{"database": "surfing", "table": "posts", "rows": [["340734", "21050", "Gutting NOAA", 95, "seabird", "Mar 14, 2025", "2025-03-14T17:40:51-0400", "Bryce said: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n            For the most part the observers are not NOAA employees. They are usually employees of companies who hold the NOAA contract, like Saltwater Inc.\n        \n\n\nClick to expand...\n\n\n\n\nPrecisely, or other NGO's that get fed funding, or NOAA contract to do so. Which in that case, their direct employees are indeed the ones going on the vessels. This is what I did. I worked for an NGO research org in Falmouth and part of my job was being an observer."]], "columns": ["post_id", "thread_id", "thread_title", "post_number", "author_username", "post_date", "post_date_iso", "post_body"], "primary_keys": ["post_id"], "primary_key_values": ["340734"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.49892700008058455, "license": "Public Domain"}