US unmanned systems specialist saildrone has deployed two of its unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) to conduct an ocean mapping mission on the US East Coast. The USVs will return to the area where they spent two months in the summer of 2023 mapping in the north-central Gulf of Maine in support of...
Bellingham, Wash., based All American Marine (AAM) reports that it has recently launched the RV Gannet, ordered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in December 2022. The 52 x 19 foot aluminum-hulled NOAA research vessel will operate in the Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary (GRNMS), located 19 miles off Sapelo Island, Ga..
The RV Gannet is based on the proven design elements found in the recently commissioned research vessel Storm Petrel, built by AAM for NOAA’s...
A Russian operator takes delivery of a river and port survey vessel while a Norwegian university is set to acquire a compact workboat. A Chinese yard launches an ocean sc ..
Engineers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) in California have been developing ocean science robots that work independently of ships. MBARI’s long ..
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Construction is underway on a new drifting research platform for a French science institute, an icebreaking supply vessel for the Chilean Navy, and a large oceanographic ..
The US House of Representatives recently introduced a new bipartisan measure with the goal of ensuring the sustainability of fish farming activities conducted in offshore ..
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The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries (NOAA Fisheries) have crafted a joint strategy to addres ..
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A recent news article published in the Guardian states that North American gray whale counts dwindling for the last two years.
Fisheries assessment releasedAccording to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries assessment released Friday, the...
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When I was a young boy, I had a big book of ships that included cut-away images of some of the vessels. The British Atlantic passenger ship Queen Mary was one. I was fasc ..
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A multi-agency operation will soon commence to raise the wreck of a commercial fishing vessel that sank off San Juan Island in Washington State earlier this month. The fi ..
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