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Article: Cruises of the Albatross off San Diego and Other Parts of Southern California, 1889-1916.
- Article from:
- Marine Fisheries Review
- Article date:
- September 22, 1999
- Author:
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Introduction
When the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross was reassigned to the Pacific coast in 1888, a key mission was to study the aquatic life and hydrology of Pacific waters. Although it may be overly simplified to state that little was known of the scientific aspect of these aquatic resources, this was an accurate assessment. The Pacific coast had been explored for centuries, but not necessarily with fisheries science as a focus. The Spanish had the longest record of coastal exploration, but ship crews typically did not include artists, illustrators, or scientists until the eighteenth century. Even then, the term "scientific investigation" typically ...