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<p>Dear Platform Group,
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<br />A request has come in for a new code for the vessel <a href='http://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=10745' target='_blank'>ACADIANA</a> from UNITED STATES. This code suggestion will need confirmation by NOAA.
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<br /><b>Original Requester : Don Collins (Donald.Collins@noaa.gov)</b>
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<br />Proposed Code : 33SZ
<br />Name : <a href='http://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=10745' target='_blank'>ACADIANA</a>
<br />Flag : UNITED STATES - US (ISO Country Code)
<br />Title : R/V
<br />Platform Class : 31 Research vessel
<br />Commissioned Date : 1987
<br />Current Length : 17.7
<br />Notes : WOD code 10013. The vessel is outfitted to support research and educational activities in Louisiana coastal bays and nearshore waters. Vessel active at least since 1987.
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<br /><b>Additional Information Sources:</b>
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<br /> - http://lumconvessels.com/rv-acadiana
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<br /> - http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/circ1133/big-sample.html
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<br /><b>General Comments:</b>
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<br />Commissioned date is at least from 1987 according to http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/circ1133/big-sample.html
<br />(Marilynn Sorensen 26/09/2014 00:00:00)<br />
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<br />The R/V Acadiana was designed and built by Breaux's Bay craft, Inc. in Loreauville, LA with funding for her construction provided by the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium. Home port is at the Defelice Marine Center in Cocodrie, LA.
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<br />The vessel is outfitted to support research and educational activities in Louisiana coastal bays and nearshore waters.
<br />(Don Collins 25/09/2014 00:00:00)<br />
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<br />Kind regards,
<br />The ICES Data Centre
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<br />International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
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