Panel on New Technologies for Observing Marine Life

Chair: Alex Rogers (UK)

Other Panel Members

	Geoff Arnold (UK)	Antonio Pascoal (Portugal)
	Elgar Desa (India)	Heidi Sosik (USA)
	David Farmer (USA)	Song Sun (China-Beijing)
	Gaby Gorsky (France)	Bob Ward (Australia)
	John Gunn (Australia)

Liaisons
Lewis Incze (Gulf of Maine CoML Project)
William Karp (ICES and NOAA)
Ron O'Dor (CoML)
Peter Pissierssens (IOC)
Edward Vanden Berghe (IODE Group of Experts on Biological and Chemical Data Management and Exchange Practices)

Sponsor: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Date Approved: 2004

Terms of Reference

To review the Census of Marine Life (CoML) Research Plan and make recommendations about technologies that could be applied to CoML projects.
To communicate with CoML project leaders on a regular basis to discuss project technology needs.
To identify and bring to the attention of the international community of fisheries scientists, marine biologists and others, the potential benefits of emerging technologies in the detection of marine life.
To explore the relative merits of different technologies and identify those that deserve further research based on their potential for making significant contributions to the detection of marine life.
To summarize the Panel’s discussions on its Web site and in published articles, so as to make it as widely available as possible.

Panel Meetings:
#1--Goa, India - Meeting Recommendations and Summary
14-16 February 2005

#2--Frankfurt, Germany - Meeting Recommendations and Summary
6 November 2005

#3--Kobe, Japan - Meeting Summary
18-20 October 2006

#4--Auckland, New Zealand - Meeting Summary

17 November 2007

Other Meetings:

Geolocation Methods Workshop - Meeting Report (in preparation)

5-6 October 2007

San Sebastián, Spain

Other Reports:

Other Links:

Web site of SCOR Working Group 118 on New Technologies for Observing Marine Life - This site includes a wealth of information from WG 118's meetings, including technical presentations on different technologies.
CoML Web site Technology Section - This site includes descriptions and pictures of many technologies that are currently being used to observe marine life.

Questions or Comments?
Please contact SCOR.