Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 7(a)(2) Biological Opinion and Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Response Impacts of the Role of the BIA Under its Authority to Assist with the Development of the 2020-2021 Puget Sound Chinook Harvest Plan, Salmon Fishing Activities Authorized by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Fisheries Authorized by the U.S. Fraser Panel in 2020
Impacts of the Role of the BIA Under its Authority to Assist with the Development of the 2020-2021 Puget Sound Chinook Harvest Plan, Salmon Fishing Activities Authorized by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Fisheries Authorized by the U.S. Fraser Pa...
Patterns in Deep Sea Coral and Sponge Communities of Olympic Coast 2019 - NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada, Research Cruise SH-19-07
"The goal of the 7 day mission aboard NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada (Shimada) was to survey priority seafloor locations within and adjacent to Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. Specific research objectives included: (1) conducting standardized quantita...
A plan to finish mapping the Pacific U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone
Program offices throughout NOAA are interested in mapping US waters across the Pacific Ocean; we present here a detailed estimate of the time required to map this area. With a limited number of properly outfitted mapping vessels, and an increasing number ...
NOAA West Coast Deep-Sea Coral Initiative 2018-2021: Final Report
This report summarizes the objectives, accomplishments, and outcomes of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) West Coast Deep-Sea Coral Initiative (WCDSCI), funded by the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program1 (DSCRTP). The f...
NOAA Deep-sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystems Exploration and Research Priorities Workshop for the U.S. West Coast, Portland, Oregon, January 20-21, 2010
On January 20-21, 2010, scientists and resource managers met in Portland, Oregon to further define the exploration and research priorities laid out in the NOAA Strategic Plan for Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystems, and to identify critical information n...
Ship Explorer oceanographic cruise 1960 [videorecording] / Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Provides an overview of the oceanographic research cruise of the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Ocean Survey Ship Explorer from Seattle, Wash. to Norfolk, Va. via the Panama Canal and Yucatan Channel, Feb. 2-Apr. 27, 1960. Provides footage of Explorer's lay...
Gulf of Mexico regional ecosystem restoration strategy
"Although the Gulf Coast has significant natural resource and economic value, its long-term future is not secure. Gulf Coast states have experienced coastal land loss due to the alteration of natural hydrology and other human activities, as well as from e...
Benthic habitat data of Wawaloi and Keei, Kona Coast, Island of Hawaii, August 2004 (NODC Accession 0070530)
Transects were made at two locations on the west side of the Island of Hawaii in August 2004 to study the structure and composition of the benthic habitat. Photoquadrants were established to quanitfy the percent of the benthic substrate occupied by coral...