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Scripps Institution of Oceanography (sio.ucsd.edu)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography is one of the oldest, largest, and most important centers for ocean and earth science research, education, and public service in the world. Research at Scripps Institution of Oceanography encompasses physical, chemical, biological, geological, and geophysical studies of the oceans and earth.

 
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Southwest Fisheries Science Center (swfsc.noaa.gov)

noaa80The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) contributes to the CalCOFI partnership in three major areas: 1) CalCOFI sea surveys, 2) scientific research on the fisheries, ecology, and oceanography of the California Current system, and 3) communication of the results of the CalCOFI  surveys and related laboratory research to the scientific community, the Pacific Fisheries Management Council

 
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California Department of Fish & Game, Marine Region (www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/)

cdfg_80OUR MISSION: "To protect, maintain, enhance, and restore California's marine ecosystems for their ecological values and their use and enjoyment by the public."

The Marine Region is responsible for protecting and managing California's marine resources under the authority of laws and regulations created by the State Legislature, the Fish and Game Commission, and the Pacific Fishery Management Council. The Marine Region was established in November 1997, as an outgrowth of planning actions taken by the Department of Fish and Game in the mid-1990s to increase its effectiveness. A task force, which convened in 1997, developed recommendations for the establishment of a new Marine Region.

 
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LTER California Current System Site (cce.lternet.edu)

lter_logo100The California Current System is a coastal upwelling biome, as found along the eastern margins of all major ocean basins. These are among the most productive ecosystems in the world ocean. The California Current Ecosystem LTER (32.9°, -120.3°) is investigating nonlinear transitions in the California Current coastal pelagic ecosystem, with particular attention to long-term forcing by a secular warming trend, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, and El Niño in altering the structure and dynamics of the pelagic ecosystem. The California Current sustains active fisheries for a variety of finfish and marine invertebrates, modulates weather patterns and the hydrologic cycle of much of the western United States, and plays a vital role in the economy of myriad coastal communities.
 
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SCCOOS: Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (www.sccoos.org)

logo-blacktext-smSCCOOS brings together coastal observations in the Southern California Bight to provide information necessary to address issues in climate change, ecosystem preservation and management, coastal water quality, maritime operations, coastal hazards and national security.oastal
 
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Scripps Whale Acoustics Lab (cetus.ucsd.edu)
Scripps Whale Acoustics Lab LogoSince April 2004, the Scripps Whale Acoustics Lab at Scripps Institution of Oceanography added a visual and acoustic marine mammal survey component to the CalCOFI project to study cetacean ecology and habitat. Visual monitoring is conducted during quarterly cruises by Cascadia Research personnel using handheld 7x binoculars. Supplementary Bigeyes (25x magnification) are used for species identification when necessary. Visual monitoring provides excellent data for highly visible species in calm to moderate weather. Concurrently, acoustic technicians survey with a towed hydrophone array during the transit between CalCOFI stations and with sonobuoys while on station, allowing collection of distribution data on vocal animals that may have been missed visually due to darkness, rough weather, distance from transect line, being underwater, or other reasons.
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CalCOFI Bird & Marine Mammal Consortium (www.ccmbm.org)

Newly formed in 2009, this consortium will guide, oversee, and manage continued observations of marine bird and mammal distributions from California Cooperative of Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) cruises.




 
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Farallon Institute (www.faralloninstitute.org)
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The Farallon Institute for Advanced Ecosystem Research is a nonprofit scientific organization dedicated to the understanding and preservation of healthy marine ecosystems.  Farallon Institute provides bird observers for CalCOFI and is part of the CalCOFI Marine Mammal & Bird Consortium who will sponsor bird observers for CalCOFI and related cruises in the 21st century.


 
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PRBO Conservation Science (www.prbo.org)

PRBOPRBO Conservation Science, is dedicated to conserving birds, other wildlife and ecosystems through innovative scientific research and outreach.  PRBO has provided bird observers to CalCOFI for many years and has joined the CalCOFI Marine Mammal & Bird Consortium to provides bird observers for CalCOFI and related cruises in the 21st century.
 
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ICESS LogoWe utilize Pacific Gyre GPS/ Mobitex™ "Microstar" drifters to observe and study near-shore ocean circulation off the Southern California coast. The drifters record their position with GPS every 10 minutes and transmit their position data in near real-time to a web-based host computer using the Mobitex narrow band, data-only, cellular communications system. This sort of time and space resolution enables characteristic near-shore circulation patterns to be properly resolved. The drifters give direct observations of paths taken by freely floating objects at the ocean surface such as spilled oil, other pollutants, or things lost at sea. Real-time drifter data from CalCOFI deployments.
 
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Pacific Coast Ocean Observing System (www.pacoos.org/)

pacoosPACOOS: Providing ocean information for the sustained use of the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem under a changing climate.
 
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Cascadia Research (www.cascadiaresearch.org)
Cascadia ResearchCascadia Research is a non-profit, tax-exempt scientific and education organization based in Olympia, Washington, USA. Founded in 1979 primarily to conduct research needed to manage and protect threatened marine mammals.  Cascadia Research provides marine mammals observers for CalCOFI cruises.

 
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Newsflash

Next CalCOFI cruise is CalCOFI 1001NM; 12 Jan - 05 Feb 2010 on SIO RV New Horizon