Commissioning is this Friday! Here is a blurb from the Department of Commerce Weekly staff email: On Friday, Michael S. Devany, NOAA Deputy Under Secretary for Operations, NOAA Fisheries’ Administrator Eileen Sobeck, and NOAA Corps Rear Admirals David Score and Anita Lopez will be joined by federal, state, and local officials for the commissioning of the NOAA Fishery Survey Vessel Reuben Lasker, in San Diego, California. The Lasker is designed to produce so little sound that scientists can survey marine species without disturbing the animals behavior or compromising the capabilities of NOAAs most sensitive acoustic equipment. It will primarily support fish, marine mammals and turtle surveys off the U.S. West Coast and in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 15:26:57 +0000