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  • Dawson teacher hits the high seas

    Sarah Amirani, Special to the Courier|Dec 2, 2017

    Dawson upper school biology teacher Melissa Barker was invited to participate in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Teacher at Sea program earlier this year. Barker spent two weeks aboard the NOAA fisheries research vessel Oregon II in the Gulf of Mexico, working on the SEAMAP (Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program) Summer Groundfish Survey. The objective was to monitor the size and distribution of shrimp and groundfish in the Gulf of Mexico. This survey is...