Teledyne ADCP Selected for 63-ft. Hybrid Ocean Monitoring Vessel
variation of the ocean currents from near surface to near bottom, is the perfect tool we needed to optimize the utility of the vessel we’re building”.The vessel built by AAM will enable OC San to carry out environmental monitoring, marine research, and ocean sampling efficiently in the Southern California Coast. The ADCP will help inform OC San’s Ocean Monitoring team on current movements during complex oceanographic research and sample collections. The ADCP data will be used to augment OC San’s water quality program and support the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NOAA Awards $2.1 Million for Ocean Exploration Projects
for financial support through its Ocean Exploration Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Funding Opportunity. Totaling over $2.1 million, the projects will explore the mesophotic coral ecosystems off the western coast of Puerto Rico, study the biodiversity of deep-pelagic crustaceans from the waters off Southern California, explore and document a collection of nationally significant shipwrecks in the deep waters of Lake Michigan’s Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary, and more.NOAA Ocean Exploration explores the ocean to help us as a society better understand what lives and lies in its great
Matson Helping to Develop Whale Detection Technology for Ships
cutting-edge technology that detects whales and alerts crew members of their presence.In August of last year, Matson made route adjustments to its weekly triangulating Oakland-Long Beach-Honolulu voyage to minimize the time our vessels spend inside whale protection zones of the northern and southern California coasts. Fleet Operations led the development process for creating these new routes with the goal of reducing the risk of whale collisions in areas that are known whale migration routes, feeding grounds, and breeding areas. Since the new routes were implemented, Matson’s compliance with
Manta Ray UUV Prototype Completes In-water Testing
The Manta Ray prototype uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) built by Northrop Grumman completed full-scale, in-water testing off the coast of Southern California in February and March 2024. Manta Ray was built through a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program aimed at advancing key technologies to benefit future UUV designs, including techniques to manage energy, increased payload capacity, low-power propulsion and more.The recent in-water testing demonstrated at-sea hydrodynamic performance, including submerged operations using all the vehicle’s modes of propulsion and
NTSB Recommends Pipeline Operators Implement Safety Management Systems
pipeline controllers contributed to the 14-hour delay in stopping the pipeline’s shipping pumps, which consequently increased the volume of crude oil released.The NTSB also issued recommendations to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, or PHMSA, the Marine Exchange of Southern California, and owners and operators of pipelines regulated by PHMSA.
Simple-to-use eDNA Test Will Help Track Marine Species
its accuracy compared with other techniques, and, as with Gold’s project, proving its potential value to resource managers.One immediate goal is expanding the number of high-quality, publicly available genetic databases. Gold estimates that less than 30% of all species of invertebrates in Southern California have reference barcodes.“eDNA is a rapidly developing field of science, and NOAA is pushing the envelope on using these tools to understand climate change and ocean acidification impacts on fisheries and marine ecosystems, map endangered and invasive species, characterize harmful algal
NOAA Sued Over Whale Injuries from Drift Gillnets off California
two fishing seasons.Whale entanglements from gillnets and other fishing gear have surged since 2014, especially for humpbacks, according to NOAA Fisheries' own data.The use of gillnets during the past two years primarily to catch bluefin tuna also has put humpbacks in particular jeopardy off Southern California, where tuna and whale feeding grounds closely overlap, Kilduff said.The lawsuit seeks a court order requiring NOAA Fisheries to conduct a new biological review and set gillnet limits accordingly.In the meantime, the suit urges that drift gillnets be banned in "areas of highest risk"
NASA’s S-MODE Field Campaign Deploys to the Pacific Ocean
ocean surface and measure the energy that scatters off.NASA's S-MODE field campaign brings to bear a densely equipped research vessel and a new generation of observational tools to study dynamics near the ocean surface. (Photo: NASA)Developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, the instrument can simultaneously map surface currents and winds. “With S-MODE, we’re trying to observe two things at the same time: how the ocean moves, and how ocean and atmosphere communicate and affect each other,” said Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer, S-MODE program scientist
Greensea Opens San Diego Office
;Greensea's third alongside existing offices in Richmond, Vt., and Plymouth, Mass.—provides ample room to accommodate the local team, new hires, as well as a spacious production area, the company said. It also allows Greensea to take advantage of the technology hiring pool found in Southern California in anticipation of further expansion.Chelsea Allen, VP Operations, chose the location for its size and location. “This particular location provides the space that Greensea needs to grow in the area. We are now supporting multiple projects with military customers in San Diego, and being
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