Seaman Julian Pedraza and Seaman Christian Wilson loosen bolts on the bottom of a NOAA weather buoy in preparation to secure the buoy to the deck of an aids-to-navigation barge connected to the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, Nov. 26, 2012. The crew of the Bristol Bay is removing navigational buoys from Lake Erie as part of the 9th Coast Guard District's annual Operation Fall Retrieve, which is designed to limit damage to navigation buoys in the Great Lakes during the winter months. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Levi Read.