Here's the status today:
1. lease process cancelled
2. maintenance and janitorial contracts not renewed (cart in the hallway with cleaning supplies for us to use)
3. pile driving next door (just measured 88 decibels)
4. telework policy terminated--everyone back in office on April 21.

This is my office building at the aging @noaa.gov Northwest Fisheries Science Center. Through the IRA act, congress allocated funds that were going to help move to a new leased facility. "It is critical to maintain continuity of NOAA Fisheries’ science missions in the Northwest."

One of our biggest challenges is that there aren't enough of us to do all the work that needs to be done. Offers to backfill vacant positions have been interrupted by a hiring freeze.

Longnose Skate (Caliraja rhina) being measured on the U.S. West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey. Not shown are label printer and barcode scanner. See electronic back deck equipment in action in this video: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/video/reelin...

Here's a snailfish to brighten up your Friday. It was caught in the U.S. West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/s... off central California.