JASCO receives funding for deep water AMAR mooring in Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf Research Program of the USA National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine announced November 14 their contribution of US$1 million of funding to the Stones Metocean Monitoring Project, which aims to re-purpose portions of an existing deep ocean mooring line in the Gulf of Mexico for scientific research. The mooring line anchors a metocean buoy to the seafloor 3 km below. JASCO Applied Sciences will receive a portion of these funds to deploy acoustic monitoring instrumentation adjacent to the mooring line. JASCO’s fourth generation Autonomous Multichannel Acoustic Recorder (AMAR G4) will continuously record ambient, anthropogenic, and marine mammal sounds in the area. At nearly 3000 metres, this is JASCO’s deepest acoustic deployment.
Read more about the funding and the project in this news release by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Learn more about Shell’s Stones Metocean Monitoring Project.
About JASCO Applied Sciences
JASCO Applied Sciences is a world leader in the science of underwater sound and its effects on marine life. A global company founded in Victoria, Canada, in 1981, JASCO provides services from offices in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Australia. We provide support for all stages of environmental reviews and assessments of underwater sound for the renewable energy, oil and gas, marine construction, shipping, and defence sectors. We design, develop, and manufacture state-of-the-art oceanographic data acquisition systems to meet project demands for quality, endurance, reliability, and performance. We enable our clients to satisfy regulatory requirements by providing scientifically defensible assessments of their projects to government regulators and the public. For more information, visit: www.jasco.com.
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