Dr. Malcolm Clark is a Principal Scientist (Deepwater Fisheries) at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) in Wellington, New Zealand. He specializes in deep-sea fish and fisheries, seamount ecology and the impacts of human activities on these environments. Dr. Clark was a lead principal investigator for the Census of Marine Life program on Seamounts, from 2005 to 2011, and currently heads NIWA research programs on the biology and ecology of deep-sea communities, including seamount, hydrothermal vent, canyon and trench habitats.
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Dr. Shinji Tsuchida is a scientist at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), based in Yokosuka, Japan. His works focuses on the taxonomy, diversity and ecology of vent-associated decapod crustaceans in the West and South Pacific Ocean. Dr. Tsuchida has a vast amount of experience exploring deep-sea ecosystems, especially seamounts using manned submersibles and ROVs.
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Scientists Explore New Zealand’s Deep Sea (Part II)
We made five planned dives during our voyage, each one a day long. It is a long day for the sub team. It takes several hours to prepare the submersible for the dive, and after seven to eight hours on the seafloor, another round of work is needed to prepare the sub for its next [...]
Scientists Explore New Zealand’s Deep Sea (Part I)
The JAMSTEC research vessel RV Yokosuka sailed from Nuku’alofa in Tonga this morning, heading towards New Zealand to explore the animal life on deep undersea mountains, or seamounts.