4 • April 8 - 21, 2016 • The Log Ghostlike octopus discovered in Hohonu Moana


The first operational dive of Okeanos Explorer’s 2016 sea- son got off to a strong start in February when scientists aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ship discovered a pale cephalopod – the deepest dwelling, and highly elusive, octopus. The octopod was discov-


ered on a flat rock while a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) was used to collect geo- logical samples between Necker Island and Necker


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World Series brings America’s Cup racing back to New York


NEW YORK (LOG NEWS SERVICE) — America’s Cup racing will return to New York for the first time since 1920 with Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series racing on May 7-8. The New York event is one of


six World Series events planned during 2016. The six teams, including the cup defender Oracle Team USA, compete for points in each World Series regatta. The top two teams at the conclusion of the series earn bonus points for the next stage of the competition, the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers, in May 2017. In June 2017 the 35th


America’s Cup will be raced in


Ridge in the Hawaiian Archipelago, at an approxi- mate depth of 4,290 meters (14,075 feet). “The appearance of this animal is unlike any published records and was the deepest observation for this type of cephalopod,” Michael Vecchione, of NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service- National Systematics Laboratory, wrote in an article on NOAA’s website. The octopod is a member of the incirrate octopods (cir-


Bermuda. So far this year, Emirates Team


New Zealand’s star helmsman, Peter Burling, the youngest in the fleet, has led his team to the top of the standings over current America’s Cup champion Jimmy Spithill’s Oracle Team USA and the highly touted Land Rover BAR team led by Olympic hero Ben Ainslie. Practice racing in New York is


on May 6, with point-scoring races on the weekend of May 7-8. The Event Village will be in


the Brookfield Place Waterfront Plaza, while the racing will be off the Battery Park City Esplanade. The New York event is a his-


torical milestone of sorts. For 50 years, from 1870 through 1920, the first 13 challenges for the America’s Cup took place off New York.


Beginning in 1930 the com- petition was moved to Newport, Rhode Island, where it remained until the New York Yacht Club finally lost the Cup to Australia in


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on its arms and resemble shal- low water octopus. According to Vecchione’s


This ghostlike octopod is almost certainly an undescribed species and may not belong to any described genus.


rate, or finned octopods, are the first distinct group); the group is classified by the lack of both fins and fingerlike cirri


1983 — ending its 132-year win- ning streak. Since then racing for the


America’s Cup has taken place in Fremantle (Australia), San Diego, Auckland (New Zealand), Valencia (Spain) and San Francisco. The final four events on the 2016 schedule include: • Chicago, USA — June 11-12 • Portsmouth, UK — July 23-24 • Toulon, France — Sept. 10-11 • Fukuoka, Japan — (late November).


U.S., Cuba agree on efforts to improve mar- itime navigation safety


Ambassador Jeffrey


DeLaurentis, the chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Havana, and Col. Candido Alfredo Regalado Gomez, chief of Cuba’s National Office of Hydrography and Geodesy (ONHG), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to improve mar-


report, the unusual because it lacked the pigment cells, called chromatophores, typi- cal of most cephalopods, and it did not seem very muscular. This resulted in a ghostlike appearance. Another distinc- tive characteristic was that the suckers were in one, rather than two, series on each arm. The deepest published


reports for incirrates are all less than 4,000 meters.


itime navigation safety and relat- ed areas of mutual interest to protect lives and property at sea. The National Oceanic and


Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced the signing, which calls for cooperation in the areas of hydrography, oceanography, geodesy and related services of mutual inter- est, on March 21. A major focus will be to


improve maritime navigation safety including efforts to ensure the accuracy of both electronic and paper charts, eliminate charting overlaps and fill in gaps in navigational chart coverage. NOAA and ONHG are working


on plans for monitoring and forecasting tides and currents for ports and improving positioning networks among related scientif- ic and technical activities. The MOU is the first step in what is expected to be long- term collaboration between the two countries.


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