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Rinsing Codend
Russ Hopcroft rinses a codend (the collection bucket from a net) from the Multiple Opening/Closing Net and Environmental Sensing System (MOCNESS) into a dish so its contents can be photographed and sorted by the taxonomists in the lab on Research Vessel Sikuliaq.
Credit

Image courtesy of Exploring Pelagic Biodiversity of the Gulf of Alaska and the Impact of Its Seamounts.