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2015 Annual Report

View NOS activities, accomplishments, and milestones during the past Fiscal Year.

I’d like to take a moment to celebrate the outstanding accomplishments across our programs in FY 2015. More than 40 key activities, accomplishments, and milestones appear in the newly released Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Report. View highlights from the year by priority or by program office. Following is a preview of a few of the activities you can read about in the report. In FY 2015, NOS:


W. Russell Callender, Ph.D. 
Acting Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal
Zone Management, National Ocean Service