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JASCO Applied Sciences and Blue Ocean Monitoring announce strategic partnership

JASCO Applied Sciences and Blue Ocean Monitoring announce strategic partnership

JASCO Applied Sciences (JASCO) and Blue Ocean Monitoring (BOM) have entered a global strategic partnership. This partnership combines JASCO’s understanding of underwater acoustics, and their OceanObserver™ high-performance passive acoustic data acquisition and processing system capable of on-board, in-situ signal processing, with BOM’s cutting-edge expertise developing and operating uncrewed underwater vehicles (UUVs).

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ADEON project wins 2023 NOPP Excellence in Partnering Award

ADEON project wins 2023 NOPP Excellence in Partnering Award

The Atlantic Deepwater Ecosystem Observatory Network (ADEON) project received the 2023 National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) Excellence in Partnering Award. The award was presented at the 2024 Ocean Sciences Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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JASCO leads the NAVISON project – Mapping past and future shipping soundscapes of European seas

JASCO leads the NAVISON project – Mapping past and future shipping soundscapes of European seas

The ability to assess the effect on ocean noise of operational and technological changes in the marine shipping sector aimed at mitigating its environmental impact, against the backdrop of a steadily increasing demand for sea transport of goods and people, depends on the development of a reliable marine soundscape forecasting model. The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), as part of its commitment towards greener shipping, has contracted to a consortium led by JASCO Applied Sciences a project to generate ship sound maps (soundscapes) for European seas over a time span from 2016 to 2050.

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Sarah Tsoflias joins JASCO Applied Sciences (USA) Inc. as Managing Director, US Operations

Sarah Tsoflias joins JASCO Applied Sciences (USA) Inc. as Managing Director, US Operations

December 2023 – JASCO Applied Sciences (USA) Inc. welcomes new Managing Director, Sarah Tsoflias.

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JASCO welcomes Dr. Adam Frankel as a Senior Bioacoustician

JASCO welcomes Dr. Adam Frankel as a Senior Bioacoustician

November 2023 – Dr. Adam Frankel has joined JASCO Applied Sciences (USA) Inc., as a Senior Bioacoustician.

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Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) provides marine mammal risk mitigation in support of NATO’s military training exercise CUTLASS FURY 23

Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) provides marine mammal risk mitigation in support of NATO’s military training exercise CUTLASS FURY 23

Dalhousie University’s CEOTR Group and JASCO Applied Sciences assist DRDC in preventing harm during military training activities using maritime autonomous systems.

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Real-time Monitoring capabilities demonstrated in support of Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA) and Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) operations during NATO Exercise REP(MUS) 23’

Real-time Monitoring capabilities demonstrated in support of Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA) and Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) operations during NATO Exercise REP(MUS) 23’

JASCO’s OceanObserver™ real-time monitoring system was deployed aboard a Slocum Glider in the world’s largest military exercise dedicated to the exploration and testing of maritime unmanned systems.

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JASCO announces new Engineering Manager and Customer Support Specialist

JASCO announces new Engineering Manager and Customer Support Specialist

JASCO Applied Sciences (JASCO), is proud to announce the appointment of our new Engineering Manager and Customer Support Specialist.

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OCEANOISE issues a call to action on World Ocean Day

OCEANOISE issues a call to action on World Ocean Day

Several scientists from JASCO Applied Sciences participated in late May in the third edition of the OCEANOISE conference series. On the closing day of the conference, sessions chairs engaged with the audience in a plenary panel discussion. The outcome was a consensus on the need to issue an urgent call to action for the global implementation of effective technologies and regulations aimed at reducing human produced noise in the oceans. It was agreed that such a statement would be published on World Ocean Day.

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Real-time Passive Acoustic Monitoring for aggregations of spawning cod at South Fork Wind Project

Real-time Passive Acoustic Monitoring for aggregations of spawning cod at South Fork Wind Project

Ørsted and Eversource Energy partner with JASCO Applied Sciences and Rutgers Center for Ocean Observing Leadership to develop a near real-time monitoring solution for Atlantic cod, during the construction of the South Fork Wind Project.

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JASCO celebrates Earth Day 2023

JASCO celebrates Earth Day 2023

To celebrate Earth Day 2023, JASCO offices around the world organized events to give back to their communities and invest in our planet.

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A landmark publication in the research on western grey whales and seismic survey noise

A landmark publication in the research on western grey whales and seismic survey noise

A landmark Topical Collection on Western Gray Whales and Industry Seismic Operations of 10 peer-reviewed original articles has been published in the journal Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. This comprehensive collection arises from decades of studies of the effects of offshore oil and gas development on the grey whales that gather every summer off Sakhalin Island, Russia. JASCO scientists were involved since 2004 in the underwater acoustics field work and analyses that fed into these papers, in addition to contributing to the yearslong real-time mitigation effort that ensured whales would not be exposed to excessive sound emissions from offshore activities and airguns.

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DW-ShipConsult joins the JASCO group

DW-ShipConsult joins the JASCO group

Two leading players in the sector of shipping noise mitigation have formally joined forces as DW-ShipConsult GmbH becomes a fully owned affiliate of JASCO Applied Sciences (Deutschland) GmbH. The announcement was made by the respective Managing Directors, Thomas Büchler and Roberto Racca, after the acquisition agreement was signed in Berlin on May 2.

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Doing Business on Mighty Waters - Uncrewed

Doing Business on Mighty Waters - Uncrewed

In their article titled Doing Business on Mighty Waters - Uncrewed published in the Marine Mammals special issue of ECO Magazine, JASCO Applied Sciences’ John Moloney and Open Ocean Robotics’ Julie Angus discuss the ‘Marine Mammal Monitoring Service via Uncrewed Surface Vessel’ project, sponsored by Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) for the Innovations Solutions Canada program.

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JASCO to open a Marine Acoustic Services Facility in Rhode Island

JASCO to open a Marine Acoustic Services Facility in Rhode Island

JASCO Applied Sciences secures a new facility in Rhode Island to support its US operations. The 3000 square-foot facility is located at 165 Dean Knauss Drive, Narragansett, just in behind the University of Rhode Island’s Bay Campus. Initially consisting of two 1500 square foot bays providing office and lab space along with a marine acoustics services and autonomous vehicles support facility, the new location will open in April 2022.

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BC Ferries Case Study: Lessons Learned in Setting Underwater Radiated Noise Targets

BC Ferries Case Study: Lessons Learned in Setting Underwater Radiated Noise Targets

As described in a recent article in MarineLink, BC Ferries has some key findings to pass along to other vessel operators considering the implementation of underwater radiated noise targets. Important lessons were learned during investigations of how they might reduce the noise from their passenger ferries transiting the Salish Sea, which is home to the endangered southern resident killer whales (SRKWs).

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Protecting Killer Whales in Salish Sea

Protecting Killer Whales in Salish Sea

In a feature article titled Protecting Killer Whales in Salish Sea – Cabled Underwater Listening Station Monitors Ship Noise in the July issue of Sea Technology Magazine, JASCO Applied Sciences’ Nicole Chorney, Jack Hennessey, and David Hannay describe an advanced multi-sensor underwater observatory deployed off British Columbia’s south coast that keeps watch on noise from passing ships and has the ability to track endangered Southern Resident killer whales.

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John Moloney hosts Teledyne Webinar: Acoustic Monitoring for Slocum Gliders

John Moloney hosts Teledyne Webinar: Acoustic Monitoring for Slocum Gliders

John Moloney is host to a Teledyne Webb Research webinar that describes the unique capabilities of JASCO’s OceanObserver acoustic and oceanographic data acquisition and processing system aboard the Teledyne Slocum Glider, as demonstrated in a successful mission to Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence in 2018 in search of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.

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Boundary Pass ULS marks 1-year anniversary and 7500 vessel noise measurements

Boundary Pass ULS marks 1-year anniversary and 7500 vessel noise measurements

June 10, 2021, marks the first full year of operation of the Boundary Pass Underwater Listening Station. Over this period, the cabled listening station has provided highly accurate measurements of the underwater noise from more than 4500 unique commercial vessels on over 7500 transits.

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By Air and by Sea

By Air and by Sea

In the May issue of Ocean News & Technology, JASCO’s Chief Communications Officer Roberto Racca gives a panoramic on new mobile platforms apt to be equipped with acoustic monitoring instruments to both detect the presence of vocalizing marine animals and assess their exposure to noise from construction and operation of offshore wind farms.

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