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The entire Micronesian Conservation Coalition (MCC) Marine Island Ecology Course (MIEC) class and community members, including Chief James Limar of the Gilman community (top center), with their Backyard Buoy in Yap, FSM. Credit: Yap Divers.

Making Waves: Yapese Students Join Community-led Backyard Buoy Deployment

Posted July 23, 2026

Above: The entire MIEC class and community members, including Chief James Limar of the Gilman community (top center), with their Backyard Buoy. Credit: Yap Divers. The Micronesian Conservation Coalition...

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PacIOOS is the first regional association that was certified as a Regional Information Coordination Entity (RICE) by the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). Certification provides NOAA and its interagency partners a means to verify that a regional association’s organizational and operational practices, including data management, meet recognized and established standards set by NOAA.