nation’s most advanced fisheries research vessel, and dedicated a new fisheries laboratory in Pascagoula, Miss. The vessel and the NOAA laboratory will support fisheries research in the Gulf of Mexico, southeastern United States and the Caribbean.
“Our fisheries and the marine ecosystems that support them are vital to our nation’s economy,” said Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator, who attended today’s ceremonies. “The knowledge we’ll gain from Pisces and the Pascagoula laboratory will greatly enhance our understanding and stewardship of these precious resources.”
Pisces, built by Pascagoula based VT Halter Marine, is equipped with high tech research equipment and quiet-hull technology. The vessel is so quiet and so advanced that scientists can study fish populations and collect oceanographic data with minimal impact on fish and marine mammal behavior.
PASCAGOULA The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Friday commissioned an advanced fisheries survey vessel and dedicated a new fisheries laboratory.
Locally, the VT Halter Marine-built Pisces will study commercially significant species such as shrimp, red snapper and grouper, said Bonnie Ponwith, director of the Southeast Fisheries Science Center in Miami.
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LEWISBURG - Jeannine Foucault will soon need her sea legs.
The Lewisburg High School science teacher is scheduled to board the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's newest fishery survey vessel, Pisces, and remain there throughout its first cruise later this month.
"I won't just be watching," Foucault said about her role on the ship.
Foucault will be a member of the Pisces' science team, collecting and processing data during a weeklong tour of a Marine Protected Area off the East Coast.
The ship will leave its homeport of Pascagoula following a commissioning ceremony on Friday then meet Foucault in Jacksonville, Fla., on Nov. 12 before traveling northward in the Atlantic Ocean and returning on Nov. 21 to Jacksonville.
• Updated: February 7, 2012
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