With priority placed on exploration of deep waters and the waters of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone, NOAA Ocean Exploration executes its mission to explore the ocean for national benefit by using the latest tools and technology to explore unknown or poorly known areas of our ocean, making discoveries of scientific and economic value. By establishing public, private, and academic partnerships, we work to leverage complementary expertise, produce innovations in exploration tools and capabilities, and enhance the potential for significant new advances in discovery, understanding, action, and inspiration. Our educational and training opportunities inspire members of the general public as well as the next generation of explorers, helping to build the future workforce needed to increase knowledge and understanding of the ocean system and maintain our country’s influence and leadership in an ever-challenging global arena. And to better understand our ocean, NOAA Ocean Exploration is making collected data and information publicly available in increasingly innovative ways, providing a unique and centralized national resource of critical ocean information needed to inform decision-makers on ocean policy issues.
Through these and other activities, NOAA Ocean Exploration is working to broaden ocean understanding fundamental to advancing science and technology, building ocean-related industries, enhancing the Nation’s prosperity and security, and informing policy and decision-making.
