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| | Marine Scientific Research | | |  The global oceans cover two-thirds of the earth's surface and represent a massive amount of scientific information. Nearly all disciplines of science are represented in the ocean sciences, including inter alia: biology, chemistry, geology and physics. Much of the knowledge gained from the seas has implications not only for the pure sciences, but for applied sciences and technology as well. Currently, the amount of information that is known about the oceans is a fraction of what there is to know. Technological requirements for marine scientific research are steep, and much modern ocean science research tools represent the cutting edge of modern technology.
See More... | | |  The importance of marine scientific research has been recognized internationally, as is reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III, 1982). UNCLOS III is the most comprehensive international legal agreement with respect to the world's oceans and their associated areas, and their governance. UNCLOS III mandates that its signatory states cooperate to promote marine scientific activities for peacful purposes and to benefit mankind (UNCLOS, Part XIII). Presently, however, marine scientific research endeavors are turning more and more towards specific goals, as the global oceans are stressed and their health is deteriorating. The most pressing problems are: - alteration and destructionof habitats and ecosystems
- effects of sewage and chemicals on human health and on the environment
- widespread and increased eutrophication
- decline of fish stocks and other renewable resources
- changes in sediment flows due to hydrological changes
(GESAMP, 2001). The consequences of these problems for humanity are potentially extreme. In order to effectively address these issues, sustainable management policies and practices must be developed for and implemented in the global oceans. Marine scientific research is critical to this process, as scientific information is necessary to informed decision making by policy makers and managers, as well as to monitor the effectiveness of such policies.
See More... | | Photo title: Basic Technology for Ocean Research | | Photo credit: http://www.oceansatlas.org/unatlas/about/research/background/seemore2.html | | | | |
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| NOAA High Tech Fisheries Research Vessel launched
by NOAA, NOAA Magazine 17 October 2003 |  |
| | On October 17, 2003, VT Halter Marine Inc. and NOAA launched the first of four planned NOAA fisheries survey vessels. Christened Oscar Dyson, the 208 ft. ship will be one of the most technologically advanced fisheries survey vessels in the world. The four ships will either augment or replace aging ships in the NOAA fleet. Its capabilities will far exceed those of older NOAA ships. It has been built to meet very specific data collection requirements as well as to meet exacting quietness standards set by the International Council for Exploration of the Seas – to avoid disturbing the fish it is trying to study. | |
Read more at http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2003/s2102.htm.
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