• Program Information - general description of CalCOFI
• Contacts - organizational e-mail, phone, web addresses for data, cruise participation, general information
• Data Policy - data collected, published & distributed by CalCOFI are public domain and not copyrighted.
• Location - organization locations & cruise pattern
• Web Site Stats
• Web Visits Stats

The California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) are a unique partnership of the California Department of Fish and Game, the NOAA Fisheries Service and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The organization was formed in 1949 to study the ecological aspects of the collapse of the sardine populations off California. Today its focus has shifted to the study of the marine environment off the coast of California and the management of its living resources. The organization hosts an annual conference, publishes data reports and a scientific journal and maintains a publicly accessible data server (www.calcofi.org).

CalCOFI hydrographic & plankton data are distributed to the community for use without restriction. Unless otherwise noted, these data can be considered to be final data which have been evaluated using CalCOFI data quality control procedures. Methods for data collection and processing are summarized in cruise data reports introduction. Annual CalCOFI Reports and bi-annual data reports are available at the UCSD/SIO libraries or contact the data manager for publication availability. Software are distributed as is, documentation is provided and updates are available on our website. Feedback and suggestions are welcome. Applications such as CIFT (Windows version) and Anomean are beta and still undergoing close scrutiny for data quality and accuracy.

Acknowledgements
CalCOFI research is supported by contributions from the participating agencies: The California State Department of Fish and Game, NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, and the University of California, Integrative Oceanography Division at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD. Additional support for the development of the annual data CD is provided by NOAA, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research.