MARINE ECOSYSTEMS DIVISION
(ST7) - Areas of emphasis
Fisheries
Oceanography
The Division supports the agency's scientific mission
to better understand the influence of the environment
on living marine resources in order to improve management. |
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Ecosystem Approaches to Fisheries
Management
The Division develops and promotes new science
and policy approaches that integrate physical & biological
factors for the management of fisheries in an ecosystem
context.
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Ocean Observing
Systems
The Division supports the agency's long-term
needs for scientific information by supporting
NOAA's Ecosystem goal, Ecosystem Observing Program
(EOP) and by helping design and implement ocean
observing systems at appropriate regional, national,
and global scales.
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Climate
The Division supports the agency�s need for
better information about the influence of climate
variability on marine ecosystems, fisheries and
the fishing community.
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Coastal Ecosystems
The Division supports efforts to understand coastal
ecosystems, including essential fish habitats and coral
reefs and the effects of anthropogenic disturbances on
them.
International
Marine Ecosystem Science
The Division tracks, promotes, and participates
in international efforts to advance the understanding
of coastal and marine ecosystems and fisheries.
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Habitat science,
restoration science, habitat mapping, and science support
for EFH
The Division supports the agency�s needs to map
and assess habitat, including essential fish habitat,
and to understand functional relationships between
habitat and Living Marine Resource (LMR) productivity.
Marine mammal science, sea
turtle science, salmon science, science support for
ESA, MMPA and other species of concern
The Division supports the agency�s need for
science that underpins the effective recovery,
conservation and management of protected living
marine resources.
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