Submersible Key In Finding New Ocean Area To Protect

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NASSAU, BAHAMAS – How deep does ocean conservation go? That’s a question the team at Seamagine Hydrospace is hoping to help answer that question. 

Charles Kohnen, “We have scientific clients, we just delivered one to National Geographic’s pristine seas they do a 5 year expedition around the world to do environmental science and our platform our mad sub is one of the tools they use for this research.”

That’s Charles Kohnen, Co-founder and chairman of Seamagine Hydrospace Corporation, a California-based company that’s been around for 30 years designing submersibles.

Something he says is key to furthering conservation efforts.

The high-tech submersibles are a vital tool because as scientists work to expand the number of protected habitats around the world, they have to have the data with them to back up the reasoning.

Charles Kohnen, “You cannot just say I’m going to make this area a national habitat, it doesn’t work that way it’s where should it be? How what is, do an assessment of your ecosystem and recommend that these are the proper zones to protect and help the ocean recover and maintain a sustainable position. The mapping of our ecosystem helps the decision making.”

With Seamagine’s clients spanning from science, to tourism, to private citizens interested in science, Kohnen says it all counts.

Charles Kohnen , “The moment we start going a bit deeper we have very little knowledge. There isn’t that much knowledge. So, when you’re trying to do a baseline, well what are we trying to protect, what is there? All in formation, all the data, whether it be through the scientists themselves or through the citizen scientists, they add to our mosaic of what we have underwater that needs a baseline of understanding to see if it’s getting better or it’s getting worse.”