Restore America’s Estuaries has an upcoming webinar that will discuss its latest collaborative report: “Legal Issues Affecting Blue Carbon Projects on Publicly Owned Coastal Wetlands.” An overview of the new blue carbon legal analysis for wetland restoration projects will take place on Earth Day, April 22, 2020 from 1 to 2 p.m. EST. This new study begins to provide a framework
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Kongsberg Maritime has released two new state-of-the-art features on its EM 2040 MKII multibeam echosounder. The first enables the use of dual high frequencies to survey wide swaths of the seabed at much higher resolutions than before, while the second facilitates simultaneous collection of backscatter data using multiple frequencies. The EM 2040 MKII is a broadband multibeam echosounder system that
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By Kayla Matthews Some of the U.S. Navy’s biggest tactical obstacles are tiny sea creatures. Intermediate trophic level (ITL) organisms can interfere with navigation and surveillance equipment, making it difficult to carry out some operations efficiently. To address the issue, the Navy started researching this marine life last year. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) oceanographer Brad Penta led the research project
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Stefan Stimson has joined the RBR team as Australia’s business development manager. He brings decades of experience in the survey and oceanographic world, where he has worked alongside RBR on many projects over the past 14 years. Stimson is based in Australia, where he will lead sales and business development efforts for customers in the country, as well as help
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Current Senior Executive Vice President Hiroaki Sakashita has been appointed as president and CEO as well as a representative director of the classification society ClassNK, effective as of March. Speaking on the occasion, Sakashita said: “The maritime industry is changing its shape to adapt to environmental responsibilities and the digital era. For the swift mitigation of the industry to
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NOAA has released the first annual report on the progress made in mapping U.S. ocean, coastal and Great Lakes waters. Knowledge of the depth, shape and composition of the seafloor are foundational data elements necessary to explore, sustainably develop, understand, conserve and manage U.S. coastal and offshore natural resources. The 2019 Presidential Memorandum on Ocean Mapping of the United States
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