[canyonfvr]

We saw 2 of them today right outside Moriches inlet they were heading east. Anyone have any idea what they were doing?..They are huge

 

[Scott1280]

Counting Fluke?

 

[Gaucho]

Im curious to know also...my friend was telling me about the samething.

 

[canyonfvr]

I tried looking thru NOAA'A site but i couldnt find any info on why they were out this was

 

[lowlands]

Could be a lot of things, but they maintain a couple of ships just to high res map the ocean floor.....

 

[jnoon]

They are looking for a small plane that is believed to have gone down SE of Shinne**** last Aug.

 

[Viali]

The last August?

 

[canyonfvr]

jnoon wrote:
They are looking for a small plane that is believed to have gone down SE of Shinne**** last Aug.

Really ??

 

[MakoMike]

Try calling NOAA's northeast office, someone there should know.

 

[canyonfvr]

MakoMike wrote:
Try calling NOAA's northeast office, someone there should know.

Good idea

 

[jnoon]

Received phone call last week from a TX based not for profit organization that is heading the search. He was looking for someone to take out divers to investigate targets located by NOAA survey ship Thomas Jefferson.

 

[Brown]

NOAA Vessels

These were probably the Bigelow and the Albatross, NOAA fisheries research vessels operating out of NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole, MA. The Bigelow is a new vessel that is slated to replace the Albatross, and I think that they are operating together to compare how the two vessels fish differently to minimize any bias when the Albatross is retired and the Bigelow takes over. The website for the Ecosystems Survey Branch at NMFS is NMFS Surveys

I'm sure if you gave someone a call up there they would be able to give you more information.

Pat