Proceedings 2021/054

Proceedings of the zonal advisory meeting of the Twenty-third Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program (AZMP); March 25-26, 2021

Chairperson: Peter S. Galbraith

Editors: Jean-Luc Shaw and Peter S. Galbraith

Summary

The Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program (AZMP) was implemented in 1998 with the aim of collecting and analyzing the biological, chemical, and physical field data that are necessary to:

1. Characterize and understand the causes of oceanic variability at the seasonal, inter-annual, and decadal time-scales;
2. Provide multidisciplinary data sets that can be used to establish relationships among biological, chemical, and physical variables; and
3. Provide adequate data to support the sound development of ocean activities.

AZMP scientists usually meet annually to review the activities of the Program and assess business, operational and logistic issues that need regional/zonal intervention, or that must be brought to the attention of the DFO Atlantic Science Directors’ Committee. The year 2009 marked the 10th anniversary of ocean observation by AZMP. In March 2010 AZMP scientists initiated an effort to synthesize and integrate the oceanographic conditions observed in the Atlantic Zone since 1999 to identify trends or changes and to provide a critical assessment of the information available. In 2014 the Atlantic Zone Offshore Monitoring Program (AZOMP) began providing an overview of the oceanographic conditions in the Labrador Sea. In 2019 aspects of ocean acidification were included. In 2021 the AZMP scientists reconvened by teleconference on March 25 and 26th with limited scope compared to usual face-to-face annual meetings to review oceanographic conditions that prevailed in 2020 within the zone and draft a summary as a Science Advisory Report.

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