Sperm whale subject of study

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Minerals Management Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration biologists leave next week for the last of three missions in the northern Gulf of Mexico to study the sperm whale. They'll leave Monday from Singing River Island aboard the NOAA ship Pisces. Little is known about the food source for the largest mammal in the Gulf of Mexico. The Sperm Whale Acoustic Prey Study is being conducted on the 208-foot-long Pisces, built by VT Halter Marine in Moss Point. (Source: Mississippi Press, 03/06/10)