While the gents at Deep Sea News get time on some of the best manned and remotely operated vehicles out there, the rest of us don’t have to sit it completely out. I think some time this winter Tammy and Johann and I will build a homebrew ROV to explore some of the local shores. Maybe we can find some of the stomatopods that live in the Mystic estuary for a test cruise.

Mantis Shrimp (Squilla empusa)
Originally uploaded by Littoraria.

• I will as usual have 20+ hours a week working IT for the Science Department.
• May and June will be making a 10-15 minute video DVD for deep sea trawling impacts on seamounts. Of course that means I have to go through a ton of footage to get the gems and the ones that really highlight the damage. 
• End of June I will be taking a 1 week cruize to Stellwagen Bank to participate in a cruise looking at fishing effects, area closure effects etc using ROVs and towed video sleds.
• There will be more video and illustration work June through August as part of an ongoing research piece with another of the professors. 

How the heck am I going to get in any dive time?!