Making the connection between healthy inshore habitat and offshore fisheries
Around the country NOAA Fisheries is supporting innovative research to improve the use of habitat information in fisheries management. A recent article by Pew Charitable Trusts highlights the importance of this research to marine fisheries. Learn more about the NOAA Fisheries Habitat Science Program by clicking here.
Habitat Science
Habitat science is the study of relationships among species and their environment. Habitat science and assessments provide essential scientific advice to resource managers on the current status and future trends of marine habitats utilized by living marine resources.
Large Marine Ecosystems
In cooperation with the University of Rhode Island, NOAA developed the Large Marine Ecosystem (LME) concept over 30 years ago as model to implement ecosystem approaches to assessing, managing, recovering, and sustaining LME resources and environments.
Fisheries and the Environment (FATE)
Fisheries and the Environment (FATE) is a research program that advances the understanding of environmental impacts on living marine resources and utilizes this information to improve stock assessments, to improve ecosystem assessments, and to advance ecosystem-based approaches to fisheries management.
Ocean Acidification
The ocean absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere which results in seawater becoming more acidic (lower pH).
Plankton Data & Visualization
The Coastal & Oceanic Plankton Ecology, Production, & Observation Database (COPEPOD) is a global database of zooplankton and phytoplankton abundance, biomass, and composition data offered in raw, compilation, and gridded product forms.
Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management
NOAA strives to adopt an ecosystem-based approach throughout its broad ocean and coastal stewardship, science, and service programs. The goal of ecosystem-based management is to maintain ecosystems in a healthy, productive, and resilient condition so they can provide the services humans want and need.
