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Posted on December 13th, 2012 in Biogeographic Assessment, Coral, Ecosystem Management, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning, Protected Species, Seafloor Mapping
NOAA researchers recently published An Integrated Biogeographic Assessment of Reef Fish Populations and Fisheries in Dry Tortugas: Effects of No-take Reserves, an analysis of both biological and socioeconomic changes resulting from the remote Florida marine reserve during its first five years. The report indicates that there seemed to be an early increase in certain fish species within [...]
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Posted on December 6th, 2012 in Biogeographic Assessment, Ecosystem Management, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning, Seafloor Mapping
Staff from the Connecticut Congressional delegation requested a visit from NOAA researchers from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) to discuss recent seafloor mapping efforts and how they can be used in marine spatial planning, as well as general resource management, in Long Island Sound. They provided the delegation with details about NCCOS’s [...]
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Posted on November 15th, 2012 in Biogeographic Assessment, Coral, Ecosystem Management, Marine Spatial Planning, Protected Species, Seafloor Mapping
In October, NOAA scientists and partners collected seafloor photos and videos from over 355 locations around the St. Thomas East End Reserve, and in the Virgin Islands National Park and Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument. These new data will support management practices such as permitting, restoration, fisheries, climate change and scientific research; the depth [...]
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Posted on July 31st, 2012 in Biogeographic Assessment, Ecosystem Management, Marine Spatial Planning, News Clips
Scientists from Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and partner agencies will depart Key West this week aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ship Nancy Foster to map fish spawning sites between Key West and the Dry Tortugas. Data collected on this 10-day research cruise will enhance scientific understanding of fish spawning locations, as [...]
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Posted on July 16th, 2012 in Biogeographic Assessment, Chemical Contaminants, Coastal Pollution, Coral, Ecosystem Management
Following up on last year’s contaminant characterization field mission, scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science recently completed a two-week field mission to the St. Thomas East End Reserve. This year’s mission culminates a two-year effort to develop a baseline understanding of the reserve’s contamination, its toxicity, and also marine resources protected within [...]
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Posted on June 19th, 2012 in Biogeographic Assessment, Coral, Ecosystem Management, Marine Spatial Planning
From June 19-23, researchers from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science will lead a research cruise in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico. The cruise is the seventh of eight planned that will result in the most comprehensive spatial assessment of fish and benthic communities within the sanctuary [...]
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Posted on June 3rd, 2012 in Biogeographic Assessment, Coral, Ecosystem Management, Seafloor Mapping
On May 7-18, scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science and Southeast Fisheries Science Center led a multiagency field mission to conduct the most comprehensive visual fishery-independent characterization of fish and benthic communities around the island of St. Croix USVI to date. The mission was funded by NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program and [...]
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Posted on March 20th, 2012 in Accomplishments, Biogeographic Assessment, Coral, Ecosystem Management, Marine Spatial Planning, Technology Transfer
On March 20, 2012, NOAA and New York’s Department of State jointly announced the release of A Biogeographic Assessment of Seabirds, Deep Sea Corals and Ocean Habitats of the New York Bight. The 2-year study, led by scientists at NCCOS and New York’s Department of State Ocean and Great Lakes Program, will advance New York’s management of its [...]
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