News
January 12, 2016
Fisheries and Climate Workshop Summary Report
October 26-28, 2015, partners convened a workshop in St. Petersburg, Florida to advance our understanding of the impacts of climate variability on fisheries resources and management in the large marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic and Caribbean Sea. More than 55 experts from fishery management councils, federal and state fisheries and climate entities, academia and private industry...
January 12, 2016
SOCAN Hosts First Meeting To Discuss Coastal and Ocean Acidification In The Southeast
South Carolina, January 11, 2016: From North Carolina to Florida,ocean acidification (OA) impacts in the Southeast US are largely unknown. Ocean acidification is a term that describes the change in the chemistry of ocean waters, largely due to increased carbon from the atmosphere entering the ocean. These changes in ocean and coastal water chemistry can affect the entire marine ecosystem. The...
January 11, 2016
SECOORA at AGU
SECOORA and partner Regional Association, CeNCOOS, produced and presented a poster at the Fall 2015 American Geophysical Union Meeting. The poster titled, “Climate Outreach Using Regional Coastal Ocean Observing System Portals,” focused on the 11 IOOS Regional Association’s data portals and using those portals for outreach. Click here to read the abstract.Data Portals have emerged as an interactive tool for...
December 16, 2015
Thank You and Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays from SECOORA! We are so thankful for our stakeholders, members, partners and staff. With your support, we are able to continue leading coastal ocean observing in the region.As you make your holiday purchases, consider shopping AmazonSmile and Amazon will donate to SECOORA. Funds generated will help us further coastal ocean observing activities in the Southeast. Thank you! https://smile.amazon.com/ch/26-1215705
November 24, 2015
Southeast El Nino Fact Sheet
A strong El Niño event has been affecting weather around the globe, and it will continue to do so through Northern Hemisphere winter 2015–2016 according to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. El Niño can have a wide variety of effects including lowering or raising temperatures, increasing or decreasing precipitation, extending or reducing drought conditions, enhancing or lowering risk for tropical cyclones, and...
November 10, 2015
November Newsletter
Explore SECOORA's November Newsletter. Featured stories include Cape Canaveral Buoy Removal, Fisheries and Climate Workshop, SOCAN and more. http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs181/1103098301442/archive/1122388514354.html
November 3, 2015
Save the Date for the SECOORA 2016 Annual Meeting
May 18 AM: Board Meeting* PM: Members Business Meeting* and SocialMay 19 All Day Stakeholder MeetingMay 20 Half Day Principal Investigator Meeting *Voting will occurPlease save the date for the Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA) 2016 Annual Meeting! SECOORA's 2016 Annual Meeting will be held in Raleigh, North Carolina May 18, 19 and 20, 2016. We invite you...
October 26, 2015
Climate Variability and Fisheries Workshop
This week, October 26-28, SECOORA is co-hosting the Climate Variability and Fisheries Workshop: Setting Science Priorities for the Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and Caribbean Regions in St. Petersburg, Florida. The goal of the workshop is to advance our understanding of impacts of climate variability on fisheries resources and management in the large marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic and Caribbean Sea, and to promote multidisciplinary partnerships. Click...
October 23, 2015
SECOORA Responds to Cape Canaveral Buoy Removal
Update, January 21, 2016: National Weather Service (NWS) Office of Observations has directed National Buoy Data Center (NBDC) to maintain the Cape Canaveral Buoys 41009 and 41010 through the end of 2016. Ship time permitting, NBDC is planning to service the buoys this spring. Watch for more updates. Below is the original story.--Due to funding constraints, a pair of buoys off Cape Canaveral...
October 23, 2015
SECOORA Co-Hosted IOOS Association Annual Meeting
September 2015, IOOS Association (IA) held their 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 observing gaps and IOOS activities in the Gulf of Mexico. SECOORA and GCOOS co-hosted the meeting and teamed together to do...
