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#SOCANmtg in Charleston to map past and future Ocean Acidification science in SE Atlantic
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Executive summary from the Fisheries and Climate Workshop hosted in October is available! http://secoora.org/fisheriesclimateworkshopsummary   @secoora

IOOS and National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) held a workshop January 21-22 to strengthen and solidify the NERRS -IOOS partnership. The meeting was held at the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve in St. Augustine, FL. It is the first of two workshops supported by funding from NOAA's National Ocean Service. The workshop are intended to create a seamless coastal observing network that functions at the landscape level, and spans offshore to inshore regions. Debra Hernandez, SECOORA's Executive Director, was in attendance.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Field Research Facility, or FRF, in Duck, North Carolina is kicking off a $1.3 million research project in the Currituck Sound. The FRF is installing five large monitoring platforms in the estuary, one of the largest, single-effort, estuarine monitoring efforts in the United States. The platforms will be installed to form both cross-shore and alongshore arrays in Currituck Sound. Measurements at the five stations will include winds, waves, currents, temperature, salinity, and video. 
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Reauthorization of the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System (ICOOS) Act of 2009 is moving forward in both the House and the Senate. In early December, the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee sent S.1886, the Senate ICOOS Reauthorization Act bill, to the Senate floor for consideration. The House ICOOS Reauthorization bill has 26 co-sponsors, 23% of the co-sponsors are from the SECOORA region. The House bill is still in committee. Read more >

The 2016 Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference had 1000 participants from 35 states and 15 countries. US IOOS, including SECOORA, attended the four day meeting, February 1-4 in Tampa, FL. This year's theme, "One Gulf: healthy ecosystems, healthy communities," focused on opportunities to promote and sustain a healthy Gulf environment, communities, and economy, including new discoveries, innovations, technologies, and policies. Pictured above is Vembu Subramanian, SECOORA RCOOS Manager, with SECOORA PI, Nick Shay.