ResourceAmendment 2 to the Fishery Management Plan for Coral and Coral Reefs of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Including a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Regualtory Impact Review and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Councils (Councils) propose an amendment to the Fishery Management Plan for Coral and Coral Reefs of the Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic (FMP) that adds "live rock" to the fishery management unit. Live rock mean...
Downloadable DataOceanographic Data collected during the Islands in the Stream Expedition on NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico between 2001-05-10 to 2001-10-04 (NCEI Accession 0104416)
The Islands in the Stream expedition explored protected and unprotected deep water coral reefs and hard-bottom communities throughout the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic regions. Historically studied as isolated environments, scientists made discoveries...
ResourceNews from NOAA in the North Atlantic, Winter 2015
"In this newsletter, you will find stories about NOAA collaborating on a regional ocean acidification pilot, community resiliency through the Sentinel Site program, and an ocean plan for New England."
ResourceNews from NOAA in the North Atlantic, Spring 2015
"In this newsletter, you will find stories about NOAAs highly visible priorities and activities in the North Atlantic including post-Sandy projects, ongoing groundfish management, habitat focus area implementation, offshore lease auctions, maritime commer...
ResourceReview of Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology for the South Atlantic and Joint Fishery Management Plans
A workgroup consisting of individuals from the NMFS Southeast Regional Office, NMFS Southeast Fisheries Science Center, and the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Councils, using the four criteria outlined in the final rule, has analyzed...
Downloadable DataNational Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Dissolved inorganic carbon, total alkalinity, pH and other variables collected from surface discrete observations using infrared dissolved inorganic carbon analyzer, alkalinity titrator and other instruments from the North Atlantic Ocean near Key West, Florida (Class III climate monitoring sites) from 2012-03-23 to 2014-12-11 (NCEI Accession 0132022)
Metadata Thumbnail This archival package contains data collected to monitor changes to coral reef carbonate chemistry over time, at US affiliated coral reef sites, through quantifying key chemical parameters that are expected to be impacted by ocean acidification. This effo...
ResourceFishery management plan for coral and coral reefs of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic.
Downloadable DataNOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Yucatan coral growth rate-based SST since 1775
Metadata Thumbnail This Paleoclimatology Study is archived at and available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The NOAA Paleoclimatology Study Type is Coral. The data include paramete...
Downloadable DataTemperature, salinity, and extracted chlorophyll_a surface data collected at discrete stations during shipboard surveys conducted between January 1998 and August 2012 in South Florida coastal waters.
A Sea-Bird Electronics Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) instrument and a Sea-Bird Electronics Thermosalinograph (TSG) flow-through system were utilized during cruises conducted between January 1998 and August 2012 in South Florida coastal waters. T...
ResourceAtlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) Program
"The Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) Program is an international collaboration of scientists and mangers aimed at determining the regional condition of reefs in the Western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. AGRRA is the first and only program t...