Researchers use a new method to attach miniature depth recorders and radio transmitter to leatherbacks using a suction cup and gain new insights into the behavior of these animals feeding on jellyfish undisturbed in their natural environment.

NOAA Fisheries Service's New Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)

Jan 16th, 2008 9m 46s

Southwest Fisheries Science Center's David Demer showcases the operation of NOAA Fisheries Service's new Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). Travel with the AUV underwater and learn how the AUV will advance NOAA's abililty to support ecosystem

Closed Captioned - NOAA Fisheries Service's New Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)

Jan 16th, 2008 9m 46s

Fisheries Researchers Part I: Rockfishes of the Southern California Bight

Jun 4th, 2007 5m 59s

From Point Conception to the Mexican border, government scientists and recreational fishermen work cooperatively to map rockfish habitat and identify species using passive acoustic methods and underwater video.

Fisheries Researchers Part II: Acoustic and ROV Survey Techniques

Jun 4th, 2007 2m 48s

This video shows scientists and the fishing community working together to assess the rockfish stocks in the Southern California Bight using echosounders mounted on NOAA and sportfishing vessels, and cameras deployed from a remotely operated veh

Juvenile Sunfish at Tanner Bank

Apr 24th, 2007 41s

Footage from the ROV on 11-10-04 at Tanner Bank off of southern California of a school of small mola 30-40 cm in length. These fish were at 55 m depth at a water temperature of 13.4 C.

Cowcod and Bocaccio Rockfish

Apr 24th, 2007 1m

This video shows a large school of cowcod and bocaccio rockfish found at 89 meters. The footage was taken using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) at Forty-three Fathom Bank in the Cowcod Conservation Area off of San Diego, CA, by scientists at

Market Squid II: Spawning

Apr 9th, 2007 8s

Males flush red with success as they spawn with females.

Race To Save the White Abalone

Apr 9th, 2007 8m 30s

The white abalone, once an important commercial species along the southern California coast, may be close to biological extinction. Using a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV), a survey team from Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA

Market Squid V: Producing an Egg Capsule

Apr 9th, 2007 2m 1s

The female in the foreground is slowly producing an egg capsule. You can see the capsule growing out between her tentacles. She will deposit it in or close to the other egg capsules that have already been deposited by other squid.

Market Squid IV: Bat Ray Feeding on Market Squid

Apr 9th, 2007 22s

A bat ray swoops in to feed on the distracted squid.

Market Squid I: Aggregation

Apr 9th, 2007 9s

California market squid gather in large numbers in order to find a mate.

Submersible Dive Off Southern California

Apr 9th, 2007 5m 45s

Take a virtual dive to 200 meters water depth in the Delta submersible and explore marine life and habitats on the offshore banks of Southern California. Researchers at the SWFSC Fisheries Ecology Division in Santa Cruz conduct visual surveys o

Market Squid III: Depositing Eggs

Apr 9th, 2007 10s

Female squid lay an egg case containing hundreds of eggs. They anchor the egg case in the sand where the eggs will develop.

Leatherback Turtles in the Pacific IV: New Observations, New Questions, November 2006

Apr 6th, 2007 2m 40s

The absence of leatherbacks in Monterey Bay for the first time since the studies began in 2000 raises questions about the patterns of ocean processes, effects of climate change and the fate of the leatherback in the Pacific.

Solomon Islands Leatherback Turtles I: Sasakolo Beach

Apr 6th, 2007 5m 42s

The Solomon Islands leatherback turtle expedition begins at Sasakolo Beach on Santa Isabel Island. Team members explain the purpose of the research, meet local colleagues, and discuss the leatherback turtle conservation and monitoring initiativ

Leatherback Turtles in the Pacific II: Coastal Upwelling and Jellyfish, November 2006

Apr 6th, 2007 2m 16s

Leatherbacks are known to migrate to Monterey Bay from Indonesia to feed on jellyfish. The upwelling process that is part of the productive Californian coastal ecosystem provides ideal forage habitat for leatherbacks and other marine life.

Leatherback Turtles in the Pacific III: The Variable Ecosystem, November 2006

Apr 6th, 2007 4m 24s

The disruption of the seasonal upwelling process within Californian waters is having an adverse effect on marine life and few leatherbacks have been seen.

Leatherback Turtles in the Pacific I: Monterey Bay, October 2006

Apr 6th, 2007 4m 40s

Leatherback turtles usually appear in Monterey Bay and California coastal waters during August and September. Scientists from the Southwest Fisheries Science Center's Marine Turtle Research Program are using molecular genetics and satellite tel

Solomon Islands Leatherback Turtles II: The Large Turtles of Litoghahira Beach

Apr 6th, 2007 3m 52s

The team prepares to attach a satellite-linked transmitter to a leatherback turtle at Litoghahira Beach on Santa Isabel Island. Several of the leatherbacks nesting on this beach are unusually large, highlighting the importance of beach monitori

Solomon Islands Leatherback Turtles III: Attaching a Satellite-linked Transmitter

Apr 6th, 2007 2m 29s

The team attaches a satellite-linked transmitter and a Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT tag) to a leatherback turtle at Litoghahira Beach on Santa Isabel Island. A Solomon Islands biologist expresses the benefits of collaboration with NOAA s

Solomon Islands Leatherback Turtles IV: Community-based Conservation

Apr 6th, 2007 5m 54s

The team visits Baniata Village at Rendova Island. Beaches adjacent to this village once supported a large leatherback nesting population. Today, a community-based conservation and monitoring program is working to restore leatherbacks to these

Gopher Rockfish

Apr 3rd, 2007 12s

Gopher rockfish range from southern Oregon to southern Baja California, and are found in water up to 80 meters deep.

Copper Rockfish

Apr 3rd, 2007 12s

Copper rockfish can be found from the northern Gulf of Alaska to central Baja California. Off southern California they are mostly found to depths of 90 meters.