ResourceAdaptive Management Planning for Large-scale Port Dredging in Florida
NOAA is working with the US Army Corps of Engineers on an Adaptive Monitoring and Management Plan (AMMP) for the Port Everglades Deepening Project. This project will provide a baseline characterization of sediment depths, in addition to observations of co...
ResourceImprove management of economically and ecologically valuable reef fishes in the USVI
This project expands fishery-independent surveys to encompass the entire reef tract (0-60m) for the first time will provide accurate and unbiased information on fish size and species composition needed for island-based management. The implementation of su...
ResourceTinian Demonstrated Resilience Study
This project proposes to build upon the relative resilience assessment performed for Rota and Tinian in 2014 (published 2015 with Jeff Maynard), and the work performed around Saipan in 2012 and 2018. The resilience indicators and the relative weighting of...
ResourceQuantifying condition of coral reef communities in the Kahana and Honokahua Priority Watersheds, West Maui.
2017 UPDATE: This project will address continue data collection in the W Maui area that have been the center of CRCP-supported monitoring efforts. Last year's project "FY16 Quantifying condition of coral reef communities in the Kahana and Honokahua Priori...
ResourceFriends-of-Reef Guam (FOR-Guam) Community Coordination Program
FOR-Guam supports local agencies by contributing to coral reef management through community engagement. Capacity will be built among local community members, through a citizen science approach using volunteers referred to as members of FOR-Guam. A key com...