NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary Program serves as the trustee for the nation's system of marine sanctuaries, four of which contain coral reefs. The purpose of the program is to conserve, protect, and enhance the biodiversity, ecological integrity, and cu...
NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries lionfish response plan (2015-2018) : responding, controlling, and adapting to an active marine invasion
The explosion of the Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois volitans and Pterois miles) is a serious threat to Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean coral reefs, with potential long-term consequences affecting native fish communities and habitats. Lionfish are ...
Characterization of Cordell Bank and continental shelf and slope: 2021 ROV surveys
Greater Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries coordinated a joint cruise to survey Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, and northern Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary using a remotely...
Encyclopedia of the Sanctuary [electronic resource] : National Marine Sanctuaries.
Online guide with photos, streaming video and biological information for over 100 marine species from each of the Marine Sanctuaries in the United States. Features individual profiles of each marine sanctuary and a "Creature Search" to identify sanctuary ...
Our national marine sanctuaries : state of the sanctuary report / NOAA Ocean Service.
Reports significant accomplishments and plans for each of the national marine sanctuaries, including strides in submerged cultural resource management and new standards for marine education and community involvement with sanctuaries.
Benthic characterization of deep-water habitat in the newly expanded areas of Cordell Bank and Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuaries
A large area of the seafloor off northern California lies within the US National Marine Sanctuary System, but very little of the habitat has been explored and even less is characterized using visual survey techniques, especially deep-water habitats. Benth...
Final programmatic environmental impact statement for coral restoration in the Florida Keys and Flower Garden Banks national marine sanctuaries
This Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (FPEIS) addresses restoration techniques for anthropogenic physical injury to coral reef resources within Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean waters of the National Marine Sanctuary System (NMSS). There is a...
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Final Management Plan
"The sanctuary's 2012 Management Plan serves as a framework for addressing issues facing the sanctuary over the next five to ten years. It lays the foundation for protecting, conserving, and enhancing Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS)...
Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument and Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Community Profile, 2010–2022
This report gives an economic and demographic profile of the region surrounding Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary (HIHWNMS) and Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (PMNM).
National Marine Sanctuaries
"The sanctuary's 2012 Management Plan serves as a framework for addressing issues facing the sanctuary over the next five to ten years. It lays the foundation for protecting, conserving, and enhancing Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS)...