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Management
and Operations: Regional Consortium
Southern California’s marine
research community, recognized world
wide for its the expertise, effectiveness,
and proven track record in ocean observations,
is uniquely qualified to operate, implement
and sustain a long term observing program
along California’s coastline in
the Southern California Bight. The
Regional Consortium is a collaborative
network of Southern California’s
leading institutions and laboratories
which are conducting tens of millions
of dollars of research essential to supporting
several coastal resource management initiatives
with a focus on improving water quality,
supporting fisheries management, protecting
marine life, and predicting and mitigating
coastal hazards.
Product
Generation and Services: Data Provider
User Groups
Due to the state’s pro-active/stakeholder
driven environmental policy initiatives,
California has a well-developed network
of issue-oriented interest groups and
interagency partnerships. The Data Provider/User
Working Groups, developed and managed
through the regional consortium, are
designed to formally engage these existing
recognized bodies of regional associations
such as the Southern California Wetlands
Recovery Project, California Shore and
Beach Preservation Association, Southern
California Coastal Water Research Project,
the California Coastal Coalition, and
other agency end-users in the development
of products, services, and partnering
opportunities.
Official
Guidance: Policy Driven Research Needs and
Performance Review Agency Advisory Board
In addition to the development of
end-user products and services, it is
essential that the infrastructure and
activities provided by the consortium
members are relevant to the broader goals
of both state initiatives (e.g., The
Marine Life Projection Act (MPA’s), California’s
Ocean Plan, California’s Sand and
Sediment Master Plan, The Clean Beaches
Initiative and the California Coastal
Non-point Source Pollution Control Program,
the Wetland Recovery Project Master Plan,
etc.), as well as national initiatives
(e.g., IOOS, the NSF Ocean Research Interactive
Ocean Network (ORION), and the Oceans & Human
Health Initiative within NSF and NIH).
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