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The Office of Science & Technology
guards the integrity of
NOAA Fisheries scientific activity
and strives to maintain and improve
its quality and creditability.
It is the primary interface between
NOAA Fisheries scientific activity
and NOAA, other agencies, and
international organizations.
It has oversight of
NOAA Fisheries scientific research
and technology development activities
including biology, ecology, economic
and social sciences, oceanography,
management of scientific information,
engineering, and other disciplines
used to fulfill its conservation
and management mission for living
marine resources.
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The Office of Science
and Technology envisions a new
paradigm for planning and managing
science and technology in NOAA
Fisheries. The essence is to establish three
principal categories of
activities:
- A core information
and statistics program,
- Status assessments
for living marine resources
and their habitats,
and
- Strategic research
aimed at satisfying
the near-term and long-range
goals of the agency.
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