Report on the Summer 2023 California Current Ecosystem Survey (CCES) (2307RL), 17 July to 3 November 2023, conducted aboard NOAA Ships Reuben Lasker and Bell M. Shimada, fishing vessels Lisa Marie and Long Beach Carnage, and three uncrewed surface vessels

The Summer 2023 California Current Ecosystem Survey (CCES) (2307RL) was conducted by the Fisheries Resources Division (FRD) of the Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) aboard NOAA Ships Reuben Lasker (hereafter Lasker) and Bell M. Shimada (hereafter Shimada), 17 July to 3 November 2023, and augmented by data collected from the fshing vessels Lisa Marie and Long Beach Carnage (Fig. 1). Uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs; Saildrone, Inc.) also collected acoustic data but were not used for biomass calculations.