5-Year Reviews for 15 Species of Indo-Pacific Corals Listed under the Endangered Species Act
Under section 4(c)(2) of the Endangered Species Act, we are required to conduct a review of all listed species at least once every 5 years to assess whether the current listing status remains accurate. Fifteen species of Indo-Pacific corals were listed un...
Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary condition report : 2010-2022
Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (GFNMS) was designated in 1981 and expanded to its current size of 3,295 square miles in 2015. GFNMS is located off the California coast, extending west of southern Mendocino, Sonoma, Marin, San Francisco, and ...
International trade in coral and coral reef species: the role of the United States
Presently, hundreds of thousands of kilograms of hard corals and live rock, and 15 to 20 million coral reeffishes are traded each year for use in marine aquaria - over 1000 different species are in the trade. Localized depletion of certain species due to ...
Updated Blacktip Shark Abundance Indices from NMFS Bottom Longline Surveys in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
The Southeast Fisheries Science Center Mississippi Laboratories (MSLABS) has conducted standardized bottom longline surveys in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and U.S. South Atlantic Ocean since 1995. In addition to the annual survey, in 2011, the Congress...
A Collaboration to Conserve Our Coral Reefs: Highlights of a12-year partnership between The Nature Conservancy, NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, and U.S. Coral Reef Jurisdictions
The Nature Conservancy, NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, and seven U.S. coral reef jurisdictions completed a $16.5 million, 12-year partnership to support the effective management and protection of coral reefs. Efforts focus on building the capacity ...
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) Benthic Community Assessment Survey Field Protocols for U.S. Atlantic: Florida, Flower Garden Banks, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands 2022
The National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP)’s biological sampling provides a biennial ecological characterization of general reef condition for reef fishes, corals, and benthic habitat (i.e., fish species composition, density, and size; coral speci...
The NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center conducts the long-term Pacific National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (Pacific NCRMP) to track the status and trends of coral reef ecosystems of the U.S. Pacific Islands. This brief provides an overview of...
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Quicksands Archaeological Survey - Final Report
The Quicksands Archaeological Survey sought to collect baseline information about archaeological resources in the area, which had received little focused effort from sanctuary managers. To collect this information a research team comprised of ONMS staff a...
Quicklook Report: Coral spawning 2022: Activities and observations
Spawning observations and gamete collections were made for the coral species Diploria labyrinthiformis (DLAB) in April, Acropora palmata (APAL) and A. cervicornis (ACER) in July and August, and Orbicella faveolata (OFAV), Montastraea cavernosa (MCAV), and...
Evaluation of video and image resources from EX1102-ROV and camera sled integration and shakedown on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer
The focus of the cruise was to conduct both shallow and deep dives for a complete check of system functionality, in addition to train ROV pilots and video engineers on capturing the highest quality video and images during dives. Dive sites were selected f...
5-Year Reviews for 15 Species of Indo-Pacific Corals Listed under the Endangered Species Act