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A team of marine debris removal experts working from the Honolulu-based Oscar Elton Sette conducted operations at Pearl and Hermes Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Derelict fishing nets are craned aboard NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette for transport back to Honolulu.
The 208-foot hydrographic survey vessel conducted seafloor surveys to identify submerged hazards to navigation following Hurricane Maria.
NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson underway off Puerto Rico in November 2018.

Congratulations to the crew of Pisces, one of the vessels in NOAA's fleet of 16 research and survey ships.

Rainier responded to a request from the U.S. Coast Guard to assist a sailboat in distress in rough seas off California. The incident ended safely for the master of the disabled vessel.

NOAA Ship Rainier assists a sailboat in distress off the California coast in September 2018.
This document lists the changes to the NDSSM which became effective on November 28, 2018.

Two of NOAA's longest-serving ships saluted for 50 years of service and survey to the nation.

OMAO people and platforms were deployed from Hawaii to Bermuda to ensure forecasters, emergency managers, responders and the public had the information they needed to protect lives.