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The UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development should establish a Boundary Ocean Observing Network (BOON) for the Global South (GS). The BOON is part of the OceanGlider Program, which is part of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS). The BOON is a network of established timeseries transects collecting long-term data sets. Timeseries are critical for making immediate operational decisions and for identifying long-term trends of anthropogenic global environmental change. The network has proven important enough to continue observations and expand them. Due to resource and expertise limitations, expanded locations are in similar locations. The UN should build on this success and establish a BOON for the Global South. The same benefits will be garnered by countries and regions that have been missing out. Increased observation coverage will benefit humanity, improving understanding of the Ocean-Climate System, e.g. leading to improved climate prediction models. The UN will facilitate activities to realize a BOON for the Global South including: coordinating local scientists, partnering scientific and technical experts with local scientists, identifying new affordable and easy-to-operate technologies, channeling funds for initial and ongoing costs, and building a framework to continue the BOON-GS long after the Ocean Science Decade.

AUVs first entered the Oil and Gas market in the 1990s due to a requirement to solve challenges posed by deep water survey. In particular, ROV tether management systems were highlighted as a major technical hurdle. Nowadays, demand for AUV surveys is being fuelled by commercial and quality demands. The data quality and resolution that AUVs deliver are seen as the major contributing factors in de-risking projects, starting from the FEED stage. AUV technology has developed to such a degree that since October 2012, DOF Subsea reliability figures of over 320 dives yielding +25000km of survey, delivered less than 4% downtime on 8 different vessels for 6 different clients and these figures are not isolated. Other AUV service providers can claim similar successes, testament to the major strides forward the AUV industry has made since the 1990s.