As part of their ongoing outreach campaigns, NOAA Fisheries posts web stories featuring some of their ongoing conservation and management efforts in Alaska. Recent stories prepared by our team include a variety of topics from protecting seal pups to using citizen science to monitor belugas. Check out these recent feature stories here: Ocean Guardian School […]
Azura Contributes to Duke’s Ocean Policy Seminar Series
In January, Azura CEO Amy Whitt participated in the Ocean Policy Working Group’s (OPWG) Seminar Series. OPWG is co-sponsored by the Nicholas School of the Environment and the Duke University Center for International & Global Studies and aims to facilitate cross-disciplinary discussions and collaborations that explore the political, economic, scientific, and cultural dimensions of human […]
Feature Stories Highlight NOAA Conservation Efforts in Alaska
As part of their ongoing outreach campaigns, NOAA Fisheries posts web stories featuring some of their ongoing conservation and management efforts in Alaska. Recent stories include a variety of topics from efforts to help entangled pinnipeds to research of a beloved humpback whale and seasonal resident of Juneau, Alaska. Check out these recent feature stories: […]
Azura Begins Marine Mammal Surveys in Breton Sound
In November, we began conducting line-transect aerial surveys for marine mammals in the open-water and adjacent wetland areas of Breton Sound, Louisiana, and a portion of Chandeleur Sound, Mississippi. Under subcontract with C. H. Fenstermaker & Associates, L.L.C. for the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, we will conduct these surveys once a month over a […]
Navy Completes Explosive Shock Testing for Aircraft Carrier
During this summer, the U.S. Navy completed three explosive events as part of the Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST) of the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the newest and most advanced aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy. The Navy uses these tests on new ship designs to confirm that they can continue to meet […]
