PERTH, WA.—In September 2023, JASCO Applied Sciences (JASCO), Blue Ocean Marine Tech Systems (BO-MTS), and Ocius Technology (OCIUS) successfully completed a five-day collaborative demonstration of near-real-time detection, classification, and tracking of marine mammals using autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) off the coast of Perth, Western Australia.

HALIFAX, N.S.—JASCO Applied Sciences is pleased to announce a joint project collaboration to demonstrate, train, and enable indigenous fishers from Miawpukek First Nation (MFN) in whale-safe (ropeless) fishing and acoustic data collection.

VICTORIA, B.C.—JASCO Applied Sciences and Open Ocean Robotics (OOR) are pleased to announce the successful initial service trial of JASCO’s OceanObserver system onboard OOR’s Data Xplorer USV, for Innovative Solutions Canada’s ‘Real-time Marine Monitoring Service Via Uncrewed Surface Vessel’ program.

HALIFAX, N.S.—Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) has procured two ObserverBuoy 3m systems from Canadian environmental science and engineering company JASCO Applied Sciences. The first acoustic monitoring buoy was deployed off the west coast of Vancouver Island in early September, fitted with JASCO’s OceanObserver™ electronics suite, and a deep-water mooring system designed for depths of up to 2000 metres. The ObserverBuoy, designed to operate in harsh marine environments, has successfully reported ambient noise levels and marine mammal detections since its deployment in the training areas used by the Royal Canadian Navy. The second ObserverBuoy was delivered to DRDC in mid-November and will be deployed in the MARLANT Operating Areas (MARLOAs) off the east coast on a later date.

HALIFAX, N.S.—JASCO Applied Sciences announces the integration of the OceanObserver™ intelligent acoustic monitoring system into Teledyne Webb Research's Slocum glider autonomous vehicles. This adds advanced acoustic monitoring and processing capabilities to the already versatile Slocum platform.