The Hawaiian Islands seen from NOAA's GOES-17 satellite on November 13, 2018. GOES-17 is among NOAA’s next generation of advanced geostationary weather satellites. The spacecraft provides high-quality data coverage of the Pacific Ocean. (NOAA)
In the world of fisheries observations, satellites have completely changed the game. With their eyes in the sky, these super-high-tech spacecraft provide marine biologists, fishery managers and coastal habitat planners with vital scientific data that would be impossible to obtain from the surface alone.