Because little was known about the biodiversity of the New England Seamount Chain, in 2000 the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service deep water research vessel R/V Delaware II made a number of exploratory trawls in the vicinity of Bear Seamount.
The NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service deep water research vessel R/V Delaware II made a number of exploratory trawls in the vicinity of Bear Seamount. This was in 2000. Little was known about the biodiversity of the New England Seamount Chain.