By Amy Whitt Winding our way through Louisiana’s marshes, we headed out to sea as part of an expedition to research marine mammals in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Azura’s intern and recent high school graduate, Alexandria Hahn, and I have joined the LADC-GEMM research team for this survey. The Littoral Acoustic Demonstration Center-Gulf Ecological Monitoring […]
The Vaquita: A Porpoise in Peril
30…a classroom of students, a team of football players, and the number of vaquita left on Earth. These tiny, critically endangered porpoises live only in the northern Gulf of California in Baja California, Mexico, and their population is actually estimated to now be less than 30. Ironically, the number of family and friends that recently […]
U.S. Atlantic Offshore Wind Facilities & Marine Protected Species
With the U.S.’ first offshore wind farm up and spinning off Block Island, Rhode Island, and many more in various stages of development, regulators, scientists, and industry leaders are hot on the heels of conservation and management off the East Coast. How do we embrace this alternative energy technology while also protecting marine animals from […]
Passive Acoustic Monitoring Program for the Northern Gulf of Mexico
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) recently awarded a contract to HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction (HDR) to support BOEM’s Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) Program for the Northern Gulf of Mexico. The world is a noisy place. As humans, we contribute to the noise levels in the ocean through a variety of activities from shipping […]
BOEM Awards Contract for Analysis of Seismic Survey Mitigation Data
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) recently awarded CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA) a contract for the analysis of all visual and acoustic mitigation survey data collected during seismic operations in the Gulf of Mexico from 2009 through 2015. CSA previously completed data analysis of 2002-2008 survey data in 2012. Under this current contract, […]
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