Since March 2015, SOCAN has been hosting a State of the Science Webinar Series to strengthen ocean acidification communication in the southeast region. The webinar series is intended to create a dialogue among key stakeholders to identify what is known, what isn't, and what research in other locales can be applied to better understand ocean acidification and its impacts in the Southeast US. The series is planned to extend to the end of fall 2015. 

In the beginning of next year, the SOCAN Steering Committee will meet in person to use the information learned from the webinars to develop a state-of-the-science white paper on ocean acidification in the southeast. Click here to view the recorded webinars > 

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#SOCANwebinar on #OceanAcidification are ending fall 2015. Click link to see upcoming and past webinars: http://secoora.org/socan_webinars @secoora

September 2015, IOOS Association (IA) held its Annual Meeting in St. Petersburg, FL at the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute. Directors from all eleven Regional Associations, staff from the US IOOS Program Office and IA Board Members discussed filling critical gaps in observations and IOOS activities in the Gulf of Mexico. 

SECOORA and GCOOS co-hosted the meeting and teamed together to conduct a tour of the surrounding facilities, including a presentation from Katherine Hubbard (Research Scientist at FWRI) on Harmful Algal Bloom observations and forecasting, a tour of the University of South Florida College of Marine Science's Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction Systems buoy program and USF CMS glider lab. Click here to read the IOOS Association meeting story > 

The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOSŪ) launched its new logo October 20 at the MTS/IEEE Oceans '15 meeting in Washington D.C. The new logo is a symbol of IOOS's dedication to integration, expressed by the interweaving of the I-O-O-S. In true IOOS fashion, the emblem was custom-built based on input from the IOOS program office, our peers, and regional associations. Read More >

• Program Officer, Environmental Education, Pisces Foundation, Deadline November 10
   
• Program Manager, Ecosystem Stressors Research Branch, Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean, Deadline November 13
   
• Stock Assessment Scientist, North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries, Deadline November 17
   
• Assistant Fisheries/Aquaculture Manager, Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation, Deadline November 20
   
• Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Marine Science at Stockton University, New Jersey, Deadline December 1

• NEPA Specialist/Environmental Scientist, Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc., Deadline January 30, 2016
   
• Oceans Policy Advocate/Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council

• Volunteer Dive Coordinator, The Florida Aquarium
   
• Graduate Student Funding in Marine Science at Virginia Institute of Marine Science
   
• Volunteer Oyster Habitat Monitoring Coordinator, Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program