Category Archives: Latest News
JIMAR PacIOOS Job Opportunity: Data Applications Specialist
Posted January 03, 2017Partnering to support science and inform decision-making in the Pacific Islands JIMAR – Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (in collaboration with NOAA PIFSC – Pacific Islands Fisheries...
2016 Governing Council Meeting
Posted November 10, 2016Members of the PacIOOS Governing Council gathered for their annual meeting at the beginning of November. Following detailed program updates, discussions focused on the draft outline of PacIOOS’ revised...
PacIOOS Sensor Informs Partners in Pohnpei, FSM
Posted October 27, 2016Effects of Environmental Parameters on Spawning Aggregation As part of the PacIOOS Water Quality Sensor Partnership Program (WQSPP), Dr. Kevin Rhodes of the Micronesia Islands Nature Alliance (MINA) is using...
PacIOOS Water Quality Sensor Partnership Program
Posted October 26, 2016The PacIOOS Water Quality Sensor Partnership Program (WQSPP) supports scientists and natural resource managers to collect water quality data in order to inform research, conservation, planning, and resource management...
More Dolphin and Whale Tracks in Voyager
Posted September 19, 2016Cascadia Research Collective (CRC) researcher Robin Baird has provided PacIOOS with additional satellite tracking data of tagged Hawaiian dolphins and whales. Spanning 2013-2014 for the islands of Kauaʻi and...
Tropical Storm Madeline and Hurricane Lester
Posted September 01, 2016**Update: The State of Hawaiʻi is no longer under Hurricane Watch.** Tropical Storm Madeline has weakened and is projected to move away from the main Hawaiian Islands. Hurricane Lester...
New Kāneʻohe WETS Wave Buoy Deployed
Posted August 31, 2016PacIOOS deployed a second wave buoy in Kāneʻohe Bay, Oʻahu. The buoy was installed as part of Hawaiʻi Natural Energy Institute’s (HNEI) efforts to test in-water wave energy conversion...
Voyager’s New Look & Feel
Posted August 30, 2016In conjunction with the launch of the new PacIOOS website, PacIOOS Voyager has been redesigned to mirror our new look and feel. All functionality remains the same but the...
Land-based Receivers to Track Sharks
Posted July 26, 2016Under the supervision of Dr. Kim Holland, the Shark Research Group from the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology continues to tag sharks in waters off Hawaiʻi to collect valuable...
Continued Funding for PacIOOS
Posted June 23, 2016PacIOOS was awarded more than $2.75 million in competitive grant funding through NOAA’s Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). The funding is for the first year of a five-year cooperative...
