Special issue of Current sponsored by NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary Program to inform readers of the variety of educational programs, activities, and resources offered by the sanctuary program. Includes five educational activities.

Product shows local sea surface temperatures (degrees C). It is a composite gridded-image derived from 8-km resolution SST Observations. It is generated every 48 hours for North America. SST is defined as the skin temperature of the ocean surface water.

Recognizing the significant role that U.S. MPAs play in conserving marine resources and the need for additional MPA coordination and capacity building, Presidential Executive Order 13158 of May 26, 2000 (Order) called for the development of a National Sys...

This publication presents the efforts accomplished by the Socioeconomic Monitoring Program in Central America and the Caribbean in terms of management and conservation of marine coastal resources in the region. Likewise, it discusses the contribution of t...

Mussel Watch represents the longest running continuous contaminant monitoring program in U.S. coastal and Great Lakes waters and was created in response to concerns over environmental quality of the Nation's coastal and estuarine ecosystems. This project ...

This report presents estimates of annual catches of tuna, billfish, and other highly migratory species (HMS), and vessel participation during 2009-2013 for fisheries of the migratory species (HMS), and vessel participation during 2009-2013 for fisheries o...

This final Programmatic EIS is prepared pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to assess the environmental impacts of NOAA's proposed action to fund or otherwise implement coastal habitat restoration activities through its existing progr...

"This project documents how catch share fisheries in the United States and British Columbia perform against key environmental, economic, and social goals since converting from conventional management to catch shares."

One of the primary missions of the National Ocean Service (NOS) and its predecessor agencies has been to accurately survey the coast of the United States. Beginning in the late 1930's, metric aerial photographs have become the primary source material for ...

Proclamation by President George W. Bush to establish the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument, providing high level of protection for nearly 140,000 square miles of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands area. At its establishment it is the ...