[ISSHA] U.S. Ocean Research Priorities

[Tracy Villareal]

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
Charting the Course for Ocean Science in the United States:  Research  
Priorities for the Next Decade

The public comment period is now OPEN for Charting the Course for  
Ocean Science in the United States: Research Priorities for the Next  
Decade, a draft document that outlines the national ocean research  
priorities for the United States for the next ten years. All  
interested parties are encouraged to review the document and provide  
input during this 45 day public comment period (scheduled to close  
October 20, 2006).

http://ocean.ceq.gov/about/sup_jsost_public_comment.html

Called for in the U.S. Ocean Action Plan and developed by the Joint  
Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology, this draft document,  
along with a follow-on Implementation Strategy, will describe a  
vision for U.S. ocean science and technology, highlight key areas of  
interaction of our society and the ocean, and identify critical ocean  
research priorities for these areas.

Public briefings on the national ocean research priorities are being  
held throughout the country over the next few months. Town hall  
meetings and panels will also be held at several conferences. A list  
of public briefings and meetings with venue details is located at:

http://ocean.ceq.gov/about/sup_jsost_orpp_outreach.html

Members from the research community, ocean educators, government  
representatives (federal, state, tribal, and local), industry groups,  
international representatives, non-governmental organizations, and  
any interested individuals are invited provide comments and attend  
the briefings.

For more information, contact:
Shelby E. Walker, JSOST Project Manager
USGCRP/CCSP Office, 1717 Pennsylvania Ave., Suite 250, Washington,  
DC  20006
T:202-419-3464; F:202-223-3064; e-mail:swalker at usgcrp.gov



They had only covered a distance of sixty-six leagues in those six  
days, for they anchored at sunset, fearing to strike upon reefs in  
that unknown sea or to be lost in the depths.  The country they  
discovered being apparently very large, they landed, and were  
amicably received by the natives. When they demanded by signs and  
gestures what was the name of the country, the latter replied  
Yucatan, a word which means in their own language, “I do not  
understand you.”  The Spaniards imagined that this was the name of  
the country; and because of that unforeseen circumstance the country  
will always be called Yucatan.


   De Orbe Novo.  The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D’Anghera   
(translation from the Latin, 1555 edition). MacNutt, F. 1912.


Tracy Villareal
Associate Professor
Marine Science Institute and Dept. of Marine Science
The University of Texas at Austin
750 Channel View Dr.
Port Aransas, Texas 78373

phone: 361-749-6732
fax: 361-749-6777
email: tracy at utmsi.utexas.edu
www.utmsi.utexas.edu/people/staff/villareal.htm

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