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21 July 2008 - The California Ocean Protection Council seeks the services of a consultant firm or team to develop a report on how the ocean observing system in California can better support ocean management decisions made by resource and environmental regulatory agency managers. For more information, download this pdf.

21 July 2008 - The North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES) announces its Seventeenth Annual Meeting, to be held 23 October through 2 November 2008 at the Kempinski Hotel in Dalian, People’s Republic of China. For more information, click here.

15 July 2008 - Ocean Protection Council has issued an open invitation to a special meeting scheduled for 24 July 2008 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. This meeting is being held to discuss U.S. House of Representatives’ bill Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 21). The Council will hear a short briefing on the contents and status of the bill and then will consider voting to support the principles of the bill. (more)

7 July 2008 - The Fifth Annual California Climate Change Conference is inviting researchers to submit proposals for posters. Download the event's Call for Posters as a pdf for more information.

30 June 2008 - SCCOOS supported an industry-led oil spill response exercise conducted June 10-12 off the coast of San Diego. More than 200 participants were involved in National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program (NPREP) including representatives from US Coast Guard Sector San Diego, US Navy, Department of Interior, California Department of Fish and Game, California Oil Spill Prevention and Response, PacArea Strike Team, Incident Management Assistance Team, San Diego Harbor Police, City and County of San Diego Office of Emergency Services, Port of San Diego, and others. For more information, click here.

26 June 2008 - Public Workshops being held on MLPA Initiative South Coast Project A series of workshops are being conducted in Southern California to introduce the public to the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative's South Coast Project. For more information, click here.

26 June 2008 - The California Ocean Protection Council is seeking technical help in developing and drafting climate change adaptation polices related to coastal development, infrastructure, habitats and resource. For more information, click here.

24 June 2008 - EPA Seeks Comment on Proposed NPDES Permits
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing two separate National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permits to cover discharges incidental to the normal operation of commercial and recreational vessels, such as engine cooling water and deck runoff (73, Federal Register, p.34296, June 17). The first proposed NPDES vessel general permit (VGP) would cover incidental discharges from all commercial and recreational vessels longer than 79 feet. The second proposed NPDES recreational general permit (RGP) would cover vessels less than 79 feet long, and includes sailboats, motorboats, fishing boats, and non-motorized small craft like canoes. Comments are due 1 August 2008. For more information, click here.

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SCCOOS 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.

As a science-based decision support system, SCCOOS works interactively with local, state and federal agencies, resource managers, industry, policy makers, educators, scientists and the general public to provide data, models and products that advance our understanding of the current and future state of our coastal and global environment. (more)

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Access realtime and archived SCCOOS data collected within the Southern California Bight (SCB). Find related data products, information on metadata, database schema and data flow charts. (more)

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Access information about SCCOOS rapid response and intensive regional observations projects. (more)

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Access the SCCOOS maintained ocean observatory events calendar. Please note: Times listed are Pacific Standard TIme (click here)

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SCCOOS is principally funded by the California Coastal Conservancy and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Additional funds for focus projects are provided by several local, state and federal agencies and private interests. SCCOOS is one of eleven Regional Associations comprising the coastal component of the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). For more information, click here.For more information, click here.


Joint effort of SCCOOS and CenCOOS click here to view the MOU

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