Cruise report, NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette, Cruise 05-07 (OES-29), 26 May-2 June 2005, Kona coast off the Island of Hawaii NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette, Cruise 05-07 (OES-29), 26 May-2 June 2005, Kona coast off the Island of Hawaii

"Operations conducted off the Kona coast included daytime surface net tows targeting billfish eggs and larvae 2-20 nmi off the Kona coast of the Island of Hawaii using a 1.8-m wide Isaacs-Kidd (IK) trawl. Night operations consisted of performing conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) casts at predetermined transect positions and conducting acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) transects along and off the Kona coast. A cooperative arrangement between Syd Kraul and Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) was undertaken in an attempt to raise IK collected billfish eggs to hatching and first feeding at Kraul's rearing facility on the Island of Hawaii. The Sette's safeboat was used to transfer viable eggs collected from net tows to Syd Kraul for pickup at Honokohau Harbor"--Type of operation. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. "Issued 10 February 2005." System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. 2005 NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) PIFSC (Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center) Library Public Domain 1861