i) to foster Western Australian co-operation on, and contribute to, international planning and implementation of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS);

ii) to identify Western Australian priorities for operational oceanography and to promote the development of scientific, technology and computer systems for operation oceanography and assess the economic and social benefits from operational oceanography;

iii) to develop policies for the furtherance of GOOS and to co-ordinate the best Western Australian participation in GOOS, identifying where greatest value is added by collaboration;

iv) to promote collaboration between existing Australian agencies, programmes, organisations, and initiatives having expertise in oceanography, operational systems, and remote sensing of the ocean;

v) to provide, as appropriate, expertise, working groups, workshops, consultants, etc., to the GOOS Steering Committee and I-GOOS and the international sponsor agencies of GOOS and to collaborate with other regional GOOS organisations;

vi) to co-operate as appropriate with organisations concerned with climate change, global environmental research, and the impacts of climate variability and climate change;

vii) to publish findings of meetings, workshops, studies, and other documents commissioned by the WAGOOS Members, joint representation at and submission of documents to international meetings related to GOOS,

viii) to co-ordinate GOOS data acquisition with existing WA and national data gathering under agreements and conventions relating to pollution monitoring, marine meteorology, navigation and safety at sea;

ix) to promote the development of Australian regional and local operational oceanography, taking into account the coastal and ocean components of GOOS;

x) to promote the development of common Australian operational data procedures and services, including data quality control and data management for operational oceanography;

xi) to promote the research and pre-operational research which will solve problems relating to operational oceanography;

xii) to promote the development of common infrastructure and to promote major systems or capital installations required to support Western Australian operational oceanography;xiv) to promote pilot studies in GOOS operations, local, regional, or global;

xiv) to promote the development of common Western Australian operational oceanographic services and products of maximum value to Western Australian governments and agencies, the furtherance of Western Australian industries and service companies, and the protection of the environment and health in the Western Australian coastal and shelf seas;

xv) to promote the development of low cost efficient operational instrumentation, observing systems, and data acquisition systems;

xvi) to support operational oceanography and services in collaboration with public and private sector organisations and programmes in Australia concerned with ocean technology;

xvii) to promote collaboration with space agencies and remote sensing scientists and engineers so as to ensure optimum integration of both in situ and remote sensed data in operational oceanography;

xvii) to promote aid, technology transfer, and collaboration with developing countries within the framework of GOOS;

xix) to promote collaboration between Western Australian institutes and agencies in providing aid and assistance to developing countries for operational oceanography, and the necessary capacity building.