Congratulations to OAI's Emily Bowers, who presented at the 2026 Alaska Marine Science Symposium on January 27 in Anchorage, AK. The Alaska Marine Science Symposium is an annual gathering of scientists, resource managers, and community partners focused on sharing...

OAI employees recently partnered with USDA Agricultural Research Service collaborators in Kingston, RI to prepare oyster broodstock for the Northeast Oyster Breeding Center’s (NOBC) 2026 spawning season.
Half of the broodstock were transported to the Milford Lab for conditioning and spawning, supporting…

Ocean Associates, Inc. (OAI) has been awarded a task order through the GSA schedule to provide administrative, scientific and technical support services to the NOAA National Ocean Service (NOS) Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS). OAI...

🎉 Our employees completed the second OAI wellness challenge of 2025 in November, choosing between two exciting virtual treks: a 20-mile journey along the Inca Trail in Peru or a 56-mile adventure through the Cappadocia region of Turkey.  First to Finish🥇 Inca Trail:...

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...

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...

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...

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   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...