The PacIOOS Governing Council, with representatives from various sectors including resource management, tourism, fisheries, education, local and national government, and non-governmental organizations, met in Tumon Bay, Guam on August 6-7, 2013, at the Outrigger Guam Resort. The purpose of coming together was to review and evaluate the strengths of the PacIOOS program in order to strategically plan for and implement a successful, operational ocean observing system in the Pacific.  Click here for a list of the current PacIOOS Governing Council members.

PacIOOS is excited to welcome two new institutional partners to the membership of PacIOOS:  NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) Pacific Region and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ).  If your organization would like to become a PacIOOS partner, please download, sign, and return our Memorandum of Agreement.

NWS Pacific Region administers the programs and facilities of the NWS throughout a large expanse of the Pacific.  This area includes the Islands of Hawai'i, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, and south to American Samoa. 

CNMI DEQ protects public health and the environment.  To this end, DEQ develops, implements, and maintains programs that eliminate or minimize threats to the CNMI's land, air and water.