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Description:
Title:
Cruise report, coral reef ecosystem research NOAA ship Nancy Foster, NF-11-02 (US STATE DEPARTMENT CRUISE ID: DOS F2010-122) , 19 April 2011 through 7 May 2011
Author(s):
Smith, Ryan H.
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Corporate Name:
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Dates of Publication:
2011
Abstract:
The United States Virgin Islands' (USVI) Grammanik Bank, located to the south of St. Thomas, is the site of a multi-species spawning aggregation for economically important fish including yellowfin grouper, Nassau grouper, tiger grouper, and dog snapper. Fishing pressure at this suspected source of larval recruits prompted the US Caribbean Fishery Management Council (CFMC) in 2005 to close the bank yearly from February to April. A series of banks south of the USVI (St. Thomas and St. John) and the British Virgin Islands (BVI) provide similar habitats and spawning aggregation sites.
Local Corporate Name:
OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
AOML (Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Type of Resource:
Cruise Report
Note:
The United States Virgin Islands' (USVI) Grammanik Bank, located to the south of St. Thomas, is the site of a multi-species spawning aggregation for economically important fish including yellowfin grouper, Nassau grouper, tiger grouper, and dog snapper. Fishing pressure at this suspected source of larval recruits prompted the US Caribbean Fishery Management Council (CFMC) in 2005 to close the bank yearly from February to April. A series of banks south of the USVI (St. Thomas and St. John) and the British Virgin Islands (BVI) provide similar habitats and spawning aggregation sites.
2011
Coral Reef Ecology
Coral Reef Fishes
Hind Bank Marine Conservation District
Grammanik Bank
OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
AOML (Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Submitted
Public Domain
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