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Organization:
CIMRS is administered through the OSU Research Office with oversight
from an Executive
Board made up of members from the participating organizations
under the terms of a Memorandum of Understanding between OSU and
NOAA/NMFS. A Science
Advisory Council gives input on research directions, progress,
and policy to the Director.
Mission Statement:
The Cooperative Institute for Marine Resources Studies (CIMRS) was
established in 1982 to foster collaborative research between Oregon
State University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) in fisheries science, aquaculture, oceanography, marine-resource
technology and related fields. The present day CIMRS partnership
brings university scientists together with scientists from NOAA's
NW Fisheries Science Center, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, and
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory to work on problems of mutual
interest relating to the living and non-living components of the
marine environment and their interrelationships. CIMRS mission is
also to improve the effectiveness of teaching in the disciplines
associated with broadly based marine studies including but not limited
to biological, ecological, economic, and social aspects. Based at
the Hatfield Marine Science Center it seeks to provide an atmosphere
which will facilitate collaborative research and the exchange of
ideas among scientists associated with the cooperating institutions
and visiting from other organizations to increase their collective
productivity and the application of their findings. |
