ResourcePalmyra BIOMapper
The Palmyra BIOMapper is a fully interactive, online feature designed to let users explore benthic habitat mapping data from the Benthic Habitat Mapping of Palmyra Atoll project. This portal contains a comprehensive collection of data, including aerial im...
ResourceNCCOS Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment: Biogeography Branch
"The Biogeography Branch conducts research, monitoring, mapping and assessments of the Nation's marine ecosystems as a part of NOAAs National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), the Center for Coastal Monitoring and As...
ResourceNCCOS Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment: COAST (Coastal Ocean Assessments, Status, and Trends)
"The Coastal and Oceanographic Assessment, Status and Trends (COAST) Branch is part of NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science in the Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), located in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. The goal of COAST...
ResourceCurrent SE Asia bleaching event and response
"CRCP scientists have joined an international team of researchers to assess the ecological, social, and economic impacts on sites and communities from the current coral bleaching event in the greater Coral Triangle region. Local partners in Thailand, Mala...
ResourceMajuro BIOMapper
"The Majuro, Marshall Islands BIOMapper, is a fully interactive, online feature designed to let users explore benthic habitat mapping data. This portal contains a comprehensive collection of data, including satellite imagery, benthic habitat shapefiles, g...
ResourceNational Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring Program - Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring Grants
The National Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring Program (NCREMP), as authorized under the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 (16 USC 6401-6409), provides annual funding to Governor-appointed point of contact agencies in support of local shallow-water coral ...
ResourceNational Marine Protected Areas Center
The National Marine Protected Areas Center focuses on forging partnerships and serving as a resource for information about the nation's MPAs. The MPA Center is housed within NOAA and works closely with the Department of the Interior and other federal agen...
ResourceOffice for Coastal Management (OCM)
"NOAA's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM) and the Coastal Services Center (CSC) joined forces in 2014 to become the new Office for Coastal Management (OCM). The basic missions of the two programs remain intact, but the new organizatio...
ResourceNational Marine Sanctuaries
NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary Program serves as the trustee for the nation's system of marine sanctuaries, four of which contain coral reefs. The purpose of the program is to conserve, protect, and enhance the biodiversity, ecological integrity, and cu...
ResourceSanctuary has healthiest coral reef system
"NOAA National Ocean Service recently released a report detailing a comprehensive study of the fish communities and habitats of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, located off the coasts of Texas and Louisiana. Researchers from the National...