Fisheries-Oceanography
Coordinated Investigations (FOCI)
FOCI PI Meeting Minutes - 12 March 1998
ATTENDANCE
Kevin Bailey, Ric Brodeur, Ned Cokelet, Al Hermann,
Art Kendall, Jeff Napp, Jim Overland, Ron Reed, Phyllis Stabeno, Cindy
Tynan, Steve Porter - rapporteur
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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SEBSCC proposals are due by the end of April.
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Inter-agency Bering Sea Ecosystem studies - A meeting
was held in Anchorage during December to develop a coordinated study plan
for the Bering Sea. A draft science plan that synthesizes recommendations
from prior and current programs was written by a collective of NOAA authors.
Pat Livingston is currently at a meeting in Alaska to discuss this draft
with representatives of NOAA, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and the
Department of the Interior. In the next few weeks, those and other agencies
will contribute to the plan. Contact Pat Livingston to see the draft. When
full developed the science plan will be used to solicit research proposals.
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Jim Overland spoke about the frontier program at a new
Arctic research center located at the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus.
Japanese provided half the funding to build it. The center has access to
a 400 foot research vessel designed to work in poor weather. This program
allows collaboration between Japanese and American scientists.
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El Nino funding - There has been no confirmation on
funding for biological work for the El Nino project. If the funding is
not approved the proposed work will not be done. (Post-meeting update:
funding for this work was received March 12, 1998.)
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A new division leader for CARD has not been chosen yet.
Dale Bretschneider will continue to serve as acting CARD leader, probably
until after the PMEL program review in June. Phyllis Stabeno is now FOCI
director for PMEL.
FIELD SEASON
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Moorings were deployed in Shelikof Strait during MF98-01,
February 17-27. The trajectory of the satellite-tracked drifter that was
deployed there indicates eddy-like movement. It was also noted during the
cruise that Bering Sea ice has retreated north of mooring 2. Measurements
at this mooring showed a cold, fresh water surface layer, and warmer more
saline water at the bottom.
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Aircraft operations - Because the ARI proposal to use
a research aircraft to map the eastern Bering Sea greenbelt was not funded,
Nick Bond is working with others to develop alternate plans for use of
the NOAA P-3 airplane. Aerial mapping of fronts is being considered.
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The revised Wecoma cruise schedule is posted on the
web. One cruise was canceled, and the time allocated for that cruise has
been added to the other cruises.
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Live pollock eggs from the Bogoslof area of the Bering
Sea have arrived at AFSC and will be used for experiments.
NEW BUSINESS
New fishery research vessels - Admiral Dorman
is here for discussions about the need for proposed new NOAA fishery research
vessels. Art Kendall and Ned Cokelet will be meeting with him to discuss
FOCI's requirements.
NEXT MEETING
The April FOCI PI meeting will be held at 10 a.m.
on Thursday, April 9, 1998, in the AFSC Director's Conference Room. Please
send agenda items to allen.macklin@noaa.gov by April 7.
CORRECTIONS
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