Results of first deepsea dredging cruise conducted by the Commissioner of Fisheries off the Coast Survey Steamer A

Results of first deepsea dredging cruise conducted by the Commissioner of Fisheries off the Coast Survey Steamer A. D. BACHE. The results of this first deep sea work by the forerunner of today’s NMFS was published in: “Report on the Dredgings in the Region of St. George’s Banks, in 1872” by S. I. Smith and O. Harger. Trans. of the Connecticut Academy, Vol. III., Part I, 1874.

Photo Category: Historical Ships - Oceanography Biological - Dredging Fauna
Photo Location: Georges Bank Area, New England
Photo Date: 1874