IOC Subsidiary Bodies

• SCIENTIFIC/TECHNICAL SUBSIDIARY BODIES

• REGIONAL SUBSIDARY BODIES

SCIENTIFIC/TECHNICAL SUBSIDIARY BODIES

OCEAN SCIENCE IN RELATION TO LIVING RESOURCES (OSLR)

IOC-FAO Guiding Group of Experts on Ocean Science in Relation to Living Resources (OSLR)

OCEAN SCIENCE IN RELATION TO NON-LIVING RESOURCES (OSNLR)

IOC-UN/OALOS Guiding Group of Experts on Ocean Science in Relation to Non-Living Resources (OSNLR)

CCOP-IOC Joint Working Group on Post-IDOE Studies of South-East Asian Tectonics and Resources (SEATAR)

CCOP/SOPAC-IOC Joint Working Group on South Pacific Tectonics and Resources (STAR)

OCEAN MAPPING (OM)

Consultative Group on Ocean Mapping (CGOM)

• Central Editorial Board for the Geological/Geophyscial Atlases of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (GAPA)
• Editorial Board for the International Bathymetric Chart of the Mediterranean and overlaySheets (IBCM)
• Editorial Board for the International Bathymetric Chart of the Carribean Sea and Part of the Pacific Ocean off Central America (IBCCA)
• Editorial Board for the Central Eastern Atlantic (IBCEA)
• Editorial Board for the Western Indian Ocean (IBCWIO)

Joint IOC-IHO Guiding Committee for the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO)

• Sub-Committee on Geographical Names and Nomenclature of Ocean Bottom Features
• Sub-Committee on Digital Bathymetry
• Sub-Committee on Technical Problems Relating to the Convention on the Law of the Sea

MARINE POLLUTION RESEARCH AND MONITORING (MPRM)

Committee for the Global Investigation of Pollution in the Marine Enviornment (GIPME)

• IOC-UNEP Group of Experts on Methods, Standards and Intercalibration (GEMSI)
• IOC-IMO-UNEP Group of Experts on Effects of Pollutants (GEEP)
• IOC-IAEA-UNEP Group of Experts on Standards and Reference Materials (GESREM)

GLOBAL OCEAN SERVICES SYSTEM

Joint IOC-WMO Working Committee for the Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS)

• IGOSS Group of Experts on Operations and Technical Applications
• IGOSS Group of Experts on Scientific Matters

OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEMS

International Co-ordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific (ITSU)

Drifting Buoy Co-operation Panel (DBCP)

OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE

Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE)

• Task Team on Remotely Sensed Oceanographic Data
• Task Team on Development of IODE Data Centre Services
• Task Team on Exchange of Marine Geological and Geophysical Data
• Task Team on Marine Biological Data
• Task Team on Oceanographic Data Ouality Control
• Group of Experts on Responsible National Oceanographic Data Centres (RNODCs) and Climate Data Services
• Group of Experts on Technical Aspects of Data Exchange
• Group of Experts on Marine Information Management (MIM)

REGIONAL SUBSIDlARY BODIES

SUB-COMMISSION FOR THE CARIBBEAN AND ADJACENT REGIONS (IOCARIBE)

IOCARIBE Group of Experts on Recruitment in Tropical Coastal Demersal Communities in the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions

IOCARIBE Group of Experts on Marine Pollution Research and Monitoring in the Carribean

IOCARIBE Group of Experts on Physical Oceanography and Climate

 

REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE SOUTHERN OCEAN (IOCSOC)

 

REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC (WESTPAC)

Task Team on the Implementation of IGOSS in the Western Pacific

Task Team on Marine Pollution Research ana Monitoring in the Western Pacific

Task Team on Ocean Science in Relation to Living Resources in the Western Pacific

Group of Experts on Marine Geology and Geophysics in the Western Pacific

REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE CO-OPERATIVE INVESTIGATION IN THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN (IOCINCWIO)

Expert Steering Group for a Regional Project on Oceanographic Conditions in Relation to Living Resources in Western Indian Ocean Coastal Waters

REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE CENTRAL INDIAN OCEAN (IOCINDIO)

 

REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE CENTRAL EASTERN ATLANTIC (IOCEA)

Task Team on the IOCEA Regional Component of GLOSS

Group of Experts on Ocean Science in Relation to Living Resources in the Central Eastern Atlantic

Group of Experts on Ocean Science in Relation to Non-Living Resources in the Central Eastern Atlantic

 

REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE BLACK SEA

 

JOINT IOC-WMO-CPPS WORKING GROUP ON THE INVESTIGATIONS OF EL NINO