The Division of Aquatic Resources' outreach and education team and PIRO HCD staff have determined that fisheries workshops are an excellent tool to engage the fishing community, introduce fishers to data collection, and incorporate local ecological knowle...
The Florida Reef tract is experiencing a prolonged outbreak of coral disease (Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease; SCTLD) that affects nearly half the coral species found here. Concurrently, restoration practitioners are scaling up their efforts. This include...
Synergistic effects of eutrophication and elevated SST in the early life stages of two Caribbean corals
Whereas thermal stress has been proposed as the main physiological driver behind mass coral bleaching events, new evidence is emerging that suggests that poor water quality may have a strong synergistic effect, to the extent that corals which regularly ex...
Capacity building and sampling in the CNMI for microbial source tracking and metagenomics sequencing
The Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality (BECQ) for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) has identified and expressed a critical need for improved capacity in the detection and tracking of Land-Based Sources of Pollution (LBSP) i...
Expanding erosion and sediment control capacity throughout Guanica and Cabo Rojo watersheds, PR
NOAA CRCP’s has provided funding to regionally adapt and refine erosion and sediment control (E&SC) techniques (e.g., hydroseeding) and build capacity for E&SC across the Guanica watershed. This investment has led to the stabilization of nearly 20 acres w...
Linking watershed management actions to reef health in American Samoa
This project was developed to address National and jurisdictional goals to reduce the impacts of land-based sources of pollution (LBSP) in coral reef ecosystems. It seeks to fulfill American Samoa's needs to assess the effectiveness of LBSP watershed mana...
Climate and resilience-based decision-support tools to maximize coral transplant survivorship and reef recovery in Florida
Purpose/need –Out-planting is the very last part of the significant investment in growing corals in nurseries. This last step carries a low cost relative to nursery maintenance but is the most important step for achieving nursery goals. The overarching go...
Project funding will support a final year of coordination that NOAA’s Coral Program and Protectores de Cuencas (PdC) provides as part of the broader Guánica Watershed Partnership Initiative. PdC serves a vital role in developing local capacity to address ...
Mapping and EcoSpatial Information Products to Support Coral Reef Ecosystem Management in the Pacific Islands Region
This project will continue activities undertaken by the EcoSpatial Information Team (ESIT) at the Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD). ESIT performs an essential role, providing crosscutting data and analytical services—including the ability to collect and ...
Hawaii fishery workshops on reef fish spawning