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Associations:

• ACZISC -- Atlantic Coastal Zone Information Steering Committee
• Alliance for Marine Remote Sensing
• CCMC -- Canadian Centre for Marine Communications
• IPOST -- Institute for Pacific Ocean Science and Technology
• IOI -- International Oceans Institute

Organizations:

• Acoustical Oceanography Research Group, University of Victoria
• Canadian Coast Guard College, Sydney, Nova Scotia
• C-CORE -- Centre for Cold Ocean Resource Engineering
• Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University
• DREA -- Defense Research Establishment Atlantic
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• GSC -- Geological Survey of Atlantic Canada
• IMB Institute for Marine Biosciences
• NRC - National Research Council Canada
• IOT - Institute for Ocean Technology,
• IOS -- Institute of Ocean Sciences
• Marine Gene Probe Laboratory, Dalhousie University
• Maurice Lamontagne Institute
• NOIA -- National Ocean Industries Association
• Ocean Engineering Research Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland
• Oceans Advance
• OTANS -- Offshore/Onshore Technologies Association of Nova Scotia
• College of the North Atlantic

Projects:

• Canada’s Ocean Strategy (COS) provides the overall strategic framework for Canada’s oceans-related programs and policies, based on the principles of sustainable development, integrated management and the precautionary approach. Its objectives are to increase understanding and protection of the marine environment; support sustainable economic opportunities; and demonstrate international leadership in ocean management.
  
  
• VENUS is a revolutionary approach to oceanography delivering sustained observation of the changing characteristics of the ocean. A cabled observatory located in the shallow waters of coastal BC, Venus will provide real-time, full-time, interactive observation of near shore ocean processes.
  
  
• NEPTUNE is a joint US/Canada venture led by the University of Washington and the University of Victoria. For the next 30 years, NEPTUNE will stream data and images back from the deep ocean in real-time, providing an innovative approach to understanding earthquakes, tsunamis, undersea volcanoes, marine mammals, fish stocks, hydrocarbons and climate change.