The National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) has sponsored the funding of almost $3 million to CSA International to conduct an environmental and archaeological study on deepwater hard bottom habitats and shipwrecks in the mid-Atlantic. Read more
For funding beginning in FY 2011, the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), and the National Science Foundation (NSF) welcome research proposals on Marine Mammal Detection and Monitoring. Read more
The Ocean Research Advisory Panel (ORAP) met on 27-28 July at the Alaska SeaLife Center, in Seward. Mayor Willard Dunham greeted the group with a formal proclamation welcoming the group to Seward. Read more
NOPP is pleased to announce the draft report from the Attaining Operational Marine Biodiversity Observations workshop, hosted at Ocean Leadership in May 2010, is available for review and comment on the NOPP website at https://nopp.org/forum. We hope you will provide constructive commentary and suggestions, as appropriate, to strengthen the overall report and/or individual sections and appendices. Read more
The National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) presented a poster at the Coastal Society’s 22nd International Conference on Shifting Shorelines: Adapting to the Future in Wilmington, NC on June 15, 2010. Read more
The newly-created Ocean Acidification Task Force, stood up by the Ocean Research Advisory Panel (ORAP) in March, met this week at Ocean Leadership to discuss national ocean acidification priorities, analyze federal plans, and begin to formulate recommendations for ORAP to deliver to the federal agencies. Read more
At its July meeting, ORAP will formally welcome eight new members and recognize the outstanding service of its five members whose terms are expiring. Read more
The oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico presents critical opportunities for the Ocean Research Advisory Panel (ORAP). Read more
NOPP is attending the Coastal Society’s 22nd International Conference on Shifting Shorelines: Adapting to the Future in Wilmingon, NC from 13-16 June 2010. Read more
Under the auspices of the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology (JSOST) Interagency Working Group on Ocean Partnerships (IWG-OP), the Biodiversity Ad Hoc Group hosted a workshop on Attaining Operational Marine Biodiversity Observations. Read more
