RECOS members represent the ocean community in a variety of venues, publicize the importance of the oceans to current events, and provide informed, fact-based input of use to policymakers, institutions and organizations, and other scientists and educators. Working together, we communicate effectively to Congress, the general public, and other ocean specialists. 

Some representative examples include, but are not limited to, the activities shown here. Please let us know if you have “Updates and Events” you would like to add here.

Congressional Testimony & Visits

• Hearing: To the Depths, and Beyond: Examining Blue Economy Technologies: Subcommittee on Environment (Committee on Science, Space, and Technology) (March 26, 2025)
• Reauthorization of the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System (ICOOS) Act: Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee of the House Committee on Natural Resources (May 23, 2025)

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Meetings, Symposia, and Public Outreach

Engagements

•  2025 Future of the Ocean Symposium, hosted by the Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute (UCI) (October 9, 2025)
• 105th Meeting of the Ocean Studies Board, hosted by the U.S. National Committee for the UN Ocean Decade (October 7-8, 2025)
• ASLO 2025: Taking the Aquatic Pulse, hosted by the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (March 27, 2025)

American Geophysical Union Town Halls

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