Oceanographers help in Haiti

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. -- Oceanographers from the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command at Stennis Space Center are heavily involved in relief efforts in Haiti. Stennis-based personnel are conducting hydrographic surveys of ports of interest around Haiti to determine navigational hazards for ships bringing aid to Haiti. Personnel from the command's Naval Oceanographic Office have conducted airborne lidar surveys of Port-au-Prince using the CHARTS system aboard a Beechcraft King Air 200 aircraft. Other NAVO personnel are aboard the naval oceanographic 329-foot survey ship USNS Henson. (Source: NNS, 01/22/10)

Aqua Green taps into high-growth field

STONE COUNTY, Miss. - A company that's been operating an aquaculture facility in Stone County for the past two years already has its sights set on growing to meet the demand for seafood. Richard Cuneo, sales and marketing manager for Aqua Green LLC, said the company hopes to eventually establish two or three additional facilities in Perkinston that would push production to as much as 3 million pounds a year. (Source: Alliance Insight, 01/10)