NEWSLETTER
Research. Educate. Protect & Restore.
June 2015
We hope you enjoy our summer issue highlighting our 2015 SeaKeeper Award recipient Fabien Cousteau, most recent activities with
DISCOVERY Yacht missions, and member events.







EVENTS
Fabien Cousteau Honored
SeaKeepers is proud to announce Fabien Cousteau as the 2015 SeaKeeper Award recipient. We are delighted to honor Fabien on November 5th during FLIBS.
Barcelona Yacht Rendezvous
SeaKeepers hosted the Barcelona Yacht Rendezvous celebrating DISCOVERY Yachts on May 8, 2015 at 
Marina Port Vell. 
Member Event with
Horizon Yachts
SeaKeepers thanks  Horizon Yachts for hosting a member event during the Palm Beach International Boat Show. 
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next event
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Danish Yachts

SeaKeepers announces Danish Yachts as its first DISCOVERY Yachts Program Partner in the Baltic Sea. Danish Yachts will support instrument deployments by placing five SeaKeepers Drifters on each Cat-SWATH vessel built 

Ven? Magazine

Ven? Magazine features SeaKeepers DISCOVERY Yachts Programs in its Spring/Summer issue. Visit  Ven?'s online magazine to read the feature and learn more about SeaKeepers.

 

Climate Change Meeting 
SeaKeepers met with 
  British  Consul  General  David Prodger   and University of Miami scientists  Dr. Harold Wanless and Dr. Brian Soden  to discuss the impacts of rising sea levels to South Florida.
PROGRAMMING
Fugitive
in the Bahamas

D/Y Fugitive hosted the University of Miami's RJ Dunlap team to retrieve and redeploy hydrophones used for Tiger Shark research in the Bahamas.  Fugitive also deployed its third drifter en route to West End, Bahamas.

Reel Buzz
Morphology Research

SeaKeepers and The Billfish Foundation have teamed up to develop new methods for determining billfish health.
In April, they trolled for
billfish off Bimini onboard 
D/Y Reel Buzz.


 

Learn more about these expeditions

 

Drifter Design 
Experiments Continue
For the second time, SeaKeepers and D/Y Shredder of Fleet Miami worked with CARTHE scientists to test drifter designs off the Miami coastline.
Defiance 
Outreach Program
  SeaKeepers hosted an outreach program with Youth Making Ripples Film Festival award-winners, guests, and film makers onboard D/Y Defiance in April.
Penny Mae visiting 
Cocos Island
 Take a look at what D/Y Penny Mae is doing on Cocos Island. Watch all of our DISCOVERY Yachts in action on
SeaKeepers YouTube Channel.
Octopus
Drifter Deployment
In April, SeaKeepers
D/Y Octopus deployed a
drifter in the Arabian Sea.
This is the first SeaKeepers Drifter deployed in the
Indian Ocean.