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NOAA Fisheries marine biologist Dr. John Lamkin (right) provides an overview on May 9, 2016, of the science conducted aboard NOAA Ship Nancy Foster to U.S. Chargé d'Affaires Jeffrey DeLaurentis of the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba.
NOAA Ship Nancy Foster's Commanding Officer Lt. Cmdr. Jeffrey Shoup (left) and Dr. John Lamkin (right) of the Southeast Fisheries Science Center describe one of the technologies scientists use to study the water column to U.S. Chargé d'Affaires Jeffrey DeLaurentis (center) during the ship's visit to Havana, Cuba, May 8-10, 2016.
U.S. Chargé d'Affairs Jeffrey DeLaurentis, U.S. Embassy personnel, and crew members from NOAA Ship Nancy Foster pause for a photo on 9 May 2016 with the ship during its visit to Havana, Cuba.
NOAA Ship Nancy Foster Survey Technician Nickolas Mitchell recovers a marine science instrument used to sample the water column during a test off the Florida coast.
During the expedition, scientists expect to conduct some 400 underwater visual surveys for reef fishes and habitat.
NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette as seen from a small boat off the coast of Maui.
NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai as seen from a small boat in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai seen off the coast of Anatahan, a northern island in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, from a small boat during a previous monitoring cruise in the Mariana Archipelago in May 2009.
The primary mission objectives include the removal of derelict fishing gear and plastics as well as to study marine debris accumulation in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
Bering Sea cruise focuses on ribbon, spotted, bearded and ringed seals, which spend time on or around sea-ice this time of year.
