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NOAA recently completed a two-week sampling mission from June 12-23, 2017 in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
NOAA Diver Laughlin Siceloff conducts a reef visual census survey in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Curious dolphins enter the area within a diver's reef visual census survey in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
A pair of divers conducts benthic assessment and coral demographic surveys in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
In this issue: NDSSM, shore dive recalls?, Field Trainers, Tethered coms, new UDS, back-mounted BCD, ace your DUSA, hyperbaric chambers at NDC, next NDCSB meeting, T-Shirt contest, submit questions.
Tips from the Diving Safety Officer on how to ace your Dving Unit Safety Assessment (DUSA) - June 2017.
The first group of Scientific Diver Instructors trained in 2011. Pictured standing from left to right: Tane Casserley, Sean Meehan, Hans Van Tilburg, Barry Smith, Joe Scarpa, Greg McFall, Mitchell Tartt, Roger Mays, Jack Javech, Gregg Gitschlag, Andy David, Ray Boland; kneeling: LT Natasha Davis (former NDC XO), Doug Schleiger (former NDC Manager), Bill Gordon, Dave Dinsmore (former NDP Manager), Zach Hileman.
NOAA Reciprocity Diver E. Pontes (University of Miami) collects monitoring photos of coral disease resistance assays at a coral nursery.
The NOAA Diving Center has five functioning hyperbaric chambers on site.
