Mississippi Laboratories - National Marine Fisheries Service
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The Mississippi Laboratories consists of two main branches: Resource Surveys: conducts vessel, submersible, and aircraft surveys of fish, endangered species, and marine mammals. Harvesting and Engineering: conducts gear research to achieve conservation objectives, improve operating efficiencies and develop new fisheries; and conducts research to improve effectiveness of sampling systems and to apply satellite technology to fisheries. This branch includes staff at the Stennis Space Center facility. Photo below shows R/V Oregon - Mississippi Labs' first research vessel .
Keywords: ENGINEERING, SOUTH PACIFIC
Related Topics: Gulf of Mexico LME, Southeast US Continental Shelf LME
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