The underwater 3D reconstruction has been a popular topic in computer vision research community for the last decade and it still remains a challenging problem. The Computing Science laboratory at the University of Alberta (Dr. Herb Yang’s Lab) has been a long-time partner of Ocean Networks Canada in improving the 3D camera technology in the ocean.

Friday Sept 19th, 2014 marks a milestone as it will be the 10th in a series of carcass deployments in the Salish Sea. Almost a decade ago, Dr. Verena Tunnicliffe saw me give a talk at the University of Victoria on forensic entomology and she invited me ‘on board’ VENUS to deploy a pig carcass as a human proxy under a camera at the bottom of the Saanich Inlet. I was the first external researcher in VENUS.

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On a sunny August afternoon in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Mrs. Laureen Harper and key government representatives met with UVic President Jamie Cassels and Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) President Kate Moran to view firsthand the latest instrumentation that showcases Canadian science and technology in the Arctic.

Our colleagues at the University of Washington will set sail from Seattle on 13 July for an extensive and historic expedition to the Northeast Pacific.

The Global Ocean Commission, comprising leaders from government, science and business, released their new report last week titled "From Decline to Recovery--A Rescue Package for the Global Ocean."

ONC industry partner AML Oceanographic has been named a finalist for Innovative Excellence at the 2014 VIATeC Technology Awards.

On June 6 at UVic's Cinecenta, Ocean Networks Canada hosts the Victoria premiere of Reaching Blue, a documentary film on the health of the Salish Sea. This report by Scott Cunningham for CTV Vancouver Island News features ONC’s Kate Moran and the film’s producers, ONC’s Andy Robertson and Victoria filmmaker Ian Hinkle...

Join Ocean Networks Canada in celebration of World Oceans Day 2014, by attending film screenings, a public talk and a family event. You can also participate by becoming a citizen scientist.

Citizen scientists around the world are invited to participate in a new sablefish counting study. Two years after our original Digital Fishing Derby, we are now launching a follow-up study, which will help researchers refine the results from the first study. The goal is to count sablefish, or black cod, that appear in a series of one-minute clips—almost 1,500 clips in total.

With final preparations underway, Ocean Networks Canada is set to embark on a week-long voyage to NEPTUNE’s three deep sea sites: Endeavour, Cascadia Basin, and Clayoquot Slope. This second leg of the Wiring the Abyss 2014 summer expedition will run from May 16-24 with dives running 24/7.

On April 1 at 4:46:45 PM, a magnitude 8.2 earthquake occurred off Chile's Pacific coastline. Shortly afterward, Ocean Networks Canada seismometers detected the tremors as they crossed the North Pacific.

Travel times for tsunami propagation were also modeled by the National Tsunami Warning Center, with expected arrival of a small (2-4 cm) tsunami in coastal British Columbia beginning 15 hours after the event, around 7:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time.

Ocean Network Canada's Innovation Centre is gearing up for Oceanology International, the major global event for ocean technology networking, running from March 11 to 14 in London.

Held every two years, Oceanology 2014 features over 525 exhibitors, including a substantial Canadian Pavilion where Innovation Centre director Scott McLean, and Jeff Bosma from the Sensor & Instrumentation team, will be hosting booth P200 and connecting with attendees from over 35 countries.

Ocean Networks Canada’s first major expedition of the year launched today as the CCGS John P. Tully pulled away from the dock for an intense week of key maintenance operations on VENUS ocean observatory locations in the Salish Sea.

Ocean Networks Canada has a variety of informational exchange opportunities planned for Ocean Sciences 2014 beginning February 23 in Honolulu.