| « | Saturday July 29, 2006 | » |
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Start: 07/27/2006 - 08:00
End: 08/04/2006 - 12:00
 Mission Logs from NOAA research vessel R/V Nancy Foster in its expedition from July 27 to August 4, 2006. Betsy Crowfoot, EISF's journalist, participated in this exciting voyage to investigate the Indio-Pacific red lionfish invasion into U.S. Atlantic coastal areas. Betsy posted Blogs "live" daily to inform us about her at-sea experience and new scientific discoveries from this mission's research. Start: 07/29/2006 - 08:00
End: 07/29/2006 - 12:00
 Chief Scientist Paula Whitfield popped up from the RIB (the accompanying dive boat to the R/V Nancy Foster) onto the deck of R/V NANCY FOSTER beaming. ‘We hit the mother lode,’ she announced, in her eternally effervescent way. A record 16 lionfish had been surveyed in the transect – a 10m X 50m swathe of rocky ocean bottom. But it was bittersweet news. High numbers were good for the scientists’ research, but bad for the environment. Invasive lionfish have a powerful toehold in their new habitat. | ||
