NOAA Transition: Councils
NOAA Ocean Council
Jack Dunnigan
Assistant Administrator
for Ocean Services and Coastal
Zone Management
Chair(s)
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries
Principals
National Ocean Service
National Marine Fisheries Service
National Satellite, Data and Information Services
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
National Weather Service
Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
Program Planning and Integration
Advisors
Program Analysis and Evaluation
Office of Legislative Affairs
Office of Communications
NOAA Education Council
NOAA Observing System Council
NOAA Research Council
NOAA International Affairs Council
NOAA Platform Allocation Council
NOAA Finance
NOAA Administration
Office of General Counsel
Dr. Jim Balsiger
Assistant Administrator
for Fisheries
Role
The NOAA Ocean Council is established as the principal advisory body to the Administrator and focal point for the agency’s ocean activities and interests, including open ocean, near shore, coastal, estuarine and Great Lakes activities. Specific purposes of the Council include, among others deemed as appropriate:
- Coordinating ocean activities across NOAA, including with other councils.
- Proposing priorities and investment strategies for NOAA ocean-related initiatives (both internal and external).
- Identifying NOAA’s ocean and coastal programs that have the greatest potential to benefit from integration via a matrix management approach.
- Coordinating NOAA’s participation in the interagency National Oceanographic Partnership Program.