LONG-TERM MONITORING PROGRAM
Overview In the spring of 2013, NPRB formalized a program for long-term monitoring projects that aid in understanding marine ecosystem variability and the effect of this variability on subsistence and/or commercial marine resources. NPRB dedicated an initial $400,000 per year for five years ($2,000,000 total) to this program. Three proposals were approved for funding by the Board in May 2014, and the funding for these projects was renewed for another five-year term in May 2018. The overall goal of NPRB’s Long-term Monitoring (LTM) Program is to support new or existing time-series research that enhances the ability to understand the current state of the marine ecosystem and support efforts attempting to predict future ecosystem states in response to changing ocean conditions. Projects funded under this program are required to take a collaborative approach with at least three partnering organizations involved in supporting the project and, whenever possible, share provisional, interim data in real (or near-real) time. At minimum, data collected through these projects must be made publicly available within six months of collection.
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