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(Photo Credit: Christoph Gerigk) NEXT MONTH —Generating electricity from tidal fows ... Developmental modular USVs for coastal zone monitoring ... Spindrift wave energy device ... Terra Nova rediscovered in Greenland waters ... Monitoring platforms: fow through versus open water ... SuccorfshM2M technology aiding inshore fsheries bylaws ... Gyrosope based foating lidar design for stable offshore wind velocity profles ... Seismic exploration of western margin of Mexico ... Mastodon mooring system ... First commercially ready ship emissions capturing system ... New tool for in-situ observation of microrelief in shallow water... Passive acoustic monitoring data collection ... Conference Preview: CLEAN GULF 2015. September 2015, Volume 56, No. 9 Visit our website at www.sea-technology.com for online versions of feature articles and news departments. The editorial staff can be contacted at oceanbiz@sea-technology.com. 10 SURVEY, DATA PROCESSING METHODS FOR POST-HURRICANE SANDY SURVEY Bonnie L. Johnston, Robert M. Wallace and David T. Somers (Ocean Surveys Inc.) discuss using various tools and methods to survey Jamaica Bay following Hurricane Sandy. 15 13TH INTERNATIONAL SUBMARINE RACES A short history of ISR is explained, and the results of the latest event at the David Taylor Model Basin are detailed. 21 REMOTE-OPERATED SUBMERSIBLE GOLD DREDGE Ben Weinrib (Eddy Pump) explains how the Sub-Dredge became the frst of its kind as it mines for gold in the Bering Sea. 25 OCEANS'15 MTS/IEEE WASHINGTON, D.C. – Conference Preview 29 TELEDYNE MARINE: SMALL-COMPANY FEEL, LARGE-COMPANY RESOURCES – Company Profle 35 OFFSHORE ENERGY AMSTERDAM – Conference Preview 39 SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY HELPS COMPLY WITH FISHING REGULATIONS Sue Rutherford (ORBCOMM) explains how the Mexican government turned to a VMS solution with SkyWave Satellite tracking. 42 SEG NEW ORLEANS – Conference Preview Undersea Systems that Deliver Success in the Deep Ocean Leaders in Low Logistics, Flexible Solutions for Defense Applications A Teledyne Marine Company www.teledynemarinesystems.com Profling Floats Autonomous Undersea Gliders Autonomous Undersea Vehicles Remotely Operated Vehicles Flotation and Releases Communication and Positioning Deep Survey Systems See us at Oceans 15, Booth 321 OI China, Booth C20