Downloadable DataFish Species Observed in the Hawaii Exclusive Economic Zone from the 1750s through 2003 (NODC Accession 0001486)
A list of Hawaiian fish species was created from contemporary and historical documents dating back to 1758. For each species, the name of the person who described and first named the species (according to The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature...
ResourceNew records of the fish genus Grammatonotus (Teleostei: Perciformes: Percoidei: Callanthiidae) from the Central Pacific, Including a spectacular species in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
"A second species of Grammatonotus from the Hawaiian Islands, tentatively identified as G. macrophthalmus Katayama, Yamamoto & Yamakawa (Callanthiidae), is recorded from French Frigate Shoals and the Northampton Seamount based on observations from a r...
ResourcePacific Islands Vulnerability Assessment Coastal Species Narrative
The Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center conducted a climate change vulnerability assessment for six species groups in the Pacific Islands region (Giddens et al. unpublished). This data report summarizes the following assessments of each species in th...
ResourcePacific Islands Vulnerability Assessment Coral Reef Species Narrative
The Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center conducted a climate change vulnerability assessment for six species groups in the Pacific Islands region (Giddens et al. unpublished). This data report summarizes the following assessments of each species in th...
ResourcePacific Islands Vulnerability Assessment Deep Slope Species Narrative
The Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center conducted a climate change vulnerability assessment for six species groups in the Pacific Islands region (Giddens et al. unpublished). This data report summarizes the following assessments of each species in th...
ResourceSpatial and temporal distributions of larval ‘ōpelu and akule off West Hawaiʻi
Understanding the essential fish habitats utilized by commercially important species has become a crucial component of Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management (EBFM). Many larval and juvenile reef-associated and coastal pelagic fish populations are data-limi...
ResourceAssessing the vulnerability of marine life to climate change in the Pacific Islands region
Our changing climate poses growing challenges for effective management of marine life, ocean ecosystems, and human communities. Which species are most vulnerable to climate change, and where should management focus efforts to reduce these risks? To addres...
ResourceFinal primary restoration plan and environmental assessment for the 2006 for the T/V Margara grounding Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
NOAA and the other natural resource trustees developed the Primary RP/EA under the natural resource damage assessment process, to address injuries to natural resources caused by the vessel grounding in Puerto Rico. The Primary RP/EA analyzes the potential...
ResourceThe status of marine biodiversity in the Eastern Central Atlantic (West and Central Africa)
The status of marine biodiversity in the Eastern Central Atlantic (ECA), especially of coastal and pelagic fishes, is of concern owing to a number of threats including overharvesting, habitat loss, pollution, and climate change combined with inadequate po...
ResourceSusan Lynn Williams: the Life of an Exceptional Scholar, Leader, and Friend (1951–2018)
Susan Lynn Williams (1951–2018) was an exceptional marine ecologist whose research focused broadly on the ecology of benthic nearshore environments dominated by seagrasses, seaweeds, and coral reefs. She took an empirical approach founded in techniques of...