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A NOAA Diver from the Northwest Fisheries Science Center conducts herring spawning research.

Four new NOAA Divemasters graduated on May 26: (L to R) Eric White, Kristin Leefers (EPA), Stephen Matadobra, and Alex Helphrey (Everett Police).

The NOAA Diving Board posed at the NOAA Diving Center with Jake, the Mark V diver. From left to right: DSO Roger Mays, SECO Advisor Joe Duran, OMAO LODO Bill Gordon, DMO CAPT Joel Dulaigh, NDP Manager Greg McFall, NMFS DLODO Ray Boland, NOS LODO Brian Degan, NMFS LODO Andy David, NOS DLODO Joe Hoyt, OMAO DLODO LCDR Faith Knighton, and NDC Manager Dave Kowalick.

NDCSB Chair Ray Boland and NMFS LODO Andy David try potential fitness tests for divers during the NDCSB's 2017 Annual Meeting.

Former NDCSB Chair Andy David hands over the gavel to Ray Boland.

In April, the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) Dive Team and NPS divers conducted a series of survey dives to search for an invasive algae, Undaria pinnatifida.

NOAA Diver Ryan Freedman holds up an invasive Undaria pinnatifida sub-adult during an algae survey dive at Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.
The NOAA Diving Standards and Safety Manual (NDSSM) sets the minimum safety standards for diving under NOAA.

On April 3, 2017, Robert Schwemmer, NOAA Diver and West Coast Regional Maritime Heritage Coordinator, joined NPS rangers to recover a recently discovered archaeological artifact.