NOAA publishes Technical Memorandum of Bering Sea Canyons Survey Results with Hundreds of Photos
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by John Sackton February 23, 2016
NOAA has published a techincal memorandum (link here) with the detailed results of the 2014 underwater camera survey of the Eastern Bering Sea slope. This was the first comprehensive survey of coral and sponge on the Bering Sea Slope conducted by NMFS. 250 transects were successfully completed during the survey, which extended from Bering Canyon to Pervenets Canyon close to the Russian boundary.
The paper includes photos and analysis of each transect, along with maps and a species inventory and abundance calculation.
Thirty-six different fish and crab species or taxonomic ...
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