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When “Seafloor Engineering” was tapped as the feature topic of this edition, little did we know that a pair of powerful hurricanes would serve to make the coverage all too timely. At press time, nearly two and a half months after the first and worst hurricane — Katrina — blew ashore and swamped the coastal areas of

Louisiana and Mississippi, government and industry were still working overtime to produce a full assessment of subsea damage and determine a timeline for recovery. While realistic numbers are still difficult to conjure, it is safe to state that undersea and salvage work in the area will be at full capacity for many months.

Maggie Merrill doggedly pursued endless leads to deliver an overview of the damage, with insights on specific technologies employed to get the job done. Freelance writer Don

Sutherland, a regular in the pages of MTR sister-publication MarineNews, was down south for more than three weeks, and we deliver his unique perspective starting on page 30.

Greg Trauthwein

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Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences (AUAS) 50

Aker Kvaerner Subsea 9, 51, 52

Aker Marine Contractors 14, 15

American Salvage Association (ASA) 31, 32

Applanix 27, 48

Applied Geomechanics Inc. (AGI) 57

BAE Systems 8

BASF 9

Benthos, Inc. 25

Bluefin Robotics 12

Bollinger 64

BP 51, 56

C&C Technologies 15, 24

Canadian National Research Council (NRC) 44

Caterpillar 20

Chelsea Technologies Group (CTG) 56

Day's Inn 31

DeepSea Power & Lights 55

DEFRA 11

Diamond Offshore 25

Donjon Marine 32, 64

Douglas Westwood Ltd. 13

E.on 9

ECA 56

Edgetech 29, 40

Elliot Bay Design Group (EBDG) 11

English Heritage 7

European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling 16

FEMA 32

Finnish Navy 40

Flotation Technologies 59

French Marine Institute (IFREMER) 55

FrogEye 48

Fugro GEOS 14, 15, 24

Fugro Pelagos, Inc. 48, 53

Gazprom 9

Geoconsult AS 53

Glomar 25

Hafmynd (Gavia) 42, 43, 44, 45, 58

Harvard University 21

Hydroid, Inc. 8

Icelandic Coast Guard 44

Indian Navy 12

Inmarsat 40

Innovatum International 54

IEEE 50

InterOcean 57, 58

J. Ray McDermott, S.A. 16

JDR Cable 52

Kongsberg Maritime 10, 38, 40, 41

Lincoln Laboratory 17

LinkQuest Ltd. 44

Lithion Inc. 55

Lockheed Martin 48, 52

Manchester University 50

Marin Mätteknik AB 13

Marine Technology Society (MTS) 50

Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (DMR) 25

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute 8

National Geographic Society 49

NOAA 11, 16, 18, 19

National Science Foundation 10

NATO Undersea Research Center 39

Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAVAIR) 8

Naval Electronics Lab (NEL) 49

Naval Undersea Warfare Center 55

Nexans 54

Noble 25

Noise Control Engineering (NCE) 20

Ocean Technology Foundation (OTF) 7

Oceaneering 24

Office of Coast Survey 32

Office of Naval Research (ONR) 8

Oregon State University 8

Perry Slingsby Systems (PSS) 52, 53

Rapp Hydema 19

ROVer's Eye 47

Royal Navy 9

Royal Norwegian Navy (RNoN) 38, 41

Rutgers University Coastal Ocean Observation Lab 50

Saft 59

Schilling Robotics 51, 56

SAIC 24, 34, 37

Scripps Institution of Oceanography 49, 50, 53

SEA, Ltd. 29

SeaBotix Inc. 54

Seaeye 56

SHOALS 58

Simrad 55

Sonavision Limited 55

Sonsub 51

SRI International 11

Subsea 7 12, 52

Sunwest Technologies, Inc. 55

Sutron 59

T&T Marine 30, 31, 32, 64

Technip 12

Thalassa 55

Association of Marine Scientific Industries (AMSI) 11

CEFAS 11

The College of Exploration 7

Intl. Council for Exploration of the Seas (ICES) 20

The National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) 57

The National Ocean Service 25

Univ. of NH Center for Coastal Ocean Mapping 7

Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation 16

Transocean 25

Transoceanic Cable Ship Company, Inc. (TCSC) 51

TRIAXYS 57

Triton 48, 53

TSS (International) Ltd. 52

Tyco Telecommunications 51

USACE 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 53

U.S. Department of Interior 29

U.S. National Academy of Sciences 21

U.S. National Science Foundation 53

U.S. Naval Historical Center 7

Underwater Society of America 50

United States Geological Survey (USGS) 28, 29

Utrok Atoll Local Government (UALGOV) 11

VideoRay 15

VT Halter Marine 18, 19, 20

WHOI 8, 10, 21, 28, 50

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