265. COOPERATIVE INVESTIGATIONS OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE EASTERN 

 CENTRAL ATLANTIC: CINECA 



This program, begun in 1970 and terminated in 1978, aimed at 

 determining the biological, chemical, geological, meteorological, 

 and physical features, including fishery aspects, of the West African 

 coastal areas. It was sponsored jointly by FAO (CECAF), ICES, and 

 IOC; 13 national states participated. The Service Hydrographique of 

 ICES acted as the Regional Data Center (RDC) and irregularly published 

 a newsletter describing the program. 



A subprogram, associated with CINECA, but later conducted indepen- 

 dently by the United States with assistance from Spain, used satel- 

 lites to study the upwelling in the area. Known originally as the 

 Sky lab Upwelling Experiments, it was renamed the Sahara Upwelling 

 Experiment. The acronym SUE applies to both names. 



266. COOPERATIVE PROGRAM OF RESEARCH ON AQUACULTURE: COPRAQ 

 Sponsored by the General Fisheries Council for the Mediterranean 



(GFCM) and coordinated by the European Inland Fisheries Advisory Com- 

 mittee (EIFAC), COPRAQ 's purpose is the promotion of aquaculture in 

 the Mediterranean area. One area of research is on factors hampering 

 aquaculture. 



267. COOPERATIVE STUDY OF THE KUROSHIO AND ADJACENT REGIONS: CSK 

 Conceived in 1962 at a meeting of the Marine Science Experts 



in East and Southeast Asia and approved by IOC in 1964, CSK had the 

 prime objective of understanding the water exchange between the Kuro- 

 shio and the Pacific Ocean. In 1970, the area was extended to include 

 the South China Sea. CSK terminated in 1977. A newly formed IOC 

 Working Group for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) is proceeding with 

 plans to continue a cooperative marine science program in this area. 



The program had 11 contributors. An International Coordination 

 Group (ICG) was responsible for the coordination of the program. The 

 Regional Data Center (RDC) was the Kuroshio Data Centre (KDC) , which 

 co-exists with the Japan Oceanographic Data Centre (JODC). Regional 

 Marine Biological Centre (RMBC) at Singapore was responsible for the 

 biological data. 



268. COOPERATIVE SURVEY OF THE NORTHERN PACIFIC: NORPAC 



A synoptic survey of the North Pacific Ocean north of latitude 

 ZCN, NORPAC was made in 1955 by oceanographers from Canada, Japan, 

 and United States. Data from NORPAC are in the U.S. National 

 Oceanographic Data Center and also in the publication "Oceanographic 

 Observations of the Pacific, 1955, the NORPAC Data," prepared by the 

 NORPAC Committee and published by the University of California Press 

 in 1960. The data report has an extensive bibliography of reports 

 resulting from the survey. In addition, the Committee prepared an 

 atlas of NORPAC information, also published by the University of 

 California Press in 1960. 



269. COOPERATIVE SURVEY OF THE PACIFIC EQUATORIAL ZONE: EQUAPAC 

 This oceanographic study of the Pacific was made where the 



equatorial undercurrent was known to exist. Conducted in 1956, the 

 participants were France (the Noumea Oceanographic Centre, New Cale- 

 donia), Japan, and United States. 



270. COOPERATIVE SYNOPTIC INVESTIGATIONS OF THE BALTIC: CSIB 



An ICES-sponsored multination, multiship program to investigate 

 the Baltic. The program was conducted in 1964 and received financial 

 support from UNESCO. 



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