California Current Acidification Network
The California Current Acidification Network (C-CAN) is a collaborative effort between members of the West Coast shellfish industry and scientists to explore what is causing shellfish losses on the Pacific coast, what role ocean acidification and other factors might be playing in this problem, and how to adapt to these changes in order to sustain West coast shellfish resources.
Ocean Acidification Impacts on Shellfish Workshop
The California Current Acidification Network (C-CAN) emerged from the West Coast Ocean Acidification–Shellfish Workshop, held July 7–8, 2010, in Costa Mesa, CA as participants and others interested in ocean acidification agreed on the need to facilitate and enhance communications and research collaborations among scientists, academia, agencies and industry.
Workshop Recommendations:
- A West Coast Ocean Acidification Research Coordination Working Group (C-CAN) should be established to provide recommendations on best practices and standardized research methods to achieve a coordinated network of ocean observations and experimental studies, in order to observe, understand and quantify the evolving threats posed by ocean acidification along the West Coast of the United States.
- A West Coast Ocean Acidification Data Exchange, integrated with IOOS, and consisting of a single website that serves as an entry portal to data and information, should be established to provide easy access to available data sets and information regarding ocean acidification processes affecting West Coast fish and shellfish.
- The proposed NOAA West Coast Ocean Acidification Observing Network should be enhanced and expanded to include sites on the West Coast where in-field biological response studies are conducted.
This website is C-CAN’s first step to facilitate communications and meet the goals of the West Coast Ocean Acidification–Shellfish Workshop. Please bookmark this site and visit it regularly to learn more about OA research activities on the west coast. You can also subscribe to C-CAN News updates by RSS or email, and join the C-CAN Listserv, by visiting our News page.
