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![Hardy Jones: 1943-2018
Marine Wildlife Conservationist and Filmmaker](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9cdeab_5476b83b43514da89cb79800217fa2e1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_330,h_248,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9cdeab_5476b83b43514da89cb79800217fa2e1~mv2.webp)
Hardy Jones: 1943-2018 Marine Wildlife Conservationist and Filmmaker
In 1983, hovering over a seamount in the Sea of Cortez, I trained my underwater 16mm movie camera on a giant manta ray that trailed a...
![Michael James Cochran
1941-2018](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9cdeab_9fb0f0e9b99e4e19bc70ec9dc5fe2c0d~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_330,h_248,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/9cdeab_9fb0f0e9b99e4e19bc70ec9dc5fe2c0d~mv2.webp)
Michael James Cochran 1941-2018
The Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences is deeply saddened to share the news of the recent passing of NOGI Fellow Mike Cochran...