SUBJECT: Instrument Moorings Notice
This information is to update the National Marine Fisheries bulletin board concerning the
1999 NOAA/PMEL instrument moorings in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea FOCI pollock study areas.
Following are the locations and deployment times of subsurface moorings in the Gulf of Alaska
( Shelikof Strait and Unimak Pass).
Following are the locations and deployment times of subsurface moorings in the
Gulf of Alaska and Shelikof Straits:
Subsurface moorings Location Depth Top Float Depth Moored
Chiniak Bay 57 43.23'N 152 17.42'W 198 meters 185 meters April 99 to Sept. 99
Pavlof Bay 55 11'N 161 41'W 101 meters 17 meters May 99 to May 00
Following are the locations and deployment times of surface and subsurface moorings in the Bering Sea:
Surface mooring Location Depth Top Float Depth Moored
F-99BSM-2 56 48.6'N 163 59.9'W 75 meters surface April 99 to Sept. 99
Subsurface moorings Location Depth Top Float Depth Moored
F-99BSST-2 56 45.90'N 164 20.77'W 74 meters 27 meters Feb. 99 to Sept. 99
F-99BSST-3 56 03.00'N 166 19.94'W 124 meters 49 meters Feb. 99 to Sept. 99
F-99BS-4 57 51.12'N 168 52.40'W 73 meters 7 meters April 99 to April 00
F-99BS-6 53 24.30'N 168 51.20'W 993 meters 140 meters April 99 to April 00
Five moorings were deployed in April 1999 at the Slime Bank area between Unimak Pass and Bristol Bay.
These moorings include one surface and four subsurface instrument moorings.
Surface mooring Location Depth Top Float Depth Moored
F-99IFM-12 55 15.14'N 163 57.87'W 59 meters surface April 99 to April 00
Subsurface moorings Location Depth Top Float Depth Moored
F-99IF-10 57 24.46'N 163 24.39 'W 53 meters 7 meters April 99 to Sept. 99
F-99IF-11 55 08.98''N 163 53.88 'W 38 meters 7 meters April 99 to Sept. 99
F-99IFP-12 55 15.00'N 163 57.81'W 59 meters 41 meters April 99 to Sept. 99
F-99IF-13 55 24.69'N 164 06.76 'W 97 meters 7 meters April 99 to Sept. 99
One mooring south of Nunivak Island:
Subsurface mooring Location Depth Top Float Depth Moored
F-IF99-2A 58 33.89'N 168 30.50'W 60 meters 7 meters April 99 to Sept. 99
Two moorings are deployed in the Bristol Bay CRAB study area at:
Subsurface moorings Location Depth Top Float Depth Moored
KC99-1 56 25.05'N 160 13.04'W 26 meters 20 meters April 99 to April 00
KC98-2 56 29.98'N 161 00.01'W 68 meters 60 meters April 99 to April 00
Two moorings are deployed southeast of St. George Island in the St. George Canyon at:
Subsurface moorings Location Depth Top Float Depth Moored
F-SG99-1 56 11.39'N 169 21.66'W 597 meters 92 meters April 99 to Sept. 99
F-SG99-3S 56 28.07N 169 20.00'W 103 meters 95 meters April 99 to Sept. 99
The 1998 subsurface mooring F-98SG-1 in the Pribilof canyon was parted in the center at some time
during the April 98 to April 99 deployment. The top half of this mooring may have been recovered. The instrument
data is of value to the Fisheries Oceanographic Program. The missing section of the mooring included two Aandera
Current Meters ( SN 5988 & 6006), one Seabird Seacat ( SN753) and two yellow 28" ORE floats( sn 789 & none).
If you have any information on this oceanographic instrumentation, please contact me at the following phone
number, or leave the instruments with Alaska Ship Supply in Dutch Harbor.
Subsurface moorings Location Depth Top Float Depth Moored
F-SG98-1 56 10.95'N 169 19.92'W 605 meters 97 meters April 98 to April 99
Please contact me if you require additional information. My phone number is 206-526-6180,
Email: parker@pmel.noaa.gov. Thank you.
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