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Maggie Linskey Merrill is the founding editor and publisher of

Marine Technology Reporter. She has 20 years experience com- municating marine science, technology, environmental and engi- neering news and information. She has held positions at the

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, HA Perry Foundation and Sea Data Corporation. (Story on page 22) www.seadiscovery.com

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Pictured on this month’s cover is a drilling derrick at dawn. The hunt for valuable minerals is expanding rapidly under the world’s oceans. (Photo Credit: Neptune Minerals) the Authors also in this Edition 4 Editorial 6 Online @ www.seadiscovery.com 14 Offshore News 17 Science News 21 Navy News 42 Salvage & Commercial Diving Directory 45 People & Companies 54 Products 57 Product & Professional Services Directory 58 Jobs 64 Advertiser’s Index www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 3

Ken Du Vall has served as President and COO of Lighthouse R &

D Enterprises (www.lighthousehouston.com) since January 2005.

He came from Cal Dive International to assist in the development of international operations. From 1991 - 2002, Du Vall was oper- ations manager for Oceaneering International. His background at

OI concentrated on international vessel and project management with an emphasis on international project development and busi- ness relations. From 1989 - 1991 he was a marine scientist/engi- neer at Texas A & M University in support of the Ocean Drilling

Program, an international consortium of universities for ocean research. Prior to 1989, Du

Vall worked for the National Marine Fisheries Service, NMFS, in Alaska and a participant in the Tropical Oceans Global Atmospheres (TOGA) project. Du Vall graduated from the

University of Washington, with a degree in Oceanography. (Story on page 34)

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