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CalCOFI 75th Anniversary TimelineThis timeline has been created to commemorate the many historical events of CalCOFI from the past 75 years. Many of these pivotal moments have gone on to have greater impacs in our community and world. We hope you enjoy reviewing the many wonderful things CalCOFI has achieved over its 75 years thus far!https://drive.google.com/file/d/13pt6HEWq5GMhP0Ijr_zWBtAoS3d6DQRO/view?usp=sharingImage from '67 CalCOFI Reporthttps://calcofi.com/images/stories/CalCOFIest1949Blue.pngtitle
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19491949Start of CalCOFIIn a response to Pacific Sardine collapse, the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) program was created to determine the true cause of sardine stock fluctuations.CalCOFI has since shifted its focus to the study of marine environment off the coast of California, the management of its living resources, and monitoring the indicators of El Niño and climate change. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bN7R1xqoBZRU02fYB4CnzxALTtNdZUTx/view?usp=sharingCalCOFI logo#333333
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19551955North Pacific (NORPAC) ProjectThe August 1955 cruise was part of the NORPAC Project, the the largest oceanographic program ever conducted at the time. The project was made up of participants from Japan, Canada, and the United States. The fleet consisted of 19 ships (11 from Japan, 1 from Canada, and 7 from the US) and approximately 55,000 miles were sailed - one Sixteenth of the surface of the globe was covered in this cruise! The NORPAC project achieved the collection of a rapid and intense survey over a short period of time. An interesting finding of the NORPAC project was that jack mackerel spawning extended to the northernmost part of the CalCOFI area and well offshore. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ggfJegt8fTwOKSofGc0lk51aOw2PAiMa/view?usp=sharingThe shaded area is the region usually covered by CalCOFI in August cruises.
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19571958A year of a changing Pacific OceanDramatic changes took place in the Pacific oean from 1957- 1958. Across the Eastern Northern Pacific, water temperatures rose as much as 3 degrees celsius higher than average temperatures. This year was later revealed to be one of the strongest El Niño events on record. This was the first real recognition of the importance and broad effects of ENSO, which has come to be understood as one of the leading climate drivers of ecosystem change in the California Current, broader Pacific and beyond.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k9cdNFqgwV4LvODuTa2SelaPqBMKGBnP/view?usp=sharingThirty day mean sea surface temperatures at Christmas Island station.
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19931993CalCOFI implements CTD hydrographic samplingThe "hanging bottles on the wire" method was replaced by a 24- 10 liter bottle CTD-rosette.The 4 extra bottles are used for colleting extra seawater for NCOG, DIC, LTER or primary productivity samples.https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jq-3dK6g_AUwqBKjESt5-bJyF0D5XoXU/view?usp=sharing
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20042004CalCOFI adds 9 nearshore stations to the standard 66 station patternIn July of 2004, nine 20 meter nearshore stations originally supported by SCCOOS (Southern California Coastal Ocean Observation System) were added to the standard 66 CalCOFI stations to enhance observations in the coastal, state waters. The addition of these nine stations have been added to today's standard CalCOFI sampling grid. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SvDc6xFuyd7W0yr-bY-QFgpWSqTRTcIP/view?usp=sharing
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20202020First all female CalCOFI cruiseIn July of 2020, CalCOFI made history, setting sail with its first ever all- female science party. The crew boarded R/V Sally Ride, a vessel named after the first woman to ever go to Space. The CalCOFI teams made more female history just 30 years after Sally Ride's trip to space. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1StEDg3h84oZDPEKCH7sZoS35tpCuQoKU/view?usp=sharingThe all female science party aboard R/V Sally Ride