Tagging immature salmon on board the Japanese vessel KAIYO MARU

Tagging immature salmon on board the Japanese vessel KAIYO MARU. Urawa-san (a Japanese researcher) is releasing an immature salmon that was captured in the trawl net and tagged with disk tags. The Ocean Carrying Capacity program collaborates with Canada, Japan, and Russia on the Bering Aleutian Salmon International Survey program, a long-term ecosystem research program.

Photo Category: NOAA 200th Photo Contest
Photo Location: Alaska, central Bering Sea
Photo Date: 2002 September