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The ICPO consists of two offices, hosted by China and India, and contract staff, supported by the USA. Overall management and coordination of the ICPO is the responsibility of the ICPO Executive Director who also acts as the primary interface with the CLIVAR SSG co-chairs and the Director, WCRP. The Executive Director is assisted by a Deputy Executive Director.

舟山市水產研究所是專門從事水產技術研究、應用開發及推廣為主的公益性科研機構，另設  “ 舟山市水生動物防疫檢疫中心” 和浙江省海洋開發研究院水產養殖技術研究推廣中心......

In 1997 acknowledging the need for better ocean observations and ocean forecasts and with the scientific and technical opportunity that readily available satellite data had delivered, the Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GODAE) was initiated to lead the way in establishing global operational oceanography.