Research Vessel Solstice with seine net deployed
Detailed Description
A view from the skiff (small boat) looking to the Research Vessel Solstice with the purse seine net deployed off the stern during the daytime. The smaller skiff works with the Solstice to circle the large net around the school of Pacific Herring in Prince William Sound Alaska. RV Solstice is owned and operated by Alaska Department of Fish and Game; this photo was taken during a joint collection effort with the U.S. Geological Survey to sample fish for an annual disease survey in the sound. Collection of herring is rare during the daytime. The fish are generally too deep in the water column during the day to collect in a purse seine. Most sampling occurs after 10 pm when the herring come up to feed.
Sources/Usage
Image use was provided to the U.S. Geological Survey by Justin Nuzzi, Alaska Department of Fish and Game.