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2022 Eco-FOCI Cruise Schedule
Modified: 21 Mar 2025

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Dates Ports Days at Sea Cruise Information Personnel Activities Project Ship/ Cruise #
01/24 - 01/25/2022
Seattle
to
Seattle, WA
2
gear trials
Gear Trials
OMAO
OSCAR DYSON
01/27 - 02/01/2022
Seattle
to
Kodiak, AK
6
transit to Alaska
Transit to Kodiak. TBD PMEL Mooring Deployment (Cross Sound, GOA)
OMAO
OSCAR DYSON transit
02/01 - 02/05/2022 (?)
Dutch Harbor
to
Dutch Harbor, AK
5
Bering Sea
Chief Sci.G. Lebon; AFSC: none; PMEL: G. Lebon, D. Strausz; ABL: none; Other: none M2 recover surface moorings (Peggy & Oscar) No CTDs. Deploy 1 pop up buoy.
EcoFOCI
RP2201
02/01 - 02/15/2022
Newport, OR
to
Kodiak, AK
15
CA/OR Coast, GOA
Chief Sci. E. Farley, L. Weitkamp; AFSC: none; PMEL: E. Lemagie, I. Ekmanis; ABL: various; Other: various International Year of the Salmon,; Collections of bio/physical oceanographic data and Pacific salmon; broader scale to encompass regions of the North Pacific Ocean
Various
NOAA Ship Shimada, SH22-02
02/19 - 03/07/2022
Newport, OR
to
Kodiak, AK
17
CA/OR Coast, GOA
Chief Sci.L. Weitkamp; AFSC: none; PMEL: R. McCabe, I. Ekmanis; ABL: various; Other: various International Year of the Salmon; Collections of bio/physical oceanographic data and Pacific salmon; broader scale to encompass regions of the North Pacific Ocean
Various
NOAA Ship Shimada, SH22-02
05/10 - 05/19/2022
Dutch Harbor
to
Dutch Harbor, AK
10
Bering Sea
Chief Sci. S. Bell; AFSC: A. Deary, D. Crouser; PMEL: R. McCabe, E. Lemagie, I. Ekmanis; ABL: J. Gann; Other: N. Monacci (UAF), J. Crance (MML), M. Reedy (USFW), P Hillman (AFSC Comms), J. Kunze (GTMBA) EcoFOCI spring mooring cruise 2022: annual spring cruise to support biological & physical oceanographic ecosystem data in the eastern Bering Sea/ US Arctic
EcoFOCI
NOAA Oscar Dyson, DY22-06
08/12 - 08/26/2022
Dutch Harbor
to
Dutch Harbor, AK
15
Bering Sea
Chief Sci. Alex Andrews; AFSC: S. Porter, A. Spear, J. Bigman; PMEL: P. Proctor; ABL: F. Sewall. EMA-FOCI age-0 groundfish and salmon recruitment processes, comprehensive survey of the Bering Sea epipelagic ecosystem
RPA
NOAA Oscar Dyson, DY22-08
08/27 - 09/20/2022
Nome
to
Nome, AK
25
Northern Bering Sea
Chief Sci. J. Murphy; AFSC: D. Cooper, J. Barrett. Northern Bering Sea. Collections on cod and other bony fish, and forage fish (e.g., herring, capelin, sandlance, mackerel, etc.) and western Alaska salmon stocks
NPCREP
NORTHWEST EXPLORER, CH22-xx (?)
08/28 - 09/11/2022
Dutch Harbor
to
Dutch Harbor, AK
15
Bering Sea
Chief Sci.Adam Spear; AFSC: J. Lamb, A. Spear; PMEL: P. Proctor; ABL: M. Brooks; Other: Amy Bergdale (EPA) "EMA-FOCI age-0 groundfish and salmon recruitment processes. Comprehensive survey of the Bering Sea epipelagic ecosystem"
RPA
Oscar Dyson DY22-08
09/16 - 10/08/2022
Dutch Harbor
to
Kodiak, AK
23
Bering Sea
Chief Sci. R. McCabe; AFSC: D. Crouser, L. Logerwell; PMEL: I. Ekmanis, E. Wisegarver; ABL: TBD; Other: C. Berchok (MML), E. Bowers (NWFSCL), S. Brown (OMICS PMEL), J. Matteucci (USFWS)/td> EcoFOCI Fall Mooring Cruise. Annual fall cruise to support biological & physical oceanographic ecosystem data in the eastern Bering Sea/ US Arctic (& Chiniak)
EcoFOCI
Oscar Dyson DY22-09
-Fall-
TBD
U.S. Arctic
Chief Sci. TBD; Personnel: AFSC: E.Logerwell, A.Deary, S.Gonzalez. NOAA Arctic. Comprehensive U.S. Arctic-focused survey in support of NOAA arctic observing systems, DBO, and collaborative efforts across NOAA-arctic research. Late fall, ~20 days pending contract cost.
various
TBD
08/30 - 09/14/2022
Kodiak
to
Dutch Harbor, AK
16
Bering Sea
Chief Sci.S. Bell; Michael Craig (EDD), Matias Gradilla (EDD), Catherine Berchok (MML), Brynn Kimber (MML) Recover 12 subsurface and 2 surface moorings; deploy 13 subsurface moorings at M2, M4, M5, M8, M14 and Gulf of Alaska sites south of Unimak Pass at UPP, Shummigan Islands, and Chiniak Bay. Also 2 DZIAK moorings and 1 marine mammal mooring are to recover. One marine mammal moorings to deployed. At least 1 site will requiring dragging. An array of 6 PopUp Floats (PUFs) deployed in the Kuskokwim Delta.
EcoFOCI
F/V Aquila, AQ22-01
09/13 - 10/28/2022
Nome
to
Nome, AK
46
U.S. Arctic
Chief Sci.Luc Rainville; Personnel: AFSC: n/a; PMEL: D. Strausz; ABL: n/a; WHOI: E. Gallimore, J. Perron, C. Carbone, C. Fitzgerald, Z. Sawyer (NUWC); Other: B. Jokinen (UW), B. Kimber (MML), C. Carlstein (NUWC), C. Daniel (UT) To support Navy missions in the ice-covered Arctic, the Arctic Mobile Observing Innovative Naval Prototype (AMOS INP) and will inclide; deployment of 4 ALAMO floats. (provided by Steve Jayne, WHOI); deployment of 10 NOAA moorings (5 AURAL, 5 FOCI), recovery of up to 3 short moorings.
Univ. of Washington
R/V Sikuliaq, SKQ2022-145

VESSEL NAMEORG.VESSEL INFORMATION LINK
NOAAS OSCAR DYSONNOAA/ OMAO/ MOCPhttps://www.omao.noaa.gov/marine-operations/ships/oscar-dyson
NOAA Ship ShimadaNOAAhttps://www.omao.noaa.gov/marine-operations/ships/bell-m-shimada
R/V SikuliaqUAFhttps://www.uaf.edu/cfos/sikuliaq/
NORTHWEST EXPLORERCHARTERhttps://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:437193/mmsi:367108540/imo:7926538/vessel:NORTHWEST_EXPLORER
F/V AQUILACHARTERhttps://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:447542/mmsi:367494000/imo:7127704/vessel:AQUILA

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