NOPP Program Update: October 2012

NOPP Office staff attended and hosted an exhibit booth at the MTS/IEEE Oceans ’12 Conference in Virginia Beach, Virginia from 15-18 October. NOPP was pleased to host an awards ceremony honoring the 2011 Excellence in Partnering Awardees on Monday, 14 October. Read more

ORAP Releases Offshore Renewable Energy Final Report

The Ocean Research Advisory Panel (ORAP) Industry Sub-panel held a workshop on 24-25 May 2011 titled “Offshore Renewable Energy: Accelerating the Decision-Making Process”, to discuss the growing issues surrounding renewable ocean energy development; the final report resulting from this workshop is now available on the ORAP website. Read more

Enter Your Innovative Idea in the Arctic Innovation Competition

In 2008, University of Alaska Fairbanks professor Dr. Ping Lan created the Arctic Innovation Competition (AIC) as a way to facilitate the sharing of ideas and engage communities around the world in innovation and research.  The application process is now open for the 2012 competition!  The competition is open to anyone who has an idea they would like […] Read more

Recent Publication from NOPP-Funded Marine Mammal Research

The NOPP Office would like to congratulate Dr. Christopher Clark from the Cornell Bioacoustics Research Program, Dr. Leila Hatch from NOAA’s Stellwagon Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and their colleagues on their recent publication in Conservation Biology titled “Quanitifing Loss of Acoustic Communication Space for Right Whales In and Around a U.S. National Marine Sanctuary.”  This […] Read more

Research Group to Publish 16th Article from NOPP-Funded Research

The NOPP Office would like to congratulate Dr. Len Thomas and Dr. Tiago Marques from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland on their publication in the upcoming issue of Acoustics Today, a magazine published through the Acoustical Society of America.  The article is titled “Passive Acoustic Monitoring for Estimating Animal Density”, and is the […] Read more

ORAP to Hold Meeting in Washington, D.C. on August 15-16

The Ocean Research Advisory Panel (ORAP) will hold a meeting on August 15-16, 2012 at the Consortium for Ocean Leadership offices. Expected topics for briefings and discussion include Ocean Observations, Ecosystem Based Management and Ocean Education. The meeting is open to the public. An agenda is under development, and will be posted on the ORAP […] Read more