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Results of first deepsea dredging cruise conducted by the Commissioner ofFisheries off the Coast Survey Steamer A. D. BACHE. The results of this firstdeep sea work by the forerunner of today's NMFS was published in: Report on theDredgings in the Region of St. George's Banks, in 1872 by S. I. Smith and O.Harger. Trans. of the Connecticut Academy, Vol. III., Part I, 1874.
Photographer
Archival Photography by Steve Nicklas
Display Date
1874
Location
Georges Bank Area, New England
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
NOAA Affiliation
NOS
Keywords
Historical Ships
Biological Oceanography
Dredging Fauna