International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

通过伍兹霍尔海洋学研究所提供的持续支助将使美国学术研究界的海洋科学家能够参加国际海洋考察理事会的具体活动。海考会是与海洋科学有关的最重要的政府间组织之一。海考会促进和协调大西洋两岸19个成员国的专家进行的研究。美国自1912年以来一直是成员国（在二战期间和之后休息）。随着渔业和污染等主要实际问题在规模和研究项目上都已成为海洋问题，美国在国际海洋考察理事会中的作用越来越重要。美国国家科学基金会历来支持美国学术界科学家参加国际海洋考察理事会和海洋研究委员会主持的委员会、工作组和科学会议，他们的投入对美国的渔业和海洋研究利益最为有益。通过这一提议，将挑选和资助来自学术研究界的美国科学家参加国际海洋考察理事会2008-2010年的工作组和理事会会议。

Continuing support via the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will permit U.S. ocean scientists in the academic research community to participate in specific activities of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES). ICES is one of the foremost intergovernmental organizations concerned with marine science. ICES promotes and coordinates research by experts within its nineteen member countries on both sides of the Atlantic. The U.S. has been a member since 1912 (with a break during and after WWII). The U.S. role in ICES has become more important with the years, as major practical concerns such as fisheries and pollution have become oceanic in scale and in research programs. NSF has traditionally supported participation of academic U.S. scientists in committees, working groups, and scientific sessions under the auspices of ICES and SCOR, where their input is most beneficial to U.S. fisheries and ocean research interests. Through this proposal U.S. scientists from the academic research community will be selected and funded to attend ICES Working Groups and Statutory Meetings in 2008-2010.