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Results of first deepsea dredging cruise conducted by the Commissioner ofFisheries off the Coast Survey Steamer A

Description

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