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In 1969, the first interagency collocation occurred when NOAA's 

 National Marine Fisheries Service established a small contingent at Fleet 

 Numerical called the Pacific Fisheries Environmental Group. This was done 

 in order to s^ply the Navy's information on the marine environment to the 

 nation's fisheries issues. This Group is the single laboratory in the Fisheries 

 system that focuses on comprehensive assessment and understanding of the 

 fundamental effects of natural environmental variability on marine living 

 resources. The close relationship between the Fisheries Grroup and Fleet 

 Numerical includes ocean data exchange, and use of Fleet Numerical's real- 

 time products and archived historical data for fisheries research. The NOAA 

 Fisheries Grroup is thus able to use Navy oceanographic information to 

 enhance the international competitiveness and productivity of our nation's 

 fishing industry. 



On the marine science side, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research 

 Institute was established by the Packard Foundation in the mid 1980s as an 

 adjunct to the new (now world renowned) Monterey Bay Aquarium. 

 Additionally, a new research center focusing on marine sciences and the 

 environment is also being established on the former Fort Ord Army Post. It is 

 being developed under the direction of the University of California at Santa 

 Cruz. This center, known as the Monterey Bay Science and Technology 

 Center, will be a true partnership between academia and industry with full 

 cooperation from related government agencies. 



The operational side of this scientific synergism has focused primarily on 

 Fleet Numerical for most of the past 35 years. However, over the last 

 decade, NOAA has shown an increasing interest in the cooperative benefits of 

 collocation. In 1985, a component of NOAA's National Ocean Service was 



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