Channel Islands Glass Sponge Mounds Discovery

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Footage from the ROV during the 2021 expedition when the glass sponge patch was first found. The various organisms in this video and layers of white sponge and brown skeleton reveal the diverse biology and complexity of the California coast

B-roll: Fishing Gear Design

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Go behind the scenes with the NEFSC gear design team and partners as they test gear designed to safeguard endangered whales and sea turtles.

B-Roll: Discovery of the Ctenophore Duobrachium sparksae

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B-Roll of an underwater expedition off the coast of Puerto Rico in 2015, led by the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, where a new species of comb jelly was discovered. It is the first species solely identified using high-def video.

B-roll: Saildrones Launch on Fisheries Mission

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NOAA scientists joined in launching two Saildrones from Neah Bay on June 26, 2018, to find out if they can improve fisheries surveys off the West Coast. This is a partnership between NOAA Fisheries, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and Saildrone, Inc.

B-Roll: NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker

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Select footage of the NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker sailing and conducting acoustic multibeam surveys near Catalina Island.

B-Roll: Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Research

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Select footage of aerial photogrammetry research in Cook Inlet beluga whales using a hexacopter drone, and beluga whales in Cook Inlet.

B-Roll: Green Sponge and Lab Research

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NOAA footage shows NOAA Fisheries sponge/coral biologist collecting green sponge from Delta Oceanographic's submersible during a 2005 habitat survey in Alaska. Henry Ford Health System footage shows biomedical researcher Fred Valeriote working in his

B-Roll: Saildrone Launch and Shakedown Cruise

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B-Roll: Octopus, Giant Pacific, Research in Alaska

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B-roll of Giant Pacific Octopus underwater, research aboard boat.

Opah Fish Science with Nick Wegner

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New research by NOAA Fisheries has revealed the opah, or moonfish, as the first fully warm-blooded fish that circulates heated blood throughout its body much like mammals and birds, giving it a competitive advantage in the cold ocean depths.

B-Roll: Southern Resident Killer Whales & NOAA Research

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Select footage of southern resident killer whales in Puget Sound and NOAA Fisheries researchers collecting prey samples including fish parts and scales.