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Into the frigid darkness, following two days of stormy weather, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's coastal research vessel Tioga left port shortly after 10 p.

Enlisting the expertise of WHOI Research Specialist Jim Irish, Stanton and Chu field-tested it to see what signals it could collect--in tanks at the University of New Hampshire; in a Florida lake, and on two one-day cruises aboard the WHOI coastal research vessel Tioga.

James Moltz, chairman of the WHOI Board of Trustees, noted that Gagosian had achieved his goals, including the creation of the cross-disciplinary Ocean Institutes (Ocean Life, Deep Ocean Exploration, Ocean and Climate Change, and Coastal Ocean); a project to redevelop the Quissett campus and construct new laboratories; the launching of the new coastal research vessel, Tioga; securing funding to replace the 42-year-old research submarine, Alvin; and completing 75 percent of the Institution's current campaign by raising $150 million.

WHOI Director of Development Dan Stuermer said the first phase of the campaign secured funds to: * build R/V Tioga, WHOI's 65-foot coastal research vessel, launched in 2004; * construct two new buildings--a 32,000-square-foot Marine Research Facility and a 36,000-square-foot biogeochemistry building--which should be ready for occupancy by fall of 2005; * launch the four WHOI Ocean Institutes: the Ocean Life Institute, the Coastal Ocean Institute, the Ocean and Climate Change Institute, and the Deep Ocean Exploration Institute.

His era at WHOI saw the addition of Atlantis to the WHOI fleet, the retirement of Atlantis II, the mid-life conversions of Knorr and Oceanus, the construction of the coastal research vessel Tioga, the revitalization of deep submergence, including bringing the tethered vehicles Argo/Medea/Jason/DSL-120 into the National Deep Submergence Facility and, in 2004, the award of a grant to build a replacement for Alvin.

This wide variety of environmental regimes dictates that coastal research vessel designs be tailored to the individual region.

Capable coastal research vessels were high on the list, and a subcommittee was appointed to examine the needs for coastal zone research facilities.