National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is a federal agency, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. It includes several line offices with distinct or overlapping missions, including: National Ocean Service - develops charts, tracks tides, and completes damage assessment related to oil spills and waste sites. National Marine Fisheries Service - regulates endangered species under ESA, Negotiates the harvest of fisheries, studies fisheries and their habitats, and restores habitat. National Weather Service - predicts the weather including rainfall and downstream effects on flooding. National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service - Manages GPS and weather satellites, and has a really big budget to manage that infrastructure. Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Office of Marine and Aviation Operations - which operates a fleet of ships and airplanes through its own uniformed service, the NOAA Corps. These are called “line offices” and each has its own “Assistant Administrator” or “AA” and they are led by the “Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere”. Each line office may have its own system of Assistant Regional Administrators and regional staff in addition to headquarters programs (which may in turn have their own regions!)
The largest NOAA Office in the Salish Sea is at Sand Point in Seattle. There is an office in Lacey, and labs at Mukilteo and Manchester. Here are some workgroups particularly active in the Salish Sea ecosystem management.
Relationships
- broader: Coast Salish peoples
- located in: usa
- related to: Enhanced Geothermal Systems
- related to: Fish Washington App
- related to: Marine Mammal Observations
- related to: Natural Resource Damage Assessment
- related to: Pacific Northwest megalopolis
- related to: esa
- related to: funding
- related to: magnuson-stevens fishery conservation and management act
- related to: national estuary program
- related to: national oceanic and atmospheric administration
- related to: noaa restoration center
Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Salish Sea Wiki