NEWS & INFORMATION

OAI Awarded 5-Year NOAA Fisheries Task Order

Ocean Associates, Inc. (OAI), together with our formal teaming partner Astor Environmental LLC (Astor), has been awarded a five-year task order under NOAA’s ProTech Fisheries Domain IDIQ. We’ll be providing scientific, technical, and professional support services to...

OAI Health & Wellness Step Challenge Results

At the end of August, Team OAI wrapped up our very first company-wide Health & Wellness Step Challenge—and the results were incredible! Over just two weeks, our employees walked, ran, and climbed a combined total of nearly 5 million steps! 🥇 1st Place: Justin...

OAI’s 2024 NOAA CO-OPS Director Award Winners

We are very pleased to share that two members of our OAI team, along with three members from one of our valued subcontractors, have been honored with the NOAA CO-OPS Director’s Award! OAI’s Rahwa Embay was honored for being part of the Scientific and Technical...

NOAA Fisheries SWFSC Staff Member of the Quarter (Q3) award

OAI is pleased to announce that Keiko Sherman and Elyse Wurster are part of the first-ever team to earn the Staff Member of the Quarter (Q3) award at NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) – the Marine Mammal Stranding Coordinators (MMTD). Kudos to...

2024 NOAA Fisheries Team Member of the Year Award Winners

2024 NOAA Fisheries Team Member of the Year Award Winners   Exciting News! We are thrilled to announce that SEVEN of OAI’s employees have been selected to receive NOAA’s Team Member of the Year award for 2024!   Join us in congratulating Molly Bradtke, Lynn...

New Website and Logo Coming Soon!

We’re getting ready to turn the page—and we couldn’t be more excited!   A brand-new logo and website, with a bold new look.   Refreshed, refined, and built with purpose—just like everything we do.   Stay tuned. It’s almost launch time.

OAI in the Field: Supporting Marine Mammal Health

OAI’s work with NOAA’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center was recently featured in the Columbia Basin Bulletin in connection with an ongoing domoic acid event off the California coast. This naturally occurring toxin is creating hazardous conditions for marine mammals,...