Underway Seawater Sampling Aboard F/V Aldebaran in Winter and Summer 2009, Forage Distribution and Ocean Conditions. Version 1.0

This data set contains measurements of oceanographic conditions from the fishing vessel F/V Aldebaran in the Bering Sea during the winter Pollock A Season fishery and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) summer bottom trawl survey. These measurements include water temperature, salinity and chlorophyll concentration in water pumped from the ship's sea chest at 3-meter depth. The maps show temperature, salinity, and the chlorophyll-a concentration along the ship track. Data were collected from January 2009 through March 2009 for the winter cruise and from June 2009 through July 2009 for the summer cruise.