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Thursday - Day 5
Jul. 26th, 2007 11:21 pmRoomie's Teacher@Sea log: http://teacheratsea.noaa.gov/2007/eubanks/pdf/eubanks_log5.pdf
After steaming all night (I could tell by the motion of the ship while in my bunk) we arrived this morning at Tanner Bank, about 60 miles southwest of Catalina Island. Up early and this time I got to snap the gangions with their baited hooks onto the line as it went out. When pulled it had the most sharks yet; mostly blues, although some were huge, more than 2 meters. It was pretty cloudy in the morning and I was thinking it wouldn't clear, but it finally did. Chilly and windy, and good-sized swell running.
Before the afternoon set, the crew took some time to catch rockfish - someone at the SWFSC is doing a rockfish genetic study. Apparently, they believe they've found a new species of vermilion rockfish; it looks almost identical to the coastal vermilion that lives in kelpbeds, however, this one is located offshore in much deeper water. They're tentatively calling it a "sunset rockfish" because its coloring is slightly more red-orange-yellow. While the second longline set for the day was being made, I helped measure all the fish before DNA samples were taken and then they were frozen.
I unsnapped for the second set, which again beat the record for the most sharks caught. Most of these were little baby blues; they looked like they had just been pupped.
Measuring and tagging a small blue shark.
The news has been full of ComiCon, opening today - I never realized it's such a big deal to the city of San Diego. VT emailed that she's indoctrinating her 1-year-old early - she and her husband are going Friday, and my boss told me awhile ago he was taking his son. Several people asked if I'd been yet - but no, I'd like to, but something always seems to come up. There's also some major youth soccer tournament with attendees from all over the world, and horse racing is happening at Del Mar, so traffic downtown is apparently horrible, and there isn't a hotel room to be had - I heard someone mention people were staying as far away as Riverside and commuting. Oh, and American Idol's only West Coast auditions are being held here this weekend, too. Locals are apparently not happy.
Chief Scientist enters data after dinner...
After dinner, I was reading Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norrell on the mess deck while simultaneously getting sucked into Gray's Anatomy (the Jordan has Dish Network), which I didn't plan to watch but it sucked me in. I don't usually watch it, but the main character was having some sort of near death/afterlife experience, which always fascinates me. Apparently, everyone else went to the crew lounge and watched Borat, but I guess I'll catch it later. I also must have been tireder than I thought, because before Gray's came on, I thought I was reading, but then I would open my eyes and find my nose about an inch from the book. I hope I wasn't snoring.
As for the book, I swore I would finish it before reading Harry Potter - it's been a little slow-moving and the author writes in the style of the time that the story takes place in - early 19th century. It takes a bit of getting used to, especially if putting it down and reading something else for awhile. This last volume of it is speeding up a bit, so maybe it'll be exciting yet. It turns out I wasn't the only one who brought HP, though. One of the NMFS biologists did as well; finished it within the first couple of days and loaned it to the biologist from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. They're both saying they both like it the best so far out of all seven. No, must be good and finish the other first, since it's my book groups pick for after I get back. Interestingly enough, I've had a couple of people inquire as to how it was, and they had been thinking of reading it too. I hadn't heard of it until my book group picked it, but I guess it was on the NYT bestseller list for awhile.
Finally gave up and went to sleep; oh, whatever possessed me to pick the top bunk? It's fine while I'm in bed, but getting in and out, I feel rather creaky. Especially when I wake up and have to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night...
*Blue and Mako satellite tagged
After steaming all night (I could tell by the motion of the ship while in my bunk) we arrived this morning at Tanner Bank, about 60 miles southwest of Catalina Island. Up early and this time I got to snap the gangions with their baited hooks onto the line as it went out. When pulled it had the most sharks yet; mostly blues, although some were huge, more than 2 meters. It was pretty cloudy in the morning and I was thinking it wouldn't clear, but it finally did. Chilly and windy, and good-sized swell running.
Before the afternoon set, the crew took some time to catch rockfish - someone at the SWFSC is doing a rockfish genetic study. Apparently, they believe they've found a new species of vermilion rockfish; it looks almost identical to the coastal vermilion that lives in kelpbeds, however, this one is located offshore in much deeper water. They're tentatively calling it a "sunset rockfish" because its coloring is slightly more red-orange-yellow. While the second longline set for the day was being made, I helped measure all the fish before DNA samples were taken and then they were frozen.
I unsnapped for the second set, which again beat the record for the most sharks caught. Most of these were little baby blues; they looked like they had just been pupped.
Measuring and tagging a small blue shark.
The news has been full of ComiCon, opening today - I never realized it's such a big deal to the city of San Diego. VT emailed that she's indoctrinating her 1-year-old early - she and her husband are going Friday, and my boss told me awhile ago he was taking his son. Several people asked if I'd been yet - but no, I'd like to, but something always seems to come up. There's also some major youth soccer tournament with attendees from all over the world, and horse racing is happening at Del Mar, so traffic downtown is apparently horrible, and there isn't a hotel room to be had - I heard someone mention people were staying as far away as Riverside and commuting. Oh, and American Idol's only West Coast auditions are being held here this weekend, too. Locals are apparently not happy.
Chief Scientist enters data after dinner...
After dinner, I was reading Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norrell on the mess deck while simultaneously getting sucked into Gray's Anatomy (the Jordan has Dish Network), which I didn't plan to watch but it sucked me in. I don't usually watch it, but the main character was having some sort of near death/afterlife experience, which always fascinates me. Apparently, everyone else went to the crew lounge and watched Borat, but I guess I'll catch it later. I also must have been tireder than I thought, because before Gray's came on, I thought I was reading, but then I would open my eyes and find my nose about an inch from the book. I hope I wasn't snoring.
As for the book, I swore I would finish it before reading Harry Potter - it's been a little slow-moving and the author writes in the style of the time that the story takes place in - early 19th century. It takes a bit of getting used to, especially if putting it down and reading something else for awhile. This last volume of it is speeding up a bit, so maybe it'll be exciting yet. It turns out I wasn't the only one who brought HP, though. One of the NMFS biologists did as well; finished it within the first couple of days and loaned it to the biologist from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. They're both saying they both like it the best so far out of all seven. No, must be good and finish the other first, since it's my book groups pick for after I get back. Interestingly enough, I've had a couple of people inquire as to how it was, and they had been thinking of reading it too. I hadn't heard of it until my book group picked it, but I guess it was on the NYT bestseller list for awhile.
Finally gave up and went to sleep; oh, whatever possessed me to pick the top bunk? It's fine while I'm in bed, but getting in and out, I feel rather creaky. Especially when I wake up and have to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night...
Lat: | Long: | Mako | Blue | Pelagic Stingray | ||
| Morning set *: | 872 | 32.782°N | 119.263°W | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Afternoon set : | 871 | 32.707°N | 119.04°W | 1 | 13 | 0 |
