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A Review of the Accomplishments and Plans of the NOAA Coastal Ocean Program (1994) / Chapter Skim
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Executive Summary
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... of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA} has filled a unique niche in the U.S. marine sciences community by supporting activities designed to improve our understanding of, and ability to manage, coastal fisheries ecosystems, coastal environmental quality, and coastal hazards (the three thematic foci of the program)
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... The panel recommends that CFE standardize the processes by See pp. 22 and 23 for a more detailed description of the responsibilities of the Program Management Committee and the Technical Advisory Committee.
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... theme by bringing new perspectives to old problems and by helping to focus the attention of academic scientists on critical problems in the coastal zone. Examples of successful ventures include: a major field effort that addressed the impacts of the upper Mississippi floods on the lower Gulf watershed (the Nutrient Enhanced Coastal Ocean Productivity-Mississippi-Atchafalaya Rivers study)
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... COP must support the acquisition of SeaWiFS ocean color data for the Alaska coastal region, to prevent significant data gaps and to contribute to the goals of other studies, such as the Bering Sea Fisheries Oceanography Coordinated Investigations program. The pane' recommends that formal technical review and advisory procedures be incorporated as soon as possible at the theme planning level and, when appropriate, within individual programs.
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... recommends that the procedures for proposal solicitation and review, as well as advisory structures, should be standardized among themes and programs so that investigators supported by each program are treated similarly and program management is streamlined. All themes should maintain a significant NOAAacademic partnership, even when funding levels are tower than expected because of the benefits that result from the sharing of intellectual and physical resources.
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... National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 62 pp. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Key Terms

  • coastal fisheries
  • coastal ocean
  • fisheries ecosystems
  • environmental quality
  • hazards theme

  • cfe theme
  • ocean program
  • cop funding
  • marine fisheries
  • management committee

  • coastal zone
  • cop research
  • major field
  • coastal environmental
  • fisheries service

  • ocean studies
  • cop management
  • national marine
  • noaa coastal
  • academic scientists

  • begin planning
  • added incremental
  • atmospheric research
  • related research
  • wind products

  • coastwatch program
  • gulf watershed
  • data acquisition
  • fisheries research
  • sustainable harvests


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