Aquatic Imager appeals to students attending Eckerd college pre-college marine science camp

St Petersburg, FL (July 2025) - Dr. Nancy Smith employed the OceanSpace Aquatic Imager during classroom sessions of her pre-college marine science camps. During her weekly camp sessions, students were tasked with sorting and identifying net-collected zooplankton samples, and were then allowed to process similar samples using the flow-through imager. Students benefitted by applying novel technology to an age-old process, and Dr. Smith benefitted by having her students spend more time identifying, enumerating, and analyzing samples and less time staring through a dissecting scope. A definite win-win.

visit Oceanspace and aquatic sensors inc at aslo 2025 in charlotte, North carolina, march 26-31, 2025

St Petersburg, FL (March 2025) - Along with our partners at Aquatic Sensors Inc., OceanSpace will be attending the 2025 ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina during March 26-31, 2025. Our team will occupy Booth 207 in the Exhibit Hall, with exhibition hours on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Additionally, we will display Poster 9369 in the Novel Methods category during the Saturday evening poster session. If you’re in attendance, please stop by and say hello.

We’re honored to be named a Deep Tech Pioneer by @Hello Tomorrow!

St Petersburg, FL (November 2024) - Out of thousands of applications, our solution stood out to their experts, and we couldn’t be more excited. Join us at the 10th Hello Tomorrow Global Summit this March 2025—a powerhouse gathering for deep tech trailblazers, investors, and innovators pushing solutions from the lab to market.

Oceanspace enters the market with their aquatic imager

St Petersburg, FL (October 2024) - We completed our DOE STTR (Phase I) and SBIR (Phase II) research and development project in February 2024. Our Aquatic Imager is now ready for the commercial market. As a testament to the interest in our product, and to its utility for a variety of environmental monitoring applications, we have received purchase commitments and inquiries from academia and consulting companies. We have entered a marketing/sales agreement with Aquatic Sensors Inc., and they are now available to assist you with purchase inquiries and sales processing. Contact them directly at www.aquaticsensors.com or by phone at 800-894-2695.

visit oceanspace and aquatic SENSORS inc at the north american lake management society’s 44th international symposium in lake tahoe, november 5-8, 2024

St Petersburg, FL (November 2024) - Stop by booth 28/29 to see our product display and discuss organism and microplastics application opportunities for the OceanSpace Aquatic Imager system. Let us put a package together for you.

Karsen Henwood matriculates into graduate program at the prestigious university of south florida college of marine science

St. Petersburg, FL (September 2024) - Karsen initiated her graduate research program in late August 2024. She will study under Dr. Kendra Daly, with a focus on zooplankton ecology. While her graduate program of necessity will be her primary focus, Karsen will continue to assist OceanSpace on a part-time basis with taxon classification and social media work.

Oceanspace continues on-site monitoring at Carlsbad CA desalination facility

St Petersburg, FL (October 2024) - Our Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation funded deployment at the Channelside desalination facility in Carlsbad, California, continues through December 2024. We plan to conduct continuous remote sampling for at least one week during November. We will conduct a final site visit in December, at which time we will collect additional validation samples for analysis by Miller Marine Science, then pack everything up for return to St. Petersburg.

MTS techsurge ocean biodiversity workshop in Baltimore October 1-2, 2024

St Petersburg, FL (October 2024) - Dr. Arnold attended an exceptionally well-done workshop on monitoring and managing ocean biodiversity during October 1-2, 2024. This Marine Technology Society-sponsored event focused on biodiversity monitoring needs, but went a step farther by bringing in financial experts to discuss funding and private equity capital access opportunities. OceanSpace was one of only a few corporate entities invited to exhibit during the evening social event. The knowledge gleaned, and the networking opportunities obtained, rendered this an exceptional event.

47th Larval fish conference in huron, ohio, may 12-16, 2024

St Petersburg, FL (March 2024) - OceanSpace staff attended the 47th Larval Fish Conference, occupying a lobby booth and conducting demonstrations of our imaging system for interested attendees.

Dr. Arnold receives NOAA Bronze Medal

St. Petersburg, FL (October 2021) - Dr. William Arnold, CEO of OceanSpace LLC, has received the NOAA Bronze Medal for his work developing fisheries management plans and assessment methodologies in the U.S. Caribbean region. NOAA’s Bronze Medal is the highest honorary award given by the NOAA Undersecretary and reflects outstanding and significant contributions to increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the operating unit. Dr. Arnold recently retired from NOAA to fully focus on managing aquatic ecosystems through OceanSpace LLC.

OceanSpace receives DOE STTR Grant

St. Petersburg, FL (September 2021) - OceanSpace LLC has been awarded a Department of Energy (DOE) SBIR Phase II grant to continue project #DE-SC0020881; “Advancing optical imaging and classification to enhance biodiversity monitoring”. Dr. William Arnold, Founder and CEO, said “OceanSpace is very pleased to receive this follow-on award, a testament to the validity and commercial potential of our image acquisition and classification system. We are honored to be selected to contribute to the field of Bioenergy by developing instrumentation for monitoring biodiversity in adjacent aquatic ecosystems”. A key component of the OceanSpace funding proposal was the commercialization plan, which reflects the continued work of OceanSpace staff to tackle the challenges involved in getting scientific sensors from the benchtop, across the development “Death Valley”, and into the commercial market.