This blog attempts to bring together coral researchers and Marine Protected Area supervisors to discuss what data need to be integrated for themselves, as well as for the public, and how to go about it. You must be an invited member to post to this list, but if you produce and use coral data, we want to hear from you. (Write to Jim.Hendee at noaa.gov).
Monday, December 12, 2005
PacIOOS
A symposium on September 8, 2005 focused on American Samoa’s participation in the evolution of a Pacific Islands Integrated Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS). PacIOOS is one of eleven regional coastal observing systems being developed to facilitate the use of ocean observations to support ecosystem and natural resource management, transportation, economic development, hazards risk management and public health and safety. The interagency U.S. IOOS Program represents a U.S. national contribution to the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) and the Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS).