Over the past few months, the UNOLS Council and Fleet Improvement Committees have been working on a response for the NSF to evaluate the need on the number of regional class research vessels to be built as part of the UNOLS fleet replacement efforts.

The UNOLS Council said it continues to discuss and research this issue and seeking community views and input.

The UNOLS office will collect the feedback in advance of our Council meeting discussion in October 2014.

Feedback can be sent to the UNOLS office at [email protected].

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