Background: the last monthly maintenance visit had taken place on August 2nd, 2013, at which time the PacIOOS CTD had been removed. Expected reinstallation of the CTD in the following month could not take place in September or October and for various reasons was still not possible by the end of January, 2014. Steven provided the following update on March 13th:
I'm back on Saipan and we're stuck in some bad weather again. While I was gone there was a typhoon that passed by our area and we're still dealing with some of that mess (http://www.prh.noaa.gov/data/GUM/CFWMY). Once things simmer down and we're able to get out to Laolao we will deploy the PacIOOS sensor and do a thorough cleaning.
Also, I've been remiss for not mentioning to the broader team that MMT has recently added two new biologists to our program. We've added Lyza Johnston and Denise Perez to the team and they've been getting the full MMT treatment and have been great additions to the team.
Hopefully next week brings back some better weather.