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Promoting sustainable use of the

Pacific region's resources since 1972.

About

The Circum-Pacific Council is an international, non-governmental, tax-exempt association of earth scientists, engineers, and oceanographers who represent government, industry, academia, and other organizations and institutes with interests primarily in the Pacific region.

Activities

The CPC's conferences, workshops and projects focus on improving scientific communication and exchange of information about geology and natural resources of the Pacific Basin and surrounding land regions.

 

Directors

The Council’s most valuable resource is the Directors and Officers who bring to the table considerable professional expertise and support. 

News

2026 Conferences

CPC-GeoHab 2026 Eelgrass Workshop

Malta, 11 May 2026

A half-day Circum-Pacific Council (CPC)-GeoHab workshop was convened at the beginning of the GeoHab 2026 Conference in Valetta, Malta to address the latest mapping techniques used in assessing eelgrass and other seafloor flora. 

 Integral/CPC/Wetstone   MBES Training 

Fijian Internal Coastal Mapping Capability and Workforce 

​Suva, Fiji 13-14 November 2026

The South Pacific region is an expansive area with many Small Island Developing State (SIDS) that need technical and practical capacity building to fully evaluate and manage their ocean and island resources.

Urban Sea Systems and Deep-Sea Minerals
Grand Pacific Hotel

Suva, Fiji 16-17 November 2026

The Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources (CPC) in cooperation with the STAR
Network will be convening its third formal annual two-day workshop on deep-sea minerals and the role of
Pacific Islands’ Urban Sea Systems may play in the development of this resource.

2025 Conferences

Mapping Large Segments of a Continental Shelf Margin

A Florida Mapping Initiative 

 Key West, Florida 12 May 2025

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In cooperation with the Florida Geographic Information Office, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and GeoHab, the Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources organized and convened a one-day workshop preceding the opening of GeoHab 2025 in Key West, Florida.

Pacific Island Nations' Role in Development of Energy, Mineral, and Geo-Resources Security through Urban Sea Systems

Suva, Fiji 24-25 November 2025

The CPC in cooperation with the STAR Network held a two-day workshop, sponsored by Integral Consulting, Inc, and Wetstone Global, Inc., to address the regional Pacific Basin interests and concerns about deep-sea minerals and the potential exploitation of these seafloor resources.

contact

SEABED

2030

Seabed 2030 is a global initiative  that will assemble all available bathymetric data to produce the definitive map of the world ocean floor by 2030.

CONTACT US

Secretariat:
J. Vaughn Barrie, Ph.D.
Canadian Geological Survey
Geological Survey of Canada
Pacific Geoscience Centre
8960 West Saanich Road
Sidney, B.C. V81, 4B2, Canada
Tel: (250) 363-6424
Email: vbarrie@nrcan.gc.ca
 

 

Executive Office: 
Center for Habitat Studies
Moss Landing Marine Labs
8272 Moss Landing Road

Moss Landing, CA 95039
Email: herbert.greene@sjsu.edu

https://linkedin.com/company/circum-pacific-council

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