NOAA Fisheries strives to maintain and build productive and sustainable fisheries and healthy marine and aquatic ecosystems, as well as to protect threatened and endangered species, through use of an ecosystem-based approach to science and management. To ...

PIRO is responsible for management of coral reef fisheries in Federal waters of Hawai'i and the Central & Western Pacific, as well as essential fish habitat (EFH), and coral reef ecosystem protected species. The office conducts habitat characterizatio...

PIRO Fishery Biologist with local agency partners from Guam Environmental Protection Agency and University of Guam Marine Laboratory gathered photographic and GPS data to document impacts to the reef and evaluate removal methods.

PIRO Fishery Biologist with local agency partners from Guam Environmental Protection Agency and Guam Department of Agriculture gathered photographic and GPS data to document impacts to the reef and evaluate removal methods.

PIRO Fishery Biologist gathered benthic cover data using a 1m2 quadrat with 25 intersecting points every five meters along a transect running from the inner bay to the outer bay. Biotic cover classes were identified to lowest possible taxon. Data is suppo...

Guam community members gathered benthic cover data using a 0.25m2 quadrat with 6 intersecting points at each meter along a 25-meter transect. Members identified corals and algae to genus (when possible), seagrass to species, and sponges to phylum. Data is...

Guam community members gathered macroinvertebrate within a 25-meter x 2-meter belt transect. Members identified macroinvertebrates to species (when possible), including echinoderms, mollusks, and crustaceans. Data is supported by photos from the sites. Su...

Guam community members gathered benthic cover data using a 0.25m2 quadrat with 6 intersecting points at each meter along a 25-meter transect. Members identified corals and algae to genus (when possible), seagrass to species, and sponges to phylum. Data is...

Guam community members gathered macroinvertebrate within a 25-meter x 2-meter belt transect. Members identified macroinvertebrates to species (when possible), including echinoderms, mollusks, and crustaceans. Data is supported by photos from the sites. Su...

The Government of Guam's Long-term Coral Reef Monitoring Program, coordinated by the University of Guam Marine Lab, involves the collection of data for a suite of coral reef ecosystem health parameters at several high priority reef sites around the island...