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66 st / March 2015 www.sea-technology.com March Issue 25 Years Ago 1990. William W. Fox Jr. was tapped to head the National Marine Fisheries Service. From 1972 to 1982, Fox served with NOAA as chief of the Oceanic Fisheries Resources Division and direc- tor of the agency's Southeast Fisheries Center in Miami. ... The National Sci- ence Foundation, which manages the United States Antarctic Program, issued a unifed plan for implementing recom- mendations made by the foundation's Offce of the General Counsel to bring U.S. activities into compliance with en- vironmental law. ... A large geological fault was mapped on the ocean foor 70 miles off the Oregon coast by Or- egon State University scientists. 15 Years Ago 2000. The Coral Reef Task Force un- veiled the frst National Action Plan to comprehensively and aggressively address the most pressing challenges facing coral reefs. ... NOAA's Aquarius began its 2000 mission season as part of the educational Jason XI project. Scientists showed students what it was like to live and work in space and un- derwater. ... One of the most ambitious federal science initiatives in the infor- mation age, the Networking and Infor- mation Research & Development Act, passed the U.S. House of Representa- tives in mid-February. Passage nearly doubled federal information technol- ogy research for fve years. 10 Years Ago 2005. The U.S. Environmental Pro- tection Agency and NOAA agreed to work together to help U.S. coastal communities grow in ways that beneft the American economy, public health and the environment. The partner- ship was formalized with the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement. ... The U.S. Navy published a new UUV master plan, the frst since 2000. The plan served as a guide for the contin- ued evolution of UUV technologies. ... A panel of expert witnesses told the U.S. House of Representatives Science Committee that the United States is vulnerable to a major tsunami. Limited detection capabilities in the Pacifc and Atlantic was cited as a concern. n st looks back ARGENTINA • AUSTRALIA • AUSTRIA • AZERBAIJAN • BANGLADESH • BELGIUM • BELIZE BERMUDA • BOTSWANA • BRAZIL • BRITISH WEST INDIES • BRUNEI • BULGARIA • CANADA CANARY ISLANDS • CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. • CHANNEL ISLANDS • CHILE • CHINA • COLOMBIA COOK ISLANDS • COSTA RICA • CROATIA • CUBA • CYPRUS • CZECH REPUBLIC • DENMARK DOMINICAN REPUBLIC • ECUADOR • EGYPT • ENGLAND • ESTONIA • FAEROE ISLANDS • FIJI FINLAND • FRANCE • GERMANY • GHANA • GREECE • HONDURAS • HONG KONG • ICELAND INDIA • INDONESIA • IRAN • IRELAND • ISRAEL • ITALY • JAMAICA • JAPAN • JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN • KENYA • KOREA • KUWAIT • LAOS • LATVIA • LITHUANIA • MACEDONIA MALAYSIA • MALDIVES • MALTA • MAURITIUS • MEXICO • MONACO • MOROCCO NORTHERN IRELAND • NAMIBIA • NETHERLANDS • NEW CALEDONIA • NEW ZEALAND NICARAGUA • NIGER • NIGERIA • NORWAY • OMAN • PAKISTAN • PERU • PHILIPPINES • POLAND PORTUGAL • QATAR • REPUBLIC OF CHINA • REPUBLIC OF KOREA • REPUBLIC OF PANAMA ROMANIA • RUSSIA • SAUDI ARABIA • SCOTLAND • SERBIA • SINGAPORE • SLOVENIA SOLOMON ISLANDS • SOUTH AFRICA • SPAIN • SRI LANKA • SWEDEN • SWITZERLAND • TAIWAN THAILAND • TONGA • TRINIDAD & TOBAGO • TUNISIA • TURKEY • TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS UKRAINE • UNITED ARAB EMIRATES • UNITED STATES • URUGUAY VENEZUELA • VIETNAM • WALES • WEST INDIES Compass Publications, Inc. • 1600 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1010, Arlington, VA 22209-2510 seatechads@sea-technology.com • T 703.524.3136 • F 703.841.0852 www.sea-technology.com Are you doing business in these countries? For more than 50 years, Sea Technology has delivered advertising messages to readers globally. Are you doing business in these countries? For more than 50 years, Sea Technology has delivered advertising messages to readers globally. SEA TECHNOLOGY SERVICES THE WORLD SEA TECHNOLOGY SERVICES THE WORLD