The NFRA (National Federation of Regional Associations) has initiated IOOS (Integrated Ocean Observing System) consisting of 11 regions including ones for the Great Lakes, Caribbean and Pacific Islands.
The link is below, click on your region on the map to the right on the home page.

http://www.usnfra.org/

This information was acquired through Sublegals

http://straylight.primelogic.com/mailman/listinfo/fishlink