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Eyes in the Ocean
The Rapid Assessment TowFish(RATFish)
Marine Applied Research and Exploration www.maregroup.org
SOE has a visionary set of goals:
• Balance community design with carrying capacity of natural resources
• Drive sustainable change
we don’t understand the oceans enough to quantify sustainable change
Mission Control- we have a problem
Sustainability—What does it mean?• Only 3% of our oceans are explored
• Political and emotional debate
• Sustainability remains a concept not an attainable result
• Understanding marine ecosystems is a pre-requisite to sustainable change.
We can’t understand what we can’t see.
Rapid Assessment TowFish
• Mid-water or bottom surveys• 20 – 100 meters (the depth zone for the vast
majority of coastal habitats)• State of the art visual survey capability• Operable from a small boat (~25 foot)• Packs down into 3 x 100 lb suitcases• Quick deployment• Weather windows
The RATFish: Cuts assessment costs by >50%
Series1$0
$10,000$20,000$30,000$40,000$50,000$60,000$70,000$80,000$90,000
SUB AUV ROV RATFish
Cost for a 50 mile survey
Purchase Price
$350,000
$45,000
ROVRATFish
Market Opportunities
• Marine reserves
• Fish stock assessments
• Wave and offshore wind power
• BP oil spill
Timeline
Year 1: – build and test prototype against proven ROV
Year 2: – 60 contract days at sea– Begin vetting qualified manufacturers– Begin marketing to resource managers & scientists
Year 3: – 80 contract days at sea– Manufacturer begins production of RATFish
Who is MARE?• 501(c)3 non-profit
• Mission: To provide and deploy technology needed to see and understand underwater coastal habitats
• Founded in 2003
• Co-led 17 expeditions– Marine Protected Area assessments and surveys– Lost fishing gear recovery missions– Offshore energy site characterizations and biological
assessments
• Co-convened an international tech conference
MARE personnel :• 75 years of experience design, manufacture and
operations • Co-founders have built 400+ ROVs and 5 manned
submersibles• David Jeffrey, former VP of Engineering • Dirk Rosen, former CEO Deep Ocean Engineering
• 2 Directors have served in top management of several Fortune 500 corporations
• Marine biologists and GIS personnel on staff
What’s needed: $150,000
• Conceptual design completed
• $50k loan from California Fisheries Fund
• $100,000 needed
SOE Goals:
• Balance community design with carrying capacity of natural resources
• Drive sustainable change
These goals are critical.
Oceans are in deep trouble
• “Crisis”– Pew Ocean Commission report
• “Putting our future at risk”– U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy
• 29% collapse already
• Global fisheries collapse by 2050?
The future of coastal communities depends on healthy oceans
• Coastal tourism
• Fishing industry
• Sustainable offshore energy production
• 20% of world’s protein
The RATFish enables sustainable change
• Economical “eyes” into the ocean
• Management decisions based on sound data
• Better managed coastlines will:– improve tourism opportunities – allow for sustainable ocean energy development where practical – maintain and ultimately increase the supply of seafood protein– generate and keep jobs
The RATFish
8/20/2011 Marine Applied Research & Exploration
Marine Applied Research and ExplorationRichmond, CA
www.maregroup.org