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**National Ocean Service Program Offices**   NOAAs National Ocean Service is composed of eight program offices. Summary information for each of these offices is provided below.  Program Offices Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services
      Looking  for information on tides? The Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and  Services, also known as “CO-OPS,” is where you want to head. CO-OPS and its  predecessors have gathered tide information along our nation's coasts for over  200 years.
      
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        Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
        Science  provides the foundation for making wise decisions about the use of our ocean  and coastal resources. At the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, scientists are conducting and supporting the research, monitoring, and  assessment needed to help manage coastal ecosystems and society’s use of them.
      
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        Geodetic Survey
        While we may tend to think of the Earth as a round, smooth globe, in reality its shape and surface are quite complex. This complexity provides challenges when trying to determine the latitude, longitude, or elevation of a point on the Earth's surface. Figuring all of this out is part of the science of geodesy. At  the National Ocean Service, geodesy is the business of the National Geodetic  Survey.
      
    Office for Coastal Management
        The Office for Coastal Management helps communities adapt to a changing coast with the delivery of data, tools, and training in the Digital Coast, and through the National Coastal Zone Management Program, the National Estuarine Research Reserves, the Coral Reef Conservation Program, and the National Coastal Resilience Fund. This office builds resilience and ecosystem health with these activities and investments, and grows the next generation of coastal leaders through its fellowship programs.
      
    Office of Coast Survey
        The Office of Coast  Survey (OCS) is the nation's nautical chart maker. OCS collects, manages, and  compiles the data and information necessary to maintain the national suite of  more than 1,000 nautical charts.
        
    Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
      Did you know that around the U.S., there is  a network of marine sanctuaries designed to preserve and protect some of our  nation’s most valuable underwater places? Managed by the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, the national  marine sanctuary system includes 13 sanctuaries and one national monument.
    
 Office of Response and Restoration
        When  oil and chemicals are released into the environment, they are not only  unsightly—they are also harmful to us and to other living things. Within  NOAA, the Office of Response and Restoration is tasked with  providing the science and information needed to support the U.S. Coast Guard  during spills and in coordinating with federal, state, and tribal natural  resource trustees to restore coastal resources damaged by those spills.

    U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System
      When  it comes to monitoring our nation’s ocean, coasts, and Great Lakes, the  U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (U.S. IOOS®) plays a key role. Composed  of partners from federal, regional, private sector, and academic organizations,  IOOS is a network of tools to track, predict, manage, adapt, and respond to changes in  our marine environment in order to protect lives, property, and the  environment.
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