DeepWater Buoyancy is one of the world’s premier producers of subsea buoyancy products. Its portfolio of products includes standard and custom solutions for all subsea markets including ocean science, offshore energy, and military.

This month’s product spotlight focuses on DeepWater Buoyancy’s Instrument Bottom Mounts. The line of BTM-AL50 bottom mounts is designed for ADCP deployment in shallow ocean waters, rivers, coastal areas, and anywhere else where the size and remote recoverability of the AL-200 and AL-500 TRBM are not required.

Purpose-Built for Stability and Versatility

Our BTM-AL50 Instrument Bottom Mounts are designed to provide a stable platform for deploying ADCPs, current meters, and other oceanographic instruments directly on the seabed. Whether you’re working in shallow coastal waters or lakes, these mounts offer the durability and performance needed for long-term deployments.

Each Bottom Mount is constructed from high-strength, corrosion-resistant materials and is designed for ease of customization. From single-instrument setups to complex multi-sensor arrays, our mounts can be tailored to meet your specific project requirements.

Key Features

• Robust Construction – Built with marine-grade aluminum for long-term durability in harsh subsea environments.
• Flexible Design – Easily adaptable to accommodate a variety of instruments and deployment scenarios.
• 2-axis Gimbal – Precision-machined gimbal ensures ADCPs are held securely and aligned properly.
• Counterweights – Optional counterweight system available for lighter instruments
• Deployment Flexibility – Compatible with diver deployment, ROV handling, or over-the-side operations.
• Recovery Options – Originally designed to be recovered by divers, the units can be outfitted with our Pop-Up Buoy Recovery Systems

A and B

The Instrument Bottom Mounts come in two varieties.

BTM-AL50-A

This traditional welded unit can be deployed by diver or lowered to the seafloor by line from small vessels. Instrumentation is easily accessible for battery change out or maintenance.

BTM-AL50-B

Like the traditional unit in all other ways, this robust bottom mount is collapsible for ease of transportation and lower shipping costs. The pinned and bolted design makes for a quick and easy assembly. 

New Brace for Collapsible Bottom Mount

The collapsible version of the bottom mount, the BTM-AL50-B, has a number of unique benefits including ease of handling and transportation.  It also allows users to deploy from smaller vessels.

Recently, we found that users were utilizing these units for applications where their greater payload would have been better suited for the welded version, the BTM-AL50-A.  Our designers went to work and produced a field retrofittable and installable brace kit.  Once installed, the brace increases the rigidity of the assembly rivaling the welded design.

Need a custom solution?

We specialize in adapting our designs to meet unique deployment challenges. Contact us to discuss your project and let us help you build the right bottom mount for your mission.

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About DeepWater Buoyancy, Inc.

DeepWater Buoyancy creates subsea buoyancy products for leading companies in the oceanographic, seismic, survey, military and offshore energy markets.   Customers have relied on our products for over forty-five years, from the ocean surface to depths exceeding six thousand meters.

Learn more at DeepWaterBuoyancy.com

Exhibiting

DeepWater Buoyancy is exhibiting at Oceantic Network’s International Partnering Forum (IPF) 2025 conference.

The event will take place April 28 – May 1, 2025 at the Virginia Beach Convention Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

About the Event

The International Partnering Forum (IPF), hosted by Oceantic Network (formerly the Business Network for Offshore Wind), is the premier offshore wind energy conference in the Americas. Industry experts from around the world converge to share best business practices, the most advanced technical and scientific findings, and policy updates impacting offshore wind. IPF connects global leaders and businesses in the supply chain, offers unparalleled networking opportunities, and delivers the most timely and relevant updates on the industry, from technology and policy to safety and siting.

Taking place April 28-May 1, 2025 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, IPF offers registrants a vast array of networking opportunities to grow your business, including the popular WindMatch™ program. With the rapid expansion of offshore wind, IPF attendance helps secure your place as a leader in the industry.

Attend this webinar to learn about:

• Travel information
• Hotel + shuttle service details
• IPF events, networking opportunities, and programming
• Using WindMatch™ to plan your meetings in advance
• Downloading the IPF app to plan your time
• Special perks for Oceantic members
• And more!

Learn more HERE.

What is the Oceantic Network?

At the Oceantic Network (formerly the Business Network for Offshore Wind), our driving purpose is to inform, coordinate, and mobilize human ingenuity, enterprise, and labor to take advantage of the urgent need to tap the vast renewable energy resources that lie offshore in the world’s oceans. The collective, coordinated efforts of our members equip communities and nations to accelerate the transition to clean energy and create economic opportunities.

Over the past ten years, the Network has grown along with the industry, changing its name to expand and include industry sectors. At its ten-year mark, the Network continues to look forward and set the pace for the industry; that includes an expanded view of what offshore wind can provide the energy mix. Offshore wind is the gateway to other ocean renewables, including green hydrogen, wave energy, and more. Offshore wind as an industry will remain the main focus of the Network; however we are expanding our scope to grow and adapt as the industry does the same. With this enlarged focus, the Network changed its name from the Business Network for Offshore Wind to the Oceantic Network.

Learn More HERE.

At the Booth

David Capotosto (President and Director of Business Development) and Matthew Henry (Operations Manager) will be in attendance at our Booth – #1307. The company will be highlighting its offerings for floating offshore wind projects.

• Interarray Cable Buoyancy
• Mooring Line Buoyancy
• Full line of Buoyancy and Deployment Platforms for Subsea Instrumentation

See our full product offering HERE.

About DeepWater Buoyancy, Inc.

DeepWater Buoyancy creates subsea buoyancy products for leading companies in the oceanographic, seismic, survey, military and offshore oil & gas markets.   Customers have relied on our products for over forty-five years, from the ocean surface to depths exceeding six thousand meters.

Learn more at www.DeepWaterBuoyancy.com

Exhibiting

DeepWater Buoyancy will be exhibiting at Ocean Business 2025. The event will take place April 8-10, 2025 at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK.

Please visit Dan Cote (Sales Manager) and Mike Nicholas (Sales Engineer) at Booth S10.

About the Event

Ocean Business 2025 is a hands-on event for the ocean science and technology community.

Connect with thousands of the industry’s brightest minds, and share ideas to help define the future of ocean technology. You will be able to get hands on experience with the latest technology at training and demonstration sessions in the classroom, test tank and on the water.

From cutting-edge surveying innovation to the latest marine autonomous systems, you’ll find hundreds of solutions to transform your business in 2025 and beyond. Catch up with familiar faces, make new connections, and grow your network.

Learn more here… www.oceanbusiness.com

Why We Attend

DeepWater Buoyancy is the world’s largest supplier of subsea buoyancy to the ocean science community and provides products to all offshore, subsea markets. The product line is now over 45 years old and is known throughout the world. It provides critical product design and development for even the smallest clients, sometimes producing only one custom solution. This allows all ocean engineers, project managers and scientists to get the subsea buoyancy product that is fit for their project.

Exhibiting at the Ocean Business will allow us to network with end users, ocean engineers, and partner companies

See our full product offering HERE.

DeepWater Buoyancy creates subsea buoyancy products for leading companies in the oceanographic, seismic, survey, military and offshore oil & gas markets.   Customers have relied on our products for over forty-five years, from the ocean surface to depths exceeding six thousand meters.

Learn more at www.DeepWaterBuoyancy.com

Exhibiting

DeepWater Buoyancy is exhibiting at the 2025 Subsea Tieback Forum & Exhibition.

The event will take place March 4 – 6, 2025.

This year’s event will again be held at the Moody Gardens Convention Center in Galveston, Texas.

About the Event

The Subsea Tieback Forum & Exhibition is the leading event for professionals to learn, network, and engage with key figures driving advancements in subsea technology. With a conference program curated by an Advisory Board of top industry leaders, the event serves as a platform for sharing knowledge and building valuable connections. Participants include a highly-qualified group of field supervisors, operations planners, engineers, and management personnel, all gathered to discuss the challenges, solutions, and operational issues related to global deepwater subsea operations.

The conference, closed to the press, offers a unique space where attendees can exchange insights, share real-world project examples, and engage in interactive discussions.

Learn more at the website – subseatiebackforum.com

At the Booth

DeepWater Buoyancy’s Sales Manager, Dan Cote, will be in attendance at our Booth – #320.  He will be joined by our Gulf Coast Representatives, Waters and David.  At the booth, DeepWater Buoyancy will be highlighting its line of Oil and Gas Production Buoyancy.  This line includes buoyancy for Umbilicals, Jumpers, and Pipelines.

About DeepWater Buoyancy, Inc.

DeepWater Buoyancy creates subsea buoyancy products for leading companies in the oceanographic, seismic, survey, military and offshore oil & gas markets.   Customers have relied on our products for over forty-five years, from the ocean surface to depths exceeding six thousand meters.

Learn more at www.DeepWaterBuoyancy.com

Sidney “Dave” Cook

December 11, 1935  –  January 15, 2025

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our dear friend and mentor Sidney Cook.

Many people in the subsea industry will remember him as Dave Cook, the founder of Flotation Technologies, and a pioneer in the development and use of syntactic foam for subsea buoyancy.

Electric Boat

In his early career, Dave worked at General Dynamics’ Electric Boat.  While working there, Dave and his team studied ways to salvage sunken submarines. They proposed using a novel material called syntactic foam, a specialty composite made from hollow glass microspheres and epoxy resin systems. The Navy ultimately didn’t want it, however it turned out the oil company ESSO did. They contracted Electric Boat to have Dave build the world’s first drill riser buoyancy modules for use in offsetting the weight of subsea drilling equipment.

Electric Boat opted not to be in the oil business, so Dave partnered up with a company in Massachusetts called Data Packaging. That company had been producing injection-molded hollow plastic spheres that were used as additional buoyancy in the drilling riser project. After a short period of time producing material at Data Packaging, there was an oil spill in Santa Barbara.  The drilling in California came to a halt and with it, drill riser buoyancy. Data Packaging and Dave were out and Dave was onto the next project.

New Ventures

Dave would go on to work with Emerson and Cuming in Massachusetts and continue building drill risers, but that relationship was short lived. Dave joined up with a company in Maine called Shape, Inc. The owner Tony Gelardi had been at Data Packaging and started his own injection molding business. Dave went to work with Shape making drill riser buoyancy and other syntactic foam products that were beginning to be used in oceanographic work.

In 1979 Dave founded his own company Flotation Products, which would later become Flotation Technologies.  Dave built his business with his family, growing it from a 3-person team making products in their barn to a company that, at its peak, employed well over 100 people.

In 2008 the Cook family sold Flotation Technologies and Dave retired.  In 2013, DeepWater Buoyancy spun out of that company to continue the tradition of supplying subsea buoyancy to the world from the same small town of Biddeford, Maine. Dave and his family remained close to today’s DeepWater Buoyancy management and team.

Gone But Not Forgotten

Dave often commented on how blessed he was and how so many people helped him over the years. This is exactly how we feel when we think of Dave and the Cook family. Without perseverance, luck and the Cook family, our company would not exist.

Dave will be missed by all who knew him. He was a man that changed the world in so many ways.

To learn more about Dave and life outside of work, please read his obituary.

About DeepWater Buoyancy, Inc.

DeepWater Buoyancy, Inc., located in Maine USA, provides subsea buoyancy products for offshore energy, oceanographic, military, and technology companies around the world. Customers have relied on our products for over forty-five years, from the ocean surface to depths exceeding six thousand meters. Learn more at DeepWaterBuoyancy.com

Collaboration

For the second consecutive year, DeepWater Buoyancy has collaborated with Professor Tove Rasmussen and her Global Marketing class at the University of New England (UNE).

Three groups of students were assigned the task of acting as DeepWater Buoyancy to develop market entry strategies for Brazil, Chile, and Mexico. Using key themes from their coursework, the groups were challenged to create comprehensive go-to-market plans for each country.

Campus Visit

In October, students visited DeepWater Buoyancy to tour the facility and meet with the team of Sales Manager, Dan Cote and Sales Engineer, Jordan Tremblay to learn about the company.

Tove invited the sales team on-site at UNE for their end of semester final presentation in December.

This project holds special significance for Sales Engineer Mike Nicholas, a proud UNE alum, who relished the chance to engage with his alma mater and contribute to the learning experience of the next generation of working professionals.

Team Chile

The team of Jayden Thornton, Zach Federico and Jimmy Hulland found Chile’s diverse marine landscape requiring robust solutions, and that DeepWater Buoyancy is more than equipped to meet these needs. From the calm waters of the coastline to the challenging conditions offshore, their expertise positions them as a key partner for unlocking the potential of Chile’s marine research sector.

It’s their opinion this would be best achieved by developing a multifaceted marketing strategy with competitive pricing, multiple distribution channels and promotional events. Our products are tailor-made for Chile’s unique marine environments, supporting local institutions in their mission to advance marine science and protect the ocean.

Team Mexico

The team of Anthony Sciucco, Shea Courtmanche, Zach Benner and Tommy Mcguire outlined a strategy for DeepWater Buoyancy to enter the Mexican market. Placing an emphasis on exporting as the preferred approach due to its lower costs, lower risk, and easier regulatory compliance compared to establishing a wholly owned subsidiary. The focus is on providing products to meet Mexico’s growing needs in sustainable ocean management, disaster preparedness, and climate change monitoring. The Mexican government’s commitment to infrastructure development and sustainable ocean economies presents a favorable environment for DeepWater Buoyancy’s products.

Targeting oil and gas companies could prove to be extremely profitable. That market has an estimated $185 billion value and over 993 companies operating in Mexico. The presentation highlights product customization, quality, and longevity, with personal selling identified as the optimal promotion method to build strong client relationships and fully tailor products to customer needs.

Team Brazil

Brazil’s booming offshore oil and gas industry is the target of this team, with plans to provide tailored products like subsea floats for deep-water projects. The team of Tyler Richards, Nick Yohn, Isaiah Mojica and Jakob Rivers’ strategy includes forming partnerships with local companies and investing in Brazilian manufacturing to meet the demand for reliable, high-performance solutions in harsh environments. By positioning themselves as a premium provider, they aim to become a key player in Brazil’s offshore oil operations.

To succeed, DeepWater Buoyancy would offer customized, low-maintenance products and set up local service centers for faster support. Their value-based pricing highlights the importance of efficiency and reduced risk in the oil and gas sector. They plan to focus on exports to increase production and profits, while building strong industry ties through the Energy Industries Council.

Summary

In conclusion, DeepWater Buoyancy’s continued partnership with Professor Tove Rasmussen and the University of New England’s Global Marketing class has once again proven to be a fruitful collaboration. The students demonstrated a deep understanding of global marketing principles by crafting innovative, country-specific strategies for Brazil, Chile, and Mexico. Their recommendations, ranging from multifaceted marketing approaches in Chile to export-driven strategies in Mexico, and high demand Oil & Gas market in Brazil showcase the potential for DeepWater Buoyancy to expand its reach. This collaboration not only provided valuable insights for the company but also offered students a real-world platform to apply their academic knowledge.

About DeepWater Buoyancy, Inc.

DeepWater Buoyancy, Inc., located in Maine USA, provides subsea buoyancy products for offshore energy, oceanographic, military, and technology companies around the world. Customers have relied on our products for over forty years, from the ocean surface to depths exceeding six thousand meters. Learn more at DeepWaterBuoyancy.com

Exhibiting

DeepWater Buoyancy is exhibiting at the Annual MTS Houston BBQ.

The event will take place on Thursday, October 24th.

About the Event

The 2024 MTS Annual Fundraising BBQ will take place at Ashtead Technology on Thursday, October 24, 2024.

This relaxed and casual environment is your opportunity to connect and mingle with a variety of industry members. 75 exhibit tables are available to companies associated with the offshore industry where technology and products can be displayed. This annual event has become a much-anticipated tradition along the Gulf Coast, attracting around 600 to 800 offshore industry professionals and their guests.

Event Schedule
3:00 PM – Exhibitor Set up (Exhibitors arrive no later than 4:00PM)
4:00 PM – Registration & Food service for Exhibitors
5:00 PM – General Registration begins/Silent Auction is live
6:30 PM – Food Service begins for attendees
7:15 PM – MTS Announcements, including Scholarship Program, Costume Contest and Raffle Winners
7:30PM – Silent Auction ends
8:30 PM – Evening Concludes

Booth 27

Chris Kelly of Waters & David Co., our Gulf Coast representatives, will be on hand representing DeepWater Buoyancy at Booth 27.

Contact Chris here – chris@watersanddavid.com.

About MTS

The Marine Technology Society was incorporated in June 1963 to give members of academia, government and industry a common forum for the exchange of information and ideas. The guiding purpose is: “To promote awareness, understanding, advancement and application of marine technology.”

Today, MTS is a growing organization, boasting a membership of businesses, institutions, individual professionals and students who are ocean engineers, technologists, policy makers and educators.

MTS Mission

– Facilitate a broader understanding of the relevance of marine technology to wider global issues by enhancing the dissemination of marine technology information
– Promote and improve marine technology and related educational programs
– Advance the development of the tools and procedures required to explore, study and further the responsible and sustainable use of the oceans.

MTS’s long-range vision is to be:

“The leading authority and advocate for marine technology and resources while promoting member success and public understanding.”

 MTS Website

About DeepWater Buoyancy, Inc.

DeepWater Buoyancy creates subsea buoyancy products for leading companies in the oceanographic, seismic, survey, military and offshore oil & gas markets.  Customers have relied on our products for over forty-five years, from the ocean surface to depths exceeding six thousand meters.

Learn more at www.DeepWaterBuoyancy.com

Exhibiting

DeepWater Buoyancy will be exhibiting at the 2024 Oceans Conference and Exposition. The event will take place September 23-26, 2024 at the Halifax Convention Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Please visit Dan Cote (Sales Manager) and Jordan Tremblay (Sales Engineer) at Booth 304.

About the Event

OCEANS is an annual event for global marine technologists, engineers, students, government officials, lawyers, and advocates. At OCEANS 2024 Halifax, industry thought leaders gather for four days to highlight relevant topics and current trends while creating a community of learners and influencers who consistently advance research, practices, and policies for the marine field.

Learn more about the event HERE

Send us an email to schedule a visit at the show with DeepWater Buoyancy’s Sales Manager, Dan Cote. dcote@deepwb.com

Why We Attend

DeepWater Buoyancy is the world’s largest supplier of subsea buoyancy to the ocean science community and provides products to all offshore, subsea markets. The product line is now over 40 years old and is known throughout the world. It provides critical product design and development for even the smallest clients, sometimes producing only one custom solution. This allows all ocean engineers, project managers and scientists to get the subsea buoyancy product that is fit for their project.

Much of the work that is done in the challenging environment of deep water requires syntactic foam buoyancy. When it comes to syntactic foam, DeepWater Buoyancy is a critical partner to the offshore subsea market.  Exhibiting at the Oceans conference will allow us to visit in person with end users, ocean engineers, and partner companies.  It will also allow us to spend time with our international sales representatives like DASCO Equipment of Canada.

See our full product offering HERE.

About DeepWater Buoyancy, Inc.

DeepWater Buoyancy creates subsea buoyancy products for leading companies in the oceanographic, seismic, survey, military and offshore oil & gas markets.   Customers have relied on our products for over forty-five years, from the ocean surface to depths exceeding six thousand meters.

Learn more at www.DeepWaterBuoyancy.com

Attending

DeepWater Buoyancy is attending AFloat 2024 – American Floating Wind Technical Summit.

The event will take place on September 24 & 25 at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland, Maine.

About the Event

AFloat stands at the forefront of the nation’s goal to deploy 15 GW of floating offshore wind capacity by 2035. Their mission is to unite stakeholders from all corners in a collective effort to advance floating offshore wind across the nation and the world! This 2-day conference is all about problem-solving, removing barriers, risk mitigation, and the formation of meaningful partnerships across industries. 

The event will feature a range of inspiring keynote speakers, including industry leaders who will discuss critical topics. Attendees can engage in various breakout sessions tailored to different interests and professional levels, offering in-depth exploration of key subjects. Networking opportunities will be plentiful, allowing participants to connect with peers, experts, and potential collaborators. Interactive workshops will provide hands-on learning experiences and practical skills. Additionally, attendees can visit exhibits from top sponsors showcasing the latest innovations and services in the field. 

Learn more HERE.

Why We Attend

DeepWater Buoyancy has been participating in US Floating Offshore Wind Events for many years.  As the only US provider of subsea buoyancy for interarray cables, we are key to the domestic supply chain. Attending the event allows us to better understand the the products, the projects and the players.  Floating Wind is a challenging proposition and collaboration amongst all the partners is key to bringing this technology to market.

In addition to cable buoyancy, we manufacture the products necessary for supporting the mooring lines.  These lines often need substantial buoyancy at the interface of the chain and the synthetic mooring line.

See our full product offering HERE.

Join Us for a Tour

Our manufacturing facility is located just 20 miles south of the event. Interested in seeing what goes on behind the scenes here at DeepWater Buoyancy? We are hosting tours of our facility on Monday, September 23rd, just prior to the conference.  To schedule, please contact Dan Cote by email at dcote@deepwb.com. 

About DeepWater Buoyancy, Inc.

DeepWater Buoyancy creates subsea buoyancy products for leading companies in the oceanographic, seismic, survey, military and offshore oil & gas markets.   Customers have relied on our products for over forty-five years, from the ocean surface to depths exceeding six thousand meters.

Learn more at www.DeepWaterBuoyancy.com

For the next installment in our series of technical articles, we look at the use of StableMoor® Mooring Buoys in a recent project by Ocean Tracking Network in the Bay of Fundy.

Project Summary

DeepWater Buoyancy and DASCO Equipment Inc. partnered with the Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) to execute a major upgrade to their mooring platform for monitoring equipment in the Bay of Fundy.

OTN, in partnership with Dalhousie University, has established an acoustic system to track aquatic animals in the Bay of Fundy. Specifically, the project aims to track the effects of tidal power installations in the upper Minas passage on the local marine environment and wildlife.

Mooring Equipment Challenges in the Bay of Fundy

The Bay of Fundy is one of the world’s most dynamic bodies of water, due to its strong tidal currents. This makes it an ideal location for tidal power projects, but challenging for moorings.

In 2010 OTN deployed a series of single point moorings with fish tracking technology. Over the next decade, the project faced numerous failures related to the mooring design such as equipment breakage, destruction of the mooring hardware leading to washups, and occasional entanglement with fishing gear. Additionally, the mooring required service every six months.

In 2023 OTN partnered with DeepWater Buoyancy and DASCO Equipment to redesign the mooring platform to reduce equipment issues and frequent servicing. A major component of that redesign included the use of a custom-built version of DeepWater Buoyancy’s StableMoor® Mooring Buoy.

 Photos courtesy of Joseph Pratt, Ocean Tracking Network.

The moorings capitalized on the low coefficient of drag inherent in the StableMoor® design, as well as the robustness of the syntactic foam.  Durable and corrosion-resistant stainless steel chains and shackles were utilized, and the bushings and plates updated to ensure functionality in the Bay of Fundy’s extremely dynamic tidal flow.

The mooring design changes significantly improved the performance and dramatically decreased the number of mooring failures.

Weathering the Bay of Fundy with Custom StableMoor® Buoys

Specifically engineered for high current applications, the StableMoor® is designed to reduce drag and increase mooring stability in extreme flow regimes. By decreasing frontal area (compared to spherical buoys) and increasing dynamic stability in high current areas, the StableMoor® minimizes mooring inclination and excursions. The StableMoor® Mooring Buoy is the lowest drag instrument platform available on the market today.

To meet OTN’s specific needs for the Bay of Fundy monitoring project, DeepWater Buoyancy’s engineers created a smaller version of the design with custom instrument wells and hardware.  To account for changes in current direction without excessive wear, 316L stainless steel mooring swivels were chosen. The stainless steel material also provides crucial durability in highly corrosive seawater.

DeepWater Buoyancy looks forward to working with OTN and DASCO to modify and perfect the monitoring platform.

What’s Next?

In 2024 another round of improvements is planned. One of the goals of the exercise is to extend the mooring’s battery life to one year, thus reducing service frequency.  The plans will also investigate equipment to allow retrieval of the anchors, which are currently left on the seafloor when the moorings are recovered.

“DeepWater Buoyancy is excited to work with our long-term partners, DASCO and the team at the Ocean Tracking Network on such important work.”, said Dan Cote, Sales Manager.

What the Ocean Tracking Network Does

Headquartered at Dalhousie University in Halifax, N.S., OTN has established an acoustic system to track aquatic animals in the Bay of Fundy. Specifically, the project aims to track the effects of tidal power installations in the upper Minas Passage on the local marine environment and wildlife.

OTN is a science, data management and partnership platform that supports research collaborations in freshwater and ocean locations across the globe. In the Bay of Fundy, OTN and its collaborators have been an integral part of monitoring fish-turbine interactions near OpenHydro turbines.

Using specialized equipment, they monitor the movements, behaviors, and environmental preferences of fish and other aquatic species. Knowledge generated through OTN collaborations is used by scientists, managers, policymakers, industry, and Indigenous and coastal communities to conserve and manage shared resources.

About DASCO Equipment

DASCO Equipment is Canada’s leader in oceanographic, hydrometric & marine survey technologies. The company’s primary business is the sales, and sales support, of this equipment, however, they also maintain a large pool of rental equipment, including acoustic doppler current profilers, multibeam and single beam echosounders, marine GPS and GNSS systems and marine survey software packages.

Learn more at www.dascoei.ca.

About DeepWater Buoyancy, Inc.

DeepWater Buoyancy, Inc., located in Maine USA, provides subsea buoyancy products for offshore energy, oceanographic, military, and technology companies around the world. Customers have relied on our products for over forty years, from the ocean surface to depths exceeding six thousand meters. Learn more at DeepWaterBuoyancy.com