John Halas, joined by Ben Cabrera and David Benavente of CNMI's Marine Monitoring Team, drills holes into reef pavement. The holes will receive stainless steel mooring pins that will hold the station firmly in place during any kind of weather.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Installing the Mooring System
John Halas, joined by Ben Cabrera and David Benavente of CNMI's Marine Monitoring Team, drills holes into reef pavement. The holes will receive stainless steel mooring pins that will hold the station firmly in place during any kind of weather.
New CREWS station site.
Looking east over the new site at Laolao Bay, just below Laolao Bay Golf Course (Hole #4), Saipan, June 24, 2010. Photo by Jim Hendee.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
New site
The new location for the station is approximately 15° 9' 24.42" N, 145°46' 10.62" E, that is, right next to the Laolao Bay Golf Course. Pictures will be forthcoming soon, after the installation of the plate and pins is complete.
[Edited by MJ to correct new coordinates, August 31, 2010.]
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Bottom Plate
During the week of June 20, John Halas, John Starmer, Mark Blackburn and Jim Hendee will survey the new site for the installation of the bottom plate for the new station. The site will be near 15° 09'39.6" N, 145° 45'51.4 W if you want to look it up on Google Earth. More information can be found at our ecological forecast site at http://ecoforecast.coral.noaa.gov/index/0/LLBP7/station-home. Updates on the operation soon...
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