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- The NOAA Ship Oregon II conducts fishery and living marine resource studies in support of the research of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Pascagoula Laboratory in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The ship collects fish and crustacean specimens using trawls and benthic longlines and fish larvae and eggs, and plankton using plankton nets and surface and midwater larval nets. The Oregon II normally operates in the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Caribbean Sea. The vessel is operated by NOAA's Office of Marine and Aviation Operations. Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: R/V OREGON Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: In Situ Ocean-based Platforms Platform_Series_or_Entity: SHIPS Short_Name: R/V OREGON End_Group Creation_Date: 2012-07-19 Online_Resource: http://www.moc.noaa.gov/ot/ Sample_Image: http://www.moc.noaa.gov/ot/oregon2%202007a.jpg End_Group
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