California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations

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CalCOFI cruise dates are subject to change so check back often

• CalCOFI 1001NM: 12 Jan - 6 Feb 2010 on SIO R/V New Horizon. Departs San Diego, returns to San Diego.  Loading days: 7-11 Jan 2010.
  
• CalCOFI 1004MF Leg 1: 23 Mar - 10 Apr 2010 on NOAA R/V Miller Freeman. Departs San Diego, Offloads Morro Bay
  
• CalCOFI 1004MF Leg 2: 11 Apr - 23 Apr 2010 on NOAA R/V Miller Freeman.  Departs Morro Bay, Offloads San Diego
  
• CalCOFI 1004MF Leg 3: 27 Apr - 17 May 2010 on NOAA R/V Miller Freeman. Departs San Diego, Offloads Port Hueneme.
• CalCOFI 1008NM: 30 Jul - 17 Aug 2010 on SIO R/V New Horizon. Loading days 27 - 29 Jul 2010.
  
• CalCOFI 1010NM: 21 Oct - 7 Nov 2010 on SIO R/V New Horizon. Loading days 18-20 Oct 2010.

CalCOFI Report Vol 50, 2009 (Complete report pdf; individual pdf links below)
Symposium: Copepod Species Richness as an Indicator of Long-term Changes in the Coastal Ecosystem of the Northern California Current.
I. Reports, Reviews, and Publications

• Report of the CalCOFI Committee
• Review of Selected California Fisheries for 2008: Coastal Pelagic Finfish,Market Squid,Ocean Salmon,Groundfish, California Spiny Lobster, Spot Prawn,White Seabass, Kelp Bass, Thresher Shark,Skates and Rays, Kellet’ s Whelk and Sea Cucumber
• The State of the California Current, Spring 2008-2009: Cold Conditions Drive Regional Differences. Sam McClatchie, Ralf Goericke, Franklin B. Schwing, Steven J . Bograd,William T . Peterson, Robert Emmett, Richard Charter ,William Watson, Nancy Lo, Kevin Hill, Curtis Collins,Mati Kahru, B. Greg Mitchell, J . Anthony Koslow, Jose Gomez-Valdes , Bertha E. Lavaniegos, Gilberto Gaxiola-Castro, Jon Gottschalk, Michelle L’Heureux, Yan Xue,Marlenne Manzano-Sarabia, Eric Bjorkstedt, Stephen Ralston, John Field, Laura Rogers-Bennett, Lisa Munger , Greg Campbell, Karlina Merkens, Dominique Camacho, Andrea Havron, Annie Douglas and John Hildebrand
• Publications

Since 1949, hydrographic and biological data of the California Current System have been collected on CalCOFI cruises.  The 60+ year hydrographic time-series includes temperature, salinity, oxygen and phosphate observations.  In 1961, nutrient analysis expanded to include silicate, nitrate and nitrite; in 1973, chlorophyll was added; in 1984, C14 primary productivity incubations were added.
These data are available on the CalCOFI website as:

• 1949-2009 CalCOFI Hydrographic Data Query Form (http://db.calcofi.net/index.html) - search 60 years of time-series data by entering specific criteria such as date-time, CalCOFI Line and/or Station, cruise, and depth. Query results display in tabular form in your web browser and may be exported (downloaded) in doc, csv, xls, & xml formats. This online version of cast & bottle data have been combined into a single database table to make queries a single operation. Some data columns are not yet queriable online (primary productivity depth data, for example) but all data presented are published, final data. For a complete version of the hydrographic database, download the MS Access database or Sql versions listed below. For integrated data queries such as ichthyoplankton + hydrographic data, try DataZoo.
• Database - Mar 1949 - Jul 2009 (ver 17Dec09: CalCOFI_Bottle_Data_1949-200907.zip) hydrographic bottle data report (IEH data + published Data Report data); Microsoft Access format
  • Csv - (CalCOFI_Bottle_Data_1949-200907_csvs.zip; updated 17 Dec 2009) bottle and station information csvs used to create the Access database. Seabird-software processed CTD 1m binavg data combined with and corrected by bottle data in comma-separated-values format.
  • Sql - (calcofi_iehdata_194903-200907SQL.zip) a sql dump of the web version of the database (from phpadmin/mysql).

• Downloadable Bottle (IEH-format) ascii files (1949-2009). two versions: (YY=year, MM=month)

	Scripps Institution of Oceanography CalCOFI Group, Integrative Oceanography Division CCE-LTER  - Long-Term Ecological Research Network Marine Mammals Acoustics Group, MPL
	NOAA - National Marine Fisheries Science Southwest Fisheries Science Center
	California Department of Fish & Game Marine Region
	CCE-LTER: California Current Ecosystem CCE-LTER at SIO LTER Network
See our Affilates page for more information and other contributors.

The California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) are a unique partnership of the California Department of Fish and Game, the NOAA Fisheries Service and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The organization was formed in 1949 to study the ecological aspects of the collapse of the sardine populations off California. Today our focus has shifted to the study of the marine environment off the coast of California, the management of its living resources, and monitoring the indicators of climate change. CalCOFI conducts quarterly cruises off southern & central California, collecting a suite of hydrographic and biological data on station and underway.  Data collected at depths down to 500 m include: temperature, salinity, oxygen, phosphate, silicate, nitrate and nitrite, chlorophyll, transmissometer, PAR, C14 primary productivity, phytoplankton biodiversity, zooplankton biomass, and zooplankton biodiversity. Ancillary data collected include continuous underway sea surface & meterological measurements (SCIMS); Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) data; the Continuous Underway Fish Egg Sampler (CUFES, winter & spring); trace metals; sediments; MOCNESS net sampling;  bio-optics; PCO2 air-sea interface, and atmospheric measurements. Marine mammal and sea bird visual surveys are conducted during transits between stations as well as marine mammal acoustics recording.

Please check the Volunteering web page on calcofi.org for 2010 cruise dates & opportunities.

Interested in participating in an oceanographic cruise? CalCOFI cruises are staff by personnel from the three supporting agencies: NMFS/NOAA, IOD/SIO, & CDF&G. Volunteers are often recruited to help deploy equipment, collect data, and draw and analyze samples.

General criterias are:

• sea-worthiness (some experience at sea or seasickness awareness);
• good health;
• scientific interest or background;
• ability to follow detailed instructions carefully;
• ability to work safely on an oceanographic cruise.
• availability - most cruises are 16 - 18 days .
• ability to work a 12hr watch (noon to midnight or midnight to noon)

Additional information is available in the CalCOFI Handbook. If you are interested in participating contact the Volunteer Coordinator This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.