The 4th Focal Points Meeting of CEARAC was held on 8-9 March 2006 in Toyama, Japan. The Focal Points Meeting discussed the workplan and budget for the 2006-2007 biennium, ToRs of FPM and WGs, and new activities. The meeting agreed to submit the revised FPM ToR to the 11 th IGM of NOWPAP and adopted the revised ToRs of WGs with minor changes. Proposal of making a booklet of countermeasures to terminate and mitigate red tides under the activity of WG3 (HAB) and Guidelines for monitoring of eutrophication in coastal area using satellite data under the activity of WG4 (Remote Sensing) were discussed. Furthermore, the activities that CEARAC will implement within MALITA and the report of the State of Marine Environment in the NOWAP region were also discussed. The Northwest Pacific Region Environment Cooperation Center (NPEC) which is a host organization of CEARAC is planning to organize International Workshop on Marine Remote Sensing in the Northwest Pacific region on 1-2 August 2006 in Busan, the Republic of Korea in cooperation with Pukyong National University, to be supported by IOC/WESTPAC, PICES and etc.