https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/conduit/upload/5182/KeywordsCommunityGuide_Baseline_v1_SIGNED_FINAL.pdf 23.6 2026-03-19T10:41:57.720Z https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/KeywordViewer/scheme/projects/09b90cb0-9fb6-4941-9c4f-ac0bf755a76e FOCI Date=2023-09-22 User Id=sritz Entity=Definition Operation=UPDATE Field=reference System Note=update Definition New Value=https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/foci/, https://apps-afsc.fisheries.noaa.gov/Quarterly/ond2003/divrptsRACE3.htm Date=2023-09-22 User Id=sritz Entity=Definition Operation=UPDATE Field=text System Note=update Definition Old Value=FOCI is a collection of NOAA research programs attempting to understand the influence of environment on the abundance of various commercially valuable fish and shellfish stocks in Alaskan waters and their role in the ecosystem. FOCI comprises a number of programs: Shelikof Strait FOCI, Bering Sea FOCI, and Southeast Bering Sea Carrying Capacity, Arctic Research Initiative, West Coast GLOBEC, NSF Inner Front Study, and North Pacific Marine Research Program. Shelikof Strait FOCI and Bering Sea FOCI examine a specific species of fish, walleye pollock Theragra chalcogramma. Southeast Bering Sea Carrying Capacity takes a broader view of the ecosystem of the southern Bering Sea shelf. Other programs address scientific themes that directly relate to FOCI research. Research is conducted by personnel at two NOAA laboratories in Seattle, Washington (the National Marine Fisheries Service's Alaska Fisheries Science Center and the Office of Oceanographic and Atmospheric Research's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory), and by scientists at the University of Alaska and other academic and research institutes. For more information, link to "http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/foci/overview.html" New Value=FOCI (Fisheries Oceanography Coordinated Investigations) is a joint research program between the Alaska Fisheries Science Center (NOAA/National Marine Fisheries/AFSC) and the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (NOAA/Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research/PMEL). The program was established by NOAA in 1984 to study relationships between the marine environment and the survival of commercially valuable fish in the western Gulf of Alaska. Walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) was the first fish species examined in these studies. Since the inception of the program, the scope has evolved to encompass study of the ecosystems of the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea with the goals of improving understanding of ecosystem dynamics and applying that understanding to the management of marine resources. Date=2023-09-22 User Id=sritz Entity=AltLabel Operation=UPDATE Field=text System Note=update AltLabel Old Value=Fisheries Oceanography Cooperative Investigation New Value=Fisheries-Oceanography Coordinated Investigations FOCI (Fisheries Oceanography Coordinated Investigations) is a joint research program between the Alaska Fisheries Science Center (NOAA/National Marine Fisheries/AFSC) and the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (NOAA/Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research/PMEL). The program was established by NOAA in 1984 to study relationships between the marine environment and the survival of commercially valuable fish in the western Gulf of Alaska. Walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) was the first fish species examined in these studies. Since the inception of the program, the scope has evolved to encompass study of the ecosystems of the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea with the goals of improving understanding of ecosystem dynamics and applying that understanding to the management of marine resources. 2023-09-22 17:26:37.0