On Sunday, January 31 the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defense and Minister Responsible for the Atlantic Region announced the following AIF Oceans related projects:

 Acoustic Zoom - A Transformative Deep Imagining Method for High Resolution Reservoir Characterization - PanGeo Subsea 

High Frequency Radar Ocean Surface Applications (HF-ROSA) - Memorial University and Northern Radar Inc.

Responsive Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Localization and Mapping (REALM) - Memorial University

For further information view the attached Backgrounder or visit:

 http://mediaroom.acoa-apeca.gc.ca/e/media/press/press.shtml?4662

Quote from Minsiter MacKay's speech:

 "And, in each of the Atlantic provinces, clusters have developed which focus on science and technology-based innovation in areas of local and regional strength. In Newfoundland and Labrador, it's the oceans cluster. Oceans Advance was born to lead the charge on cluster development, while the City of St. John's brands itself as Canada's Centre of Ocean Excellence. In this round, three projects or more than 40 percent are related to oceans research...."