Remote Underwater Exploration
Underwater Contracting (UCO) and Mowi announced an expansion of their partnership aimed at using ROV technology in salmon farming to improve operational efficiency and fish welfare in aquaculture.
Full article at: GlobalSeafood.org 27sep24
Thousands of sleepy Port Jackson sharks were spotted by scientists visiting Beagle Marine Park in central Bass Strait in 2024, seven years after the marine park was established.
A two-week survey led by the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), was intended to monitor changes in the park’s condition.
“It was very exciting when we managed to traverse over a rise in the reef to get a glimpse of the sharks snoozing 65-metres below the vessel in almost the same location as they were six years ago,” Dr Jacquomo Monk said.
Full article at: PulseTasmania.com.au 17aug2024
Chevron has been testing the use of custom-ROVs instead of divers to clean marine growth from offshore assets, saving time and dramatically reducing risk to the divers.
Full article at: Chevron.com Newsroom
Previously described only from specimens found in whale and seabird stomachs, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, the highly elusive colossal squid, has been positively identified from footage captured by international team of researchers using the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s ROV SuBastian. . At a depth of 1,968 feet in the South Atlantic Ocean near the South Sandwich Islands, SuBastian spotted this baby squid swimming gracefully through the cold, dark water:
Full article at: ExtremeTech 17apr25
Researchers from the University of Miami and OceanX uncovered the mysterious “brine pools” at the bottom of the Red Sea in 2000. The team used an ROV to guide a separate collection device to retrieve water samples from the dense brine pools..
Findings available at: Nature.com 27jun2022