Innovation profile: new surveillance and treatment options for marinas

New technology developed in the fight against exotic caulerpa also has useful applications for marinas and structure owners. 

At the New Zealand Marina and Boatyard Conference in September, Brook McRae from Commercial Dive Specialist Services (CDS) updated marina managers not only about the Rehabitat chamber, which he describes as a scalable, cost effective way of treating exotic caulerpa infestations of any volume, but also on RDC (Rapid Data Collection Unit) which the company has developed and claims it to enable divers and underwater cameras to maintain GPS contact and therefore collect up to ten times as much seabed data as traditional methods.

The system’s accurate location tracking enables a team to come back to the same spot and treat an incursion immediately, enables connectivity underwater, for divers and remote-operated vehicles, and can be used for marine pest surveillance and any marina surveys.

See Rehabitat in action 

Clean Below? Good to Go shares information from time to time about new products. These are not recommendations and many factors must be taken into account when considering biofouling situations. If you have a product for us to consider in a future issue, please email info@marinepests.nz with details.