Small Boat Media

The small boat Metal Shark and crew (Rich Hinostroza, Joao Garriques, Andrew Gray, James Morioka, Kerry Reardon) alongside NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai with a derelict fish aggregation device they recovered from a reef.
Use this form to request an MMSI number from The Radio Frequency Management Division.
The Safety Orientation Briefing Checklist can be used to create a boat-specific orientation checklist. Use of a checklist during each safety briefing is strongly encouraged.
A summary of incidents occuring aboard NOAA small boats, to be used by the community as Lessons Learned. This document will be updated montly, and covers Fiscal Year 2015 to 2017.

A small boat is recovered and hoisted onto the NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai after returning from a diving mission.

NOAA Divers and crew members from the NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai pose for a photo on one of the Hi'ialakai's small boats after a day of diving.
A flyer that can be used to re-launch small boats after winterization or yard-period.
Use this document to plan for the potential costs of ownership and operation of a small research boat.
Enviromentally friendly iniatitives at Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biometrical Research.
Enviromentally friendly iniatitives at Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.