Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics closed a $10 million investment, bringing the total capital the company has raised to $12.5 million. Sea Machines will use the funds to expand the global reach of its recently released line of products, grow its R&D and engineering teams and further develop advanced situational awareness systems for vessels. The industrial marine sector encompasses a
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An online training course on marine ecosystem management created by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) UNESCO-IOC and IW:LEARN is now enrolling. The course focuses on large marine ecosystems that occupy areas of coastal ocean at least 200,000 km² or greater in size – coastal waters that produce
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Capitol Hill Ocean Week (CHOW) brings together national and global stakeholders to address pressing science, conservation and management issues facing the ocean and Great Lakes. The event is convened by the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation every June. This year, CHOW is focused on the changing ocean, restoration of the ocean and Great Lakes and working together for sustainable waters. Join
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The U.K.’s Government Office for Science released its Future of the Sea final report today. The document addresses major impacts on the sea including governance, environmental issues, marine resources and economic potential of the sea. The Foresight project that produced the report also created a series of evidence reviews on specific topics including cybersecurity, shipping trends, ocean acidification, aquaculture and
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The World Ocean Council (WOC) is hosting a program on investing in ocean sustainable development as part of the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute’s annual forum Feb. 22 in Santa Monica. The “Ocean Day” event will consist of dialogue between panelists dedicated to aquaculture, renewable energy and port and coastal infrastructure resiliency and adaption. A fourth session will focus on small
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Dec. 1, 2017 is the deadline to submit abstracts in the call for papers from OTO’18 (OCEANS’18 MTS / IEEE Kobe / Techno-Ocean 2018), which will be held May 28-31, 2018 in Kobe, Japan. The event is hosted by three joint-organizers — the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (IEEE/OES), the Marine Technology Society (MTS) and the Japanese Organization of the Consortium
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