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In the Gulf of Mexico, NOAA Fisheries scientists conduct a groundfish survey twice a year. Using a trawl net very similar to those used by commercial shrimpers, they sample the bottom in order to know what's down there. In this photo Tim Martin, the chief bosun of the NOAA research ship Oregon II, maneuvers the trawl net.
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