M. Dennis Hanisak, 73, of Vero Beach, FL a member of the faculty at Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Fort Pierce, died earlier this week.
We wrote about the dream of M. Dennis Hanisak, Ph.D, Research Professor, Director of Education and Marine Ecosystem Health at HarborBranch (Florida Atlantic University) on September 15, 2015.
His dream was to have the traditional weather report expanded to provide current and predictive water quality statistics on the Indian River Lagoon. How valuable would that be to a fisherman whose livelihood is based on fishing for Pompano, Tuna or Snook; or someone operating a recreational business renting out kayaks?
It would be, for example, based on historical computer modeling, to know, on a real-time basis how a cold front has affected water quality and predict water quality three days out after the cold front.
Dennis Hanisak. RIP
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