Amendment 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...
"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."
Review 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...
Oceanographic 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...
"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...
Temperature, 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...
Coral-based Proxy Records of Ocean Acidification: A Pilot Study at the Puerto Rico Test-bed Site
Coral cores collected nearby the Atlantic Ocean Acidification Test-bed (AOAT) at La Parguera, Puerto Rico were used to characterize the relationship between paleo-variations in coral growth and calcification and seawater pH via the boron isotope proxy. Th...
NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Yucatan coral growth rate-based SST since 1775
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...
Atlantic Ocean Acidification Test-Bed -- Net Ecosystem Calcification and Net Ecosystem Productivity, Flower Garden Banks, FY2015
The AOAT project is engaged in monitoring/modeling efforts designed to: a) establish
methodologies for monitoring, assessing, and modeling the impacts of Ocean Acidification (OA) on coral reef ecosystems,
b) identify critical thresholds, impacts, and tren...