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North Pacific Coast Guard Agencies Forum

So you know how there are people whose job it is to help keep us safe when we're in the water, like lifeguards? Well, there are also groups of people who work together to keep entire oceans safe, sort of like a big team. One of these teams is called the North Pacific Coast Guard Agencies Forum.

Basically, this is a group of people who work for different coast guard organizations in a certain part of the world (the North Pacific area) and they all get together to talk about ways that they can work together to keep people safe. They might share ideas about how to rescue people who are lost at sea, or figure out ways to stop boats from doing bad things like polluting the ocean or fishing in the wrong places.

Just like when we play with our friends, it's always more fun to work together and share ideas to make things better. And that's what the North Pacific Coast Guard Agencies Forum does to help protect the ocean and the people who are in it.