CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers at Oregon State University and other state agencies are proposing the most ambitious mapping ever done of the seafloor off Oregon – and are hoping for state and federal funding to get it done.
Their idea is to produce a highly detailed map using multibeam sonar of the three-mile-wide strip of ocean bottom along Oregon’s coast, an area of 950 square nautical miles of undersea terrain that is not well understood.
Researchers say the two-year, $5.6 million project would produce long-term benefits for fisheries management, tsunami planning and creation of marine reserves.
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