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Based in East Taunton, MA and led by Brian Smith-Fisher,

JW Fishers Mfg. has been in business for over ? ve decades and continues to specialize in the design and manufacture of high-tech, reasonably priced underwater search equipment.

Its sonar systems, underwater metal detectors, ROVs, and magnetometers are in use by commercial diving companies, public safety dive teams, government agencies, police and military units worldwide.

The line includes hand-held and boat-towed metal detec- tors, magnetometers, underwater video systems, ROVs, sonar systems, acoustic pingers & receivers, pipe & cable trackers, a sub bottom pro? ler system and the Pulse 8X un- derwater metal detector. The engineering team also worked

JW Fishers Mfg., Inc on ? nalizing the new CHIRP 450/900 kHz Side Scan Sonar www.jw? shers.com system coming in January 2022.

McLane Research Laboratories, Inc.

www.mclanelabs.com

Based in Falmouth, MA and led by President and CEO Yuki

A. Honjo, McLane Research Laboratories, Inc. is a 21-per- son company founded in 1983 to manufacture and develop advanced time-series instrumentation for the international oceanographic community. It is a leader in time-series in- situ oceanographic pro? lers, samplers, and ? otation. Recent- ly, McLane launched the commercial model of the Prawler, which is a low-cost, wave-actuated vehicle that moves along the mooring wire, collecting data from the surface to 500m of the water column. The Prawler is a ? eld-proven instru- ment originally developed by NOAA’s Paci? c Marine Envi- ronmental Lab with support primarily from NOAA’s Of? ce of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Climate Program Of- ? ce.

McLane instruments are all designed to withstand the rig- ors of long-term open ocean and freshwater deployments.

The company produces three main product lines: Pro? lers,

Samplers, and Flotation. The McLane Pro? ler line includes its newest instrument, the Prawler, as well as the Ice Teth- ered Pro? ler (ITP) and the McLane Moored Pro? ler (MMP).

Samplers include ? agship Sediment Traps, as well as the

Remote Access Sampler (RAS), Phytoplankton Sampler (PPS), and Large Volume Pumps. In addition, McLane’s in- situ laboratory platforms, Environmental Sample Processor (ESP) and Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB), support emerging genomic and optical research methods for automated time- series oceanography and limnology. McLane also manufac- tures glass and steel ? otation, as well as custom instrument housings. McLane instruments are central to many long- term global projects and cruises, including such initiatives as OOI, GEOTRACES, and the RAPID array.

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