Project Report Cruise Report NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette, Cruise SE-13-07 Oscar Elton Sette, Cruise SE-13-07

The NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette was engaged in support for the Fisheries Research and Monitoring Division (FRMD), Life History Program (LHP) of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC). The primary missions involved the handline sampling of deep-slope bottomfish adults from Johnston Atoll and the collection of pelagic stage juvenile bottomfish via midwater Cobb trawl hauls conducted adjacent to and distant from Johnston Atoll and the collection oflarval billfish via 1.8-m surface Isaacs-Kidd (IK) tows. Oceanographic data was collected via conductivity-time-depth (CTD) casts in order to describe the physical, chemical. and biological environments associated with Johnston Atoll and specifically in association with the midwater Cobb trawl hauls. Surface Isaacs-Kidd (IK) midwater tows for billfish larvae and drifting night-light stations will be conducted on a time-available basis.