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 Awarded 5-Year Task Order for National Ocean Service’s Information Management Office
OAI has been awarded a new five-year task order from NOAA’s National Ocean Service (NOS) Information Management Office (IMO). OAI is proud to support the IMO’s data management team—helping to support the NOS data community and maintain the vital geospatial metadata...
OAI Awarded First ProTech Fisheries 2.0 Task Order to Provide Hydrology, Hatchery and Genetic Management Plan Support
Ocean Associates, Inc. (OAI) has been awarded the first ProTech Fisheries 2.0 task order to provide Hydrology and Hatchery and Genetic Management Plan Support to the NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region (WCR). This work is critical to keeping NMFS staff informed of...
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,...
