MOSS POINT, Miss. -- VT Halter Marine's Moss Point yard has delivered the Bell M. Shimada, the final in a series of four high-tech fisheries survey vessels for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

The salmon surveys are led by NOAA Fisheries and Northwest Fisheries Science Center with support from Bonneville Power Administration. The Shimada crew planned to deploy a 20- by 30-meter net from the ...

This cruise aboard NOAA Fisheries Survey Vessel Bell M. Shimada is part of a series of quarterly surveys run by CalCOFI to study the marine environment off the coast of California and the management ...