Talk:National Ocean Service

National Estuarine Research Reserves
The following sentence under Office for Coastal Management needs to be corrected to reflect the accurate number of sites: The National Estuarine Research Reserve System is a network of 29 coastal sites designated to protect and study estuarine systems. --Kitch-noaa (talk) 00:31, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
 * ❌ Please provide secondary sources for your suggested changes rather than the NOAA website.  In addition when making edit requests, place the template in the individual section rather the at the top of the page.  You will need to submit new requests with the appropriate sources.  S0091 (talk) 00:16, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
The National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) was formed in 1999 as the focal point for NOAA’s coastal ocean science efforts. NCCOS provides research, scientific information and tools for stewardship of the nation’s ocean and coastal resources to sustain thriving coastal communities and economies. The research and tools address coastal issues raised in legislation and NOAA's priorities. NCCOS operates 4 federal research laboratories, and is composed of two science divisions and a competitive research program. NCCOS also administers the NOAA RESTORE Science Program. NCCOS work includes:

Stressor Impacts and Mitigation
Coastal, Great Lakes and inland communities rely on NCCOS for ecological forecasting, stressor detection, and an understanding of stressor impacts on coastal resources to assist in managing the security of their water supply, safety of local fishing and shellfishing industries, the health of their people, and the strength of their coastal and lakefront tourism.

Marine Spatial Ecology
MSE integrates a broad spectrum of physical, biological, and social sciences. Communities, state and federal stewards and industries such as aquaculture, energy and tourism adapt this information to make decisions balancing the tradeoffs between resource use and conservation.

Coastal Change: Vulnerability, Mitigation, and Restoration
Coastal storms, flooding, and rising seas pose a persistent threat to coastal communities. NCCOS research efforts seek to understand the ecosystem services that improve a community’s resistance to the impacts of weather and changing climate conditions.

Social Science
NCCOS social science research studies connections between people and the environment through ecosystem services valuations, assessing human use, and assessing vulnerability and resilience within coastal communities and ecosystems.

Competitive Research Program
CRP administers NCCOS extramural research, and is committed to supporting the needs of coastal communities by funding leading scientists that provide research focusing on harmful algal blooms, hypoxia, coastal change, and regional ecosystems.

Kitch-noaa (talk) 11:53, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

Integrated Ocean Observing System
- Delete the word "Program" from the above header, IOOS is no longer a program.

- Expand the IOOS description and update citation so that it reads as follows:

The Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) is a national-regional partnership working to understand and predict coastal events - such as storms, wave heights, and sea level change. U.S. IOOS focuses on providing open access to ocean data (physical, biological, and chemical) from a variety of federal, state, local, and academic sources integrated so that it can be used together. In addition to raw data, information can be accessed through custom tools and dashboards on the IOOS sites, and the sites of the 11 IOOS regional associations.

Kitch-noaa (talk) 11:50, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

Corrections to Marine Debris Program paragraph
Recommend replacing the existing Marine Debris Division section with the following for accuracy, as it is not a division it is a program. The following description is also a more accurate characterization of the program. Lastly, the citation needs to be changed to point to the correct website for the program. Revised section follows:

Marine Debris Program
Since 2006, the NOAA Marine Debris Program has served as the United States Federal government’s lead for addressing the adverse impacts of marine debris on the United States economy, the marine environment, and navigation safety. The NOAA Marine Debris Program undertakes national and international efforts focused on prevention, removal, research, monitoring and detection, response and coordination. The program’s staff is positioned across the country in order to support projects and partnerships with state and local agencies, tribes, non-governmental organizations, academia, and industry.

Kitch-noaa (talk) 15:37, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

Recommended changes to the Office of Coast Survey section
Recommend changing the Office of Coast Survey description on this page for accuracy and to better describe the function of this National Ocean Service office. The citation is correct as denoted on the page.

Change this: Provides navigation products and services that ensure safe and efficient maritime commerce on America's oceans and coastal waters, and in the Great Lakes.

To:

The Office of Coast Survey provides and maintains navigation products and services that ensure safe and efficient maritime commerce on the United State’s oceans and coastal waters, and in the Great Lakes. Products include data collection through hydrographic surveys, product development of nautical charts and publications for safe and efficient navigation, and distribution of nautical charts in multiple formats. Services include routine and emergency hydrographic surveys, regional support for navigational challenges, model development for storm surge and hurricane prediction, and technology research and development to improve mapping efficiencies. Kitch-noaa (talk) 15:43, 15 June 2021 (UTC)