Kelp Forest off of Monastery Beach taken with an MPA. ©Monterey Bay Aquarium, photo by Patrick Webster

Members & Partners

CeNCOOS members come from many sectors, including tribal, regional, state and federal government agencies, non-profit organizations, academic and research organizations, and industry or for-profit corporations.

The CeNCOOS network depends on the contributions of our many observing partners that help us provide marine information that is relevant to regional stakeholders. Our network includes more than 60 member organizations throughout central and northern California — the region extending from Point Conception north to the California-Oregon border.

CeNCOOS works because of the commitment of our members to sustain observations, collect and share high-quality data, produce user-driven products and tools, and collaborate to ensure system coordination and efficiency.

There is no fee to become a CeNCOOS member but there are many benefits.

CeNCOOS Members:

CeNCOOS Membership provides a framework for collaboration among the many ocean observing entities in Central and Northern California. CeNCOOS members reinforce a shared commitment to maintain, monitor, and protect long-term sustainability and health of marine and estuarine ecosystems, their habitats, functions, services and abundant resources. CeNCOOS members engage in a bi-lateral partnership with CeNCOOS to jointly deliver the information solutions needed by the Central and Northern California ocean users.

There are a number of benefits of CeNCOOS membership including:

  • Dissemination and leveraging of your monitoring or observing data through the CeNCOOS data portal;
  • Increased public and professional awareness of your activities and programs and  broader impacts by sharing your data more widely through targeted outreach and communications support;
  • Networking with key experts, decision-makers and other stakeholders;
  • Eligibility for election to the Governing Council, lead Committees, and influence the selection of new or evolved work.

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Signatory Members

In 2004, CeNCOOS established a number of MOUs with partners to outline the initial functions and responsibilities of the participating parties to establish and implement the regional association of CeNCOOS. While the MOUs have expired, our partners remained engaged as active PIs, Governing Council or JSAC members.

Axiom Data Science
UC Davis – Bodega Marine Laboratory
California Coastal Data Information Program
California Polytechnic State University
Center for Ocean Solutions – Stanford
CODAR Ocean Sensors
Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve
Farallon Institute
California Polytechnic State University – Humboldt
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
San Jose State Uni – Moss Landing Marine Laboratory
Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network
Naval Postgraduate School
Navy Research Laboratory
NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service
NOAA, National Ocean Service
NOAA, National Weather Service
NOAA, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
NOAA, Sea Grant
NOAA, Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
Noyo Science Center
Oregon State University
Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans
Point Blue Conservation Science
San Francisco State Uni – EOS Romberg Tiburon Center
San Francisco Estuarine Institute
San Francisco National Estuarine Research Reserve
San Francisco State University
United States Geological Survey
University of California Davis
University of California Los Angeles
University of California San Diego
University of California Santa Cruz
University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution