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Jan 01, 2009; ... * Coast Guard, ADEC, NFWF Move Forward for Aleutian Islands Risk Assessment. Representatives oí the U.S. Coast Guard, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) and the National Fish and Wi Idi ite Foundation (NFWF) formed the management team for a comprehensive assessment of the ...
Navigation Vision 2025: Charting The Future of Naval Navigation
Jan 01, 2009; ... All naval operations are strongly dependent on position, navigation and timing (PNT) data and information, coupled with accurate knowledge of the physical environment. While the focus of naval missions is on the desired effect - often fire control and targeting solutions the backbone of all ...
What is Your Role in a New and Sustainable Future?
Jan 01, 2009; ... Consider the challenges before this global society as the United States inaugurates a new president: the economy, fossil fuel, drought and ciimate change. Consider the whole planet Earth - how you relate to it today and how you might set your sights and ambition to relate in a different way, ...
RD&A Looks to Improve Acquisition Workforce and Governance
Jan 01, 2009; ... The maritime environment the U.S. Navy operates in today is complex. Gone are the days when the Navy had to plan solely for winning the traditional blue ocean battle group slugfest or island-hopping campaign. While these missions must remain within our capabilities, today we must also plan for ...
Modernization: Building the 21st Century Coast Guard
Jan 01, 2009; ... We are entering an incredibly exciting era in American history. As President Barack Obama has promised, change is coming, and we must be prepared to turn it in our favor. In the U.S. Coast Guard, we are cognizant of the changes swirling around us, and we have dedicated ourselves to modernizing ...
Cooperation and Innovation Lead to New Causeway System to Offload Vessels
Jan 01, 2009; ... The Department of Defense has had a requirement for vessels to conduct autonomous offloading operations at austere sites - locations without world-class port infrastructure - for years, A very promising solution for this demanding requirement was successfully demonstrated this year via ...
USGS: Science at the Intersection of Land and Ocean
Jan 01, 2009; ... The images of coastal communities along the Texas and Louisiana coasts following hurricanes Gustav and Ike - images showing communities stripped bare of houses and commercial buildings - reinforce the need to enhance our understanding of the vulnerability of our coastal communities to natural ...
Improving Climate Predictions Through Ocean Observations and Modeling
Jan 01, 2009; ... One of the overarching goals of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization, the International Council for Science and the International Oceanographie Commission of the U. N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, is to determine ...
The U.S. Extended Continental Shelf Project
Jan 01, 2009; ... Since 2001, the United States has been gathering and analyzing data to determine the outer limits of its extended continental shelf (ECS). Beginning in 2007, however, that effort became a more serious national endeavor with the establishment of a multiagency task force and dedicated funding to ...
Congress Looks Toward Ocean Governance Reform in 2009
Jan 01, 2009; ... The new year brings with it a host of fresh faces and ideas to Washington, D. C. - a new president, a new Congress and a new version oí the Oceans Conservation, Education and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act. While Washington's powerbrokers may capture our attention for the ...
NSF Looks Ahead With Basic Ocean Research
Jan 01, 2009; ... The task of the National Science Foundation (NSF) is to keep the U.S. science and engineering enterprise at the very frontier of knowledge. This task is accomplished by recognizing and nurturing emerging fields, preparing the next generation of scientific and engineering talent and providing ...
Deepwater Activities Drive Oil, Gas Sector; 2009 Brings Challenges, Caution
Jan 01, 2009; ... High utilization of deepwater drilling rigs at attractive charter rates, placement of a broad range of offshore equipment orders, delivery of sophisticated offshore supply vessels and the start-up of production from new oil and gas fields are among oil patch highlights of the last 12 ...
Sea Grant: New National Priorities and a Plan for Success
Jan 01, 2009; ... Last year, we updated Sea Technology readers on the National Sea Grant College Program's (NSGCP) regional planning efforts and on our forthcoming national strategic plan. In response to the regional research planning efforts called for in President George W. Bush's Ocean Action Plan, the NSGCP ...
The International SeaKeepers Society: A Decade of Innovation and Progress
Jan 01, 2009; ... The International SeaKeepers Society was begun by a small group of yacht owners concerned about the deteriorating health of the seas. Founded in Monaco in 1998, the initial mission was to develop a compact, automated and cost-effective ocean and atmospheric monitoring system to install aboard ...
Firing Line Report: A Shift Away from Oil Enthusiasm
Jan 01, 2009; ... For the 27th year in a row, Sea Technology magazine is pleased to deliver an annual review and forecast of leaders within the industry-the "Firing Line Report." These results are a synopsis of a survey we conducted regarding the state of the industry. It is a barometer that shows our readers how ...
Fisheries and Aquaculture: Economic, Political Uncertainty Bad for Business
Jan 01, 2009; ... If there were a silver lining to the veil of clouds that hung over the U.S. seafood industry as 2008 drew to a close, few in the domestic aquaculture and commercial fisheries sectors could find it. In the course of the past 1 2 months, energy prices soared, sending the cost of harvesting ...
Application of an Autonomous Self-Mooring Vehicle
Jan 01, 2009; ... Characterization of a Lagoon Environment Using a Portable Autonomous Self-Mooring Vehicle Over the past few decades, a range of monitoring strategies and techniques has been used to monitor the sea. More recently, the role of monitoring has been expanded to include the use of autonomous ...
AUV Design: Shape, Drag and Practical Issues
Jan 01, 2009; ... Combining Practical and Hydrodynamic Considerations To Build a Better Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Twenty years ago, autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) were an infant technology, and there was an absence of evolution to guide designers in deciding the fundamental shape and size of ...
A 3D Passive Vision System For Underwater Mosaicking
Jan 01, 2009; ... An Overview of Automated Algorithms for Seabed Metric Reconstruction With Unsynchronized Stereo Cameras Image mosaicking is one of the most dynamic areas in underwater research. In particular, 3D mosaicking is an important tool for accurate morphometric measurements and seabed ...
Maritime Administration Announces Model Maritime High School Curriculum
Jan 01, 2009; ... Maritime Administrator Sean T. Connaughton recently announced a new maritime high school curriculum that will help prepare the next generation of high school graduates for the tens of thousands of maritime jobs that will be available during the next five years, officials said. At least ...