JASCO, BO-MTS and OCIUS demonstrate cutting-edge capabilities in Real-Time Marine Mammal Acoustic Monitoring

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JASCO, BO-MTS and OCIUS demonstrate cutting-edge capabilities in Real-Time Marine Mammal Acoustic Monitoring

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.

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JASCO Applied Sciences and Sea Mammal Education Learning Technology Society (SMELTS) to enable whale-safe fishing and acoustic data collection by Miawpukek First Nation (MFN)

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JASCO Applied Sciences and Sea Mammal Education Learning Technology Society (SMELTS) to enable whale-safe fishing and acoustic data collection by Miawpukek First Nation (MFN)

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.

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JASCO Applied Sciences and Open Ocean Robotics demonstrate novel, all-Canadian, Marine Mammal Monitoring Service via USV

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JASCO Applied Sciences and Open Ocean Robotics demonstrate novel, all-Canadian, Marine Mammal Monitoring Service via USV

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.

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DRDC monitors for marine mammals in Navy training areas with JASCO ObserverBuoys

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DRDC monitors for marine mammals in Navy training areas with JASCO ObserverBuoys

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.

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JASCO OceanObservers integrated into Teledyne Webb Research Slocum Gliders

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JASCO OceanObservers integrated into Teledyne Webb Research Slocum Gliders

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.

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Canadian-made North Atlantic right whale detector to be used on DRDC underwater drone

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Canadian-made North Atlantic right whale detector to be used on DRDC underwater drone

Halifax-based ocean tech company JASCO Applied Sciences to provide real-time acoustic monitoring and detection system for DRDC’s Slocum glider

HALIFAX, N.S.—To outfit its underwater drone with the ability to detect North Atlantic right whales, Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) purchased an OceanObserver intelligent acoustic monitoring and processing system from Halifax-based environmental science and engineering company JASCO Applied Sciences. DRDC is acquiring the JASCO monitoring system to detect North Atlantic right whales in near-real time, for the Department of National Defence (DND).

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This underwater observatory tracks endangered killer whales and measures noise impacts from commercial vessel traffic

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This underwater observatory tracks endangered killer whales and measures noise impacts from commercial vessel traffic

JASCO deploys an underwater listening station in the Salish Sea to protect endangered whales and quiet ships, commissioned by Transport Canada

VICTORIA, B.C.—Environmental science and engineering company JASCO Applied Sciences recently installed a world-class underwater listening station in the Salish Sea to track endangered whales and measure underwater noise emissions of thousands of commercial vessels that frequent B.C.’s southern ports. The station consists of two observation frames, each with eight underwater microphones, called hydrophones, installed 190 metres (620 feet) below the shipping lanes of Boundary Pass, about 50 kilometres south of Vancouver.

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With JASCO among its partners, SATURN seeks solutions to underwater noise

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With JASCO among its partners, SATURN seeks solutions to underwater noise

In response to serious global concerns about the declining health of our oceans, an €8.96 million Horizon 2020 funded project due to start in 2021 represents a significant EU investment that directly supports attainment of targets for a cleaner, quieter maritime sector. Named SATURN, this project initiative is led by MaREI, Science Foundation Ireland’s Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine, hosted by University College Cork, and involves a large consortium of EU participants. JASCO Applied Sciences (Deutschland) GmbH, the EU based member company of the namesake global group, is one of the partners in the consortium and the lead organization for one of the project’s work packages.

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JASCO tests underwater glider drone to detect North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

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JASCO tests underwater glider drone to detect North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

JASCO Applied Sciences and Teledyne Webb Research have teamed to deploy a Slocum G3 underwater glider fitted with JASCO’s OceanObserver™ intelligent acoustic monitoring system in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. With the support of Dalhousie University and the Ocean Tracking Network, the glider was deployed September 15 in the Orpheline Channel on a 6-week test mission to attempt to detect and record North Atlantic right whales.

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