Portable Tech Diving and Coral Nursery Infrastructure
The work we hope to carry out is difficult to accomplish in many places. A lack of technical diving support is a major hindrance to finding and including mesophotic reefs in research and conservation efforts. We’ve designed a modular, transportable research station that fits into two 20’ shipping containers. These containers can be loaded in the USVI (or anywhere we can access specialty breathing gases) and shipped to remote locations anywhere in the world. Technical diving activities can be supported for up to 3 months without replenishment, and the coral nursery and AUV laboratory spaces should function indefinitely, so long as there is sunshine to support the solar array.