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I understand that a central purpose of these regional briefings is to hear from some 

 different ocean communities as to their perspectives and gafiier input to help Congress 

 develop their ocean agenda. I want to offer that perspective from the Monterey Bay 

 ocean sciences community. 



Monterey Bay is emerging as a national center for marine research and education because 

 of 1) the physical uniqueness, biological diversity and relatively pristine nature of the 

 offshore ocean; water 5,000 feet deep lies within a few miles and a few minutes of the 

 shoreline and is incredibly rich biologically, 2) the long history of oceanographic research 

 and reputation of the research facilities in the area, 3) the community and political 

 support for this kind of activity, and now 4) the nation's largest National Marine 

 Sanctuary. 



There are now 18 oceanographic institutions or governmental ocean agency facilities 

 around the margins of the bay or planning on relocating here. These include about 1500 

 scientists and staff and a total operating budget in excess of $100 million (see attached 

 article from SeaTechnology, May 1995 and map and summary). 



These include 3 public and private University marine iiwtitutes, several state agency 

 facilities; Monterey Bay Aquarium, one of the nation's finest aquariums; Monterey Bay 

 Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), perhaps the worlds' premier research facility for 

 developing technology and instnimentation for sampling, sensing, probing and 

 monitoring the ocean, all possible because of the insight, leadership cind vision of David 

 Packard who endowed MBARI. There are also a number of federal ocean facilities; four 

 NOAA facilities and one preparing to relocate (National Weather Service Office, - 

 Sanctuary Office, Ocean Applications Branch, Pacific Fisheries Environmental Group as 

 well as a major fisheries lab planning on relocating to the bay), and the Naval 

 Postgraduate School (NPGS), Naval Research Laboratory, and the Reet Numerical 

 Meteorology and Oceanography Center. Each of these groups is distinct in their mission 

 and research capabilities, and there is surprisingly little overlap or duplicahon. 



Former Congressman Leon Panetta saw the strength in this diverse collection of marine 

 facilities and worked to bring them together; Congressman Sam Farr has continued this 

 effort and also worked to attract new facilities to this emerging center, now framed by 

 the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. As a result, rather than competing for 

 research dollars and staking individual claims in the offshore areas, the directors 

 communicate regularly, and interaction, collaboration and shared resources is becoming 

 the rule. A few examples from my own ir\sHtution(UCSC-Umversity of California, Santa 

 Cruz): 



• ONR recently funded a 5 year $4.5 million collaborative project between NPGS, 

 NOAA, the MBARI and UCSC to collect and process ocean and meteorological data 

 and then develop the programs to visually display offshore weather conditior\s as they 

 develop. Each facility and their scientists and engineers bring uiuque strengths to this 

 project whjch couldn't have been done without all of their individual efforts. 



• UCSC has just signed a memorandum of understanding with NPGS to allow exchange 

 of students, collaboration in research and public service/information supply. 



• UCSC has scientists with joint appointments at MBARI so their scientists can sponsor 

 graduate students from UCSC and offer courses. In turn, our faculty can use their ship, 

 submersible and other facilities, and they have helped to fund a sophisticated isotope 

 geoclaemistry lab on our campus, which they can utilize without having to duplicate and 

 maintain their own facility. 



