Fleet Improvement Committee
The Fleet Improvement Committee (FIC) works to assure the continuing excellence of the Academic Research Fleet (ARF), to improve the capability and effectiveness of individual ships and to assure that the number, mix and overall capability of ships in the ARF match the science requirements of academic oceanography in the U.S.
UNOLS office contact for FIC: Doug Russell (doug@unols.org) and Alice Doyle (alice@unols.org)