Areas of Focus
Members of RECOS leverage their collective expertise in science, technology, education, and policy to provide objective input into matters surrounding critical challenges and opportunities facing the world’s oceans. Given the breadth of the ocean’s importance to the environment, economy, and national security, the topics of RECOS’s purview are widely varied.
At this point in time, RECOS members have approved by consensus four separate public-facing “White Papers” outlining current areas of focus for RECOS’s efforts, as shown below. Additional topics will be developed with members, and we invite the community to suggest other areas where RECOS can make a contribution to the national conversation about these urgent matters.
Supporting the U.S. Ocean Workforce
RECOS supports the continuation of robust funding in Blue Economy workforce training programs with the Department of Commerce, including programs through NOAA and the Economic Development Administration.
Resilient U.S. Ocean Economy
RECOS maintains that U.S. investment in science and technology is essential in preparing the nation for current and emerging opportunities. We recommend the highest possible funding levels for basic and applied research programs, including research instrumentation and future academic research fleet recapitalization.
Ocean Infrastructure for U.S. Leadership
RECOS supports the building of two icebreakers, four global class ocean research vessels, sustained investments in new technologies to observe the ocean at cellular to global scales, and strategic research investments from seafloor to space over the next decade.
National Security through U.S. Leadership
RECOS supports sustained basic and applied research investments in national security funding for new technologies to observe the ocean environment from seafloor to space over the next decade.
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