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Table of Contents 



Preface ii 



Acknowledgments iv 



Executive Summary 1 



Introduction 5 



Background 6 



Society's Call to Action 9 



Past Partnerships - Principles and Oceanographic Experience 11 



Why Partnerships 11 



Overarching Principles 12 



Operational Principles 13 



New Partnership Opportunities 15 



Data 15 



Data Accessibility 15 



lis Contributions to a Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) 16 



National Ocean Observation Quality Assurance Initiative 17 



Resources 17 



Internships and Personnel Exchanges: Govemment/Academia/ 



Industry Cooperative Human Resource Utilization 17 



Certification of Oceanographers 18 



Offshore Construction of Multi-Purpose Platforms 19 



Operational Ocean Characterization System 19 



Marine Laboratory Networks and Natural Laboratories 20 



Oceanographic Sensor Cornmunications 20 



Education/Communication 21 



Expansion of Pre-College (K-12) Teacher Programs 22 



Marine Information Network 22 



Unique Hurdles 23 



Conclusions 27 



Recommendations 28 



New Partnership Opportunities 28 



Management Blueprint 29 



Congressional Involvement 31 



Task Force 31 



Legislation 32 



References 33 



