IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Régions decided at its 6th session in April 1999 to establish and develop the regional component of the Global Ocean Observing System, IOCARIBE-GOOS. The 29 Member States and its territories comprising Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, France, Grenade, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America and Venezuela of the IOC´s Regional Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (IOCARIBE-UNESCO), have formed a new GOOS Regional Alliance.
| Member | Role | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Geerders
P. Geerders Consultancy |
Netherlands | ||
| Douglas Wilson
Caribbean Wind LLC |
IOCARIBE-GOOS Regional Project Coordinator | United States of America | |
| Arnulfo Sánchez
Autoridad Maritima de Panama |
Panama | ||
| Francisco Brizuela-Venegas
Direccion General de Educacion en Ciencia y Tecnologia del Mar |
Vice-Chair | Mexico | |
| Patricia Wills-Velez
IOC of UNESCO Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions |
Colombia | ||
| Franck A. Audemard
Fundacion Venezolana de Investigaciones Sismologicas |
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | ||
| Bill Proenza
US Dept. of Commerce/NOAA/National Weather Service |
United States of America | ||
| Anthony McKenzie
National Environment and Planning Agency, Jamaica |
Vice-Chair | Jamaica | |
| Ana Lara Dominguez
Instituto de Ecología, A.C. |
Mexico | ||
| Marck Oduber
Aruba National Commission for UNESCO |
Aruba | ||
| Simphor Steve-Michel
Conseil Général de la Martinique |
Martinique | ||
| Bianis Palacios
IOC of UNESCO Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions |
Colombia | ||
| Pedzi Girigori
Meteorological Department Curacao |
Vice-Chair | Netherlands | |
| Bonnie Ponwith
NOAA, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Miami Laboratory |
Chair | United States of America | |
| Angelique Brathwaite
Coastal Zone Management Unit |
Barbados | ||
| Patricia Miloslavich
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research |
United States of America | ||
| Brett Ziter
Third Millennium Alliance |
Ecuador | ||
| Tyler Wilson
IOC of UNESCO Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions |
Canada | ||
| Antonio Rowe
Coastal Zone Management Unit |
Barbados | ||
| Toylan Arneaud
Institute of Marine Affairs |
Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| Alex Palomino Cadena
IOC of UNESCO Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions |
Colombia | ||
| JUAN PABON
IOC of UNESCO Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions |
Colombia |