NOAA Ocean Exploration Program Reviews

• Summary Report of the Program Review of the NOAA Ocean Exploration Program (2020, pdf)
  • NOAA Ocean Exploration Response (pdf)
• Ocean Exploration’s Second Decade: A Report from the NOAA Science Advisory Board (December 2012)
• NOAA Response to: Ocean Exploration’s Second Decade: A Decadal Independent Review of the U.S. Ocean Exploration Program (March 2014)

National Ocean Exploration Forum Reports
More about the National Ocean Exploration Forums

• National Ocean Exploration Forum 2018: All Hands on Deck (pdf)
• National Ocean Exploration Forum 2017: Ocean Exploration in a Sea of Data (pdf)
• National Ocean Exploration Forum 2016: Beyond the Ships 2020-2025 (pdf)
• National Ocean Exploration Forum Report 2015 (pdf)
• National Ocean Exploration Forum Report 2014 (pdf)
• The Report of Ocean Exploration 2020 National Forum Report (2013, pdf)

Annual Reports: New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration

• New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration: The E/V Nautilus, NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, and R/V Falkor 2020 Field Season 
• New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration: The E/V Nautilus, NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, and R/V Falkor 2019 Field Season 
• New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration: The E/V Nautilus, NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, and R/V Falkor 2018 Field Season 
• New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration: The E/V Nautilus, NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, and R/V Falkor 2017 Field Season 
• New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration: The E/V Nautilus, NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, and R/V Falkor 2016 Field Season 
• New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration: The E/V Nautilus and NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer 2015 Field Season 

Miscellaneous Resources

• Report on the Workshop to Identify National Ocean Exploration Priorities in the Pacific (2020, pdf)
• Summary of the 2019 White House Summit on Partnerships in Ocean Science & Technology (November 2019, pdf, archived from the Trump administration)
• An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century: Final Report of the U. S. Commission on Ocean Policy (2004, pdf)
• Excerpt: Building a National Ocean Exploration Program (pdf)
• Exploration of the Seas: Voyage Into the Unknown (National Research Council 2003)
• Discovering Earth’s Final Frontier: A U.S. Strategy for Ocean Exploration — The  Report of the President ’s Panel for Ocean Exploration (2000, pdf)

More NOAA Ocean Exploration Publications and Reports