ResourceOffice of Science and Technology (OST)
The Office of Science & Technology guards the integrity of NOAA Fisheries scientific activity and strives to maintain and improve its quality and creditability. It is the primary interface between NOAA Fisheries scientific activity and NOAA, other age...
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...
ResourcePacific Services Center (PSC)
"The NOAA Pacific Services Center, a component of CSC, develops and delivers coastal management information and services to the State of Hawaii, Territories of American Samoa and Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and is able to re...
ResourceOffice of Protected Resources (OPR)
NOAA Fisheries' Office of Protected Resources is responsible for leadership on endangered and threatened species and marine mammals in coral reef ecosystems. These responsibilities include the evaluation of candidate coral reef species for the Endangered ...
ResourceOffice of Sustainable Fisheries (OSF)
Office of Sustainable Fisheries is responsible for coordination and oversight of Fishery Management Plans. This includes evaluating and approving Fishery Management Plans related to coral reef ecosystems and fisheries (e.g., Lobsters, conch, etc); and eva...
ResourceThreatened Elkhorn (Acropora palmata) & Staghorn (A. cervicornis) Corals - Frequently asked questions about 4(d) rules
ResourceCritical Habitat Designations for Elkhorn (Acropora palmata) and Staghorn (A. cervicornis) Corals: Frequentyly asked Questions
ResourceCoral Bleaching Early Warning Network Current Conditions Report 20210818
"This Coral Bleaching Early Warning Network Current Conditions Report documents the threat for mass coral bleaching within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, updated on August 18, 2021."
ResourceCoral Bleaching Early Warning Network Current Conditions Report 20210903
"This Coral Bleaching Early Warning Network Current Conditions Report documents the threat for mass coral bleaching within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, updated on September 3, 2021."
ResourceCoral Bleaching Early Warning Network Current Conditions Report 20210923
"This Coral Bleaching Early Warning Network Current Conditions Report documents the threat for mass coral bleaching within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, updated on September 23, 2021."