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Maggie Linskey Merrill is the founding editor and publisher of Marine Technology Reporter. She has 20 years experience communicating marine science, technology, environmental and engineering news and information. She has held positions at the

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, HA Perry Foundation and Sea Data Corporation.

In 1993 she founded MTR and the Marine and Oceanographic

Technology Network (MOTN). (Story on page 22)

Larry Pearson is a freelance writer from Metairie, La. Pearson is currently a contributor to MTR sister-publication, Marine

News, and has edited his own publication, Passenger Vessel

News, and was managing editor of WorkBoat. This month in

MTR he writes on the new FRV Henry B. Bigelow. (Story on page 18)

Writer-photographer Don Sutherland has operated as an "embedded photojournalist" on location for over 30 years. He's sometimes described as "the inventor of digital photography."

Evidence is at www.don-sutherland.com. (Story on page 30) www.seadiscovery.com

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The harbor fence and the underwater sentry system protecting a ship in port. (See story on page 34) also in this Edition 4 Editorial 4 Editorial Index 6 USV Industry Day held in Washington 8 LOCO for Microscopic Sea Life 13 Undersea “Looters” go High Tech 49 People & Company News 54 Products 60 MTR Marketplace: JOBS 64 Advertiser’s Index the Authors

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