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NCCOS spatial ecologists are supporting the decision process to establish a new shrimp fishery access area

image of fish swimming near colony of Oculina varicosa, a deep water, branching coral that forms exclusively along the east coast of Florida.

NCCOS spatial ecologists have extensive expertise in analyzing and interpreting seafloor mapping data to characterize the seafloor and potential distribution of benthic habitats. This expertise was recently used to support a South Atlantic Fishery Management Council decision process in their effort to potentially establish a new shrimp fishery access area within the Atlantic Ocean. https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/providing-mapping-guidance-and-data-analysis-for-a-proposed-shrimp-fishery-access-area/