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Fishery-Independent Surveys at the Southeast Fisheries Science Center

Learn more about the Reef Fish Survey Team and the work they do.

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An oceanic whitetip shark swims in the middle of the ocean. An oceanic whitetip shark swims near the surface of the water. Photo courtesy of John Carlson.
NOAA Ship Pisces on the water Homeported in Pascagoula, Mississippi, NOAA Ship Pisces is the third in a class of state-of-the-art, acoustically quiet fisheries survey vessels built for a wide range of living marine resource surveys and ecosystem research projects. The ship focuses primarily on U.S. waters from the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and South Atlantic to North Carolina. Credit: NOAA
A smiling woman holds a large red snapper. Recreational angler holding red snapper. Credit: Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.