The National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science and the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries have just published a detailed portrait of marine life and ecosystems in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (PMNM) that will help to provide the baseline information called for in the reserve’s management plan, which was finalized in December of 2008. A Marine [...]
Scientists from NCCOS recently returned from their biannual research mission to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, March 1-14, 2009, where they continued to evaluate the health of coral reef resources both inside and outside the boundaries of the Buck Island Reef National Monument and East End Marine Park. With support from NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program, [...]
The NOAA team met February 8-15 with key American Samoa natural resource management agencies to exchange data and conduct dive surveys with the U.S. National Park Service across a range of habitats to characterize both the habitats and associated fauna at representative sites. The next step is to continue to implement the approved project plan, [...]
Scientists from the Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment and managers from the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, in collaboration with counterparts from the Territory of American Samoa, are compiling and analyzing data to complete a biogeographic assessment defining a potential network(s) of marine protected areas in American Samoa. This work is directly linked to [...]
The video shows cutting-edge technologies used to map and monitor the marine environment, to evaluate the effectiveness of the marine protected area. This video won a CINE Golden Eagle Award in 2008. To download the video, visit Buck Island Documentary.
NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science has released a report with updated information to help California sanctuary managers assess whether current strategies are effective. The report “A Biogeographic Assessment off North/Central California: In Support of the National Marine Sanctuaries of Cordell Bank, Gulf of the Farallones and Monterey Bay. Phase II: Environmental Setting and Update [...]
Scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science and the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, working in collaboration with biologists and managers form the Territory of American Samoa, conducted a suite of of “kickoff” meetings to determine how best to implement a biogeographic assessment to define a potential network(s) of marine protected areas in [...]
The National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science completed abundance estimates of queen conch (Strombus gigas) and mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis) abundance for Puerto Rico, St. Croix, and St. John based on outcomes from the Fourteenth SouthEast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR) workshop in March 2007. These estimates will contribute to more robust stock assessments and [...]