NANOOS and the larger IOOS community it represents are poised to make critical contributions to the new CMSP frameworks, policies and plans being developed in Washington and Oregon as well as future regional planning efforts, including those established under the national CMSP framework. NANOOS’s priority areas of Ecosystem Assessment, Fisheries and Biodiversity, Maritime Operations, Coastal Hazards and Climate are directly relevant to CMSP concerns and will benefit from an overarching CMSP perspective. NANOOS is engaged with regional CMSP efforts by supporting needs assessments, participating in regional coordination projects, and facilitating discussions to identify objectives and tasks that take advantage of NANOOS's specific strengths to complement those of other CMSP partners. NANOOS has become an important regional partner through its distinct role coordinating marine monitoring, providing data access through innovative products and services, and maintaining outreach with stakeholders and resource managers.

CMSP activities that NANOOS is participating in include:

• Maintain the monitoring asset inventory to provide information about the spatial footprint of coastal and marine research in the Pacific Northwest.
• Collaborate with other IOOS West Coast Regional Associations (CeNCOOS and SCCOOS), the West Coast Coastal Atlas community, and Integrated Ecosystem Assessment regional leads (including the South Slough NERR), to integrate shared goals and efforts that support efforts aimed at the regional implementation of the National Ocean Council’s and the West Coast Governors’ Agreement on Ocean Health (WCGA) CMSP goals.
• Develop maps and spatial assessments synthesizing temporally dynamic marine water habitats and key oceanographic processes, and make such data readily accessible to decision makers, planners, stakeholders, and support staff at agencies.
• Facilitate regional CMSP data discovery and interoperability efforts that are informed by national priorities and IOOS resources while serving regional needs. This effort includes active support for the emerging local and regional data networks: the Oregon Coastal and Marine Data Network (Workshop report) and the West Coast Regional Data Network.
• Assist in the Washington and Oregon CMSP priority area of marine renewable energy by supporting the development guidelines for baseline oceanographic observations and create and distribute useful data-analysis products to decision makers and stakeholders.