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Description:
Title:
Surveys of abandoned vessels : American Samoa
Author(s):
Boring, Christine Lord.
Helton, Doug.
Zelo, Ian Joseph.
Kolinski, Steven P.
United States, National Ocean Service., Office of Response and Restoration.
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
National Park Marine Debris Monitoring Program (U.S.)
Corporate Name:
United States, National Ocean Service., Office of Response and Restoration.
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
National Park Marine Debris Monitoring Program (U.S.)
Dates of Publication:
2006
Abstract:
In 1999, the U.S. Coast Guard, NOAA, and the Commonwealth of American Samoa began a collaborative effort to address nine abandoned fishing vessels on a reef in Pago Pago, American Samoa. These vessels were a public nuisance and posed an array of threats, including pollution, public health, and physical crushing of coral habitats. Using the combined authorities of the three agencies, the vessels were cleaned, cut apart, and removed from the reef, and the grounding sites were restored. This experience, combined with increasing agency concerns about the decline of coral habitats from a variety of causes, led NOAA and others to inquire whether abandoned vessels may be causing significant harm to coral habitats elsewhere"--P. 6.
Keywords:
Coral reef conservation
Environmental aspects
Habitat (Ecology)
Reef ecology
Shipwrecks
Underwater archaeology
Place Keywords:
American Samoa
Local Corporate Name:
NOS (National Ocean Service)
ORR (Office of Response and Restoration)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Type of Resource:
Miscellaneous
Note:
In 1999, the U.S. Coast Guard, NOAA, and the Commonwealth of American Samoa began a collaborative effort to address nine abandoned fishing vessels on a reef in Pago Pago, American Samoa. These vessels were a public nuisance and posed an array of threats, including pollution, public health, and physical crushing of coral habitats. Using the combined authorities of the three agencies, the vessels were cleaned, cut apart, and removed from the reef, and the grounding sites were restored. This experience, combined with increasing agency concerns about the decline of coral habitats from a variety of causes, led NOAA and others to inquire whether abandoned vessels may be causing significant harm to coral habitats elsewhere"--P. 6.
2006
NOS (National Ocean Service)
ORR (Office of Response and Restoration)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Library
Public Domain
1936
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