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4 ST | January 2018 www.sea-technology.com 11 SEA TECHNOLOGY: EVOLVING, EXPANDING TO SERVE INDUSTRY BETTER IN 2018 By Rick Martin, Vice President, Compass Publications Inc. 13 INVESTING IN FUNDAMENTAL WAVE ENERGY R&D;: 2017 SUCCESS STORIES By Alejandro Moreno, Director, Water Power Technologies Office, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy 15 THE OCEAN OBSERVATION AND EXPLORATION IMPERATIVE By Craig McLean, Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Acting Chief Scientist, NOAA 18 STAYING COMMITTED TO BASIC SCIENCE: DISCOVERY IN A TIME OF CHANGE AND UNCERTAINTY By Jessica F. McGrath, Policy Advisor and Dr. Richard W. Murray, Director, Division of Ocean Sciences, U.S. National Science Foundation 20 A VISION FOR A SAFE AND SECURE ARCTIC By Admiral Paul F. Zukunft, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard 23 MAKING BIPARTISAN PROGRESS FOR THE OCEANS, ONE STEP AT A TIME By Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Co-Chair, U.S. Senate Oceans Caucus 25 PARTNERSHIPS WILL ENCOURAGE NOVEL TECH DEVELOPMENT, INNOVATION By Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas), Ranking Member, U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology 26 A CHANGING TIDE IN CONGRESS By Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.), Member, Bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus, U.S. Congressional Oceans Caucus, U.S. House Armed Services Committee 27 A NEW ERA OF COASTAL SERVICES By Sandro Carniel, Senior Scientist, Davide Bonaldo, Research Scientist, Institute of Marine Science - National Research Council, ISMAR-CNR, Italy and Agustín Sánchez-Arcilla, Director, Laboratori d'Enginyeria Maritima, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain 29 WORKING TOGETHER FOR IMPROVED CLIMATE AND OCEAN RESEARCH By Dr. Jose Santos, Executive Director, International CLIVAR Project Office 30 EMPOWERING NATO'S TECHNOLOGICAL EDGE IN THE NAVAL DOMAIN By Dr. Thomas H. Killion, NATO Chief Scientist and Nico Pos, Strategic Science and Technology Plans, NATO Science and Technology Organization 33 EMERGING BLUE TECH IMPROVES EFFICIENCIES, UNLOCKS OPPORTUNITY By Richard Lawson, CEO, IOSTIA and Colleen Hahn, President and CEO, Gryphon Media Strategies, Chairman, IOSTIA Committee on Emerging Technology 35 EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY OF CUBA'S DEEP MESOPHOTIC CORAL REEFS By John Reed, Dr. Shirley Pomponi and Dr. Dennis Hanisak, Research Professors, Principal Investigators, Cooperative Institute for Ocean Exploration, Research and Technology, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Florida Atlantic University JANUARY 2018, Volume 59, No. 1 CONTENTS FEATURES 11 13 15 18 18 20 23 25 26 27 27 29 30 30 33 37 38 40 41 43 27 42