Built as a collaborative partnership between the NOAA line offices of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) and the Pacific Marine Environmental Lab (PMEL), the EcoFOCI program persists in a collaborative research philosophy. We pursue expertise and resources from many scientific disciplines that contribute to our program and strengthen our mission.

NOAA Partners

EcoFOCI works closely with the following NOAA programs:

• Marine Mammal Laboratory (NOAA Fisheries, Seattle, WA)
• Auke Bay Laboratories (NOAA Fisheries, Juneau, AK)
• Office of Science and Technology (NOAA Fisheries, Seattle, WA)
• Arctic Program (NOAA Research, Seattle, WA)

Programs

EcoFOCI currently participates in the following:

• Distributed Biological Laboratory (DBO)
• Russian-American Long Term Census of the Arctic (RUSALCA)
• North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) Integrated Ecosystem Research Programs (Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska, and Arctic)

Academic Partners

• University of Washington, CICOES
• University of Alaska Fairbanks, SFOS
• Oregon State University, CIMARS