Acoustic Receiver Retrieval

 Today, a portion of the Harvey Mudd Team assisted Mario Espinoza with the retrieval of acoustic receivers and the downloading of their information. Declan, Chris H, and Caitlyn were all able to do free dives (up to two meters!) to retrieve the devices, download the collected data, and then re-position the receivers on their underwater bases. Caitlyn was also able to do a six-meter dive for the retrieval of the fifth acoustic receiver in the set, with Mario free-diving alongside her. Pictured below are Declan and Chris H as they prep to retrieve one of the sensors.

Turtle Catch, Tag, Release

This past week we spent Friday morning attempting to catch turtles for tagging with an acoustic transmitter to enable motion tracking within the static receiver arrays installed in the two bays of interest. One green sea turtle, was caught, measured, tagged and released. HMC student Chris Herrera and Jaden Clark (left and right) are shown releasing the turtle in the affixed image.