Reducing Climate Impacts in National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa
In 2016, the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa (NMSAS) facilitated a climate change vulnerability assessment for the territory. This project raised awareness of climate change impacts and evaluated broadscale management recommendations to decrea...
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...
Calibrating and Validating watershed models for Government Cut, FL
It has become obvious to agencies interested and mandated to manage Biscayne Bay, which includes the Government Cut priority watershed that it is in immediate need of attention. Specifically, it needs effective management actions to reduce nutrients and o...
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...
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...
Determination of fertilization, larval survivorship and competency period for ESA broadcasting corals
Understanding of early life history, recruitment limitations and population enhancement of ESA listed corals are Recovery Actions in the Acropora Recovery Plan and priorities listed in the 2016 CRCP rfp. This proposal addresses this need for Caribbean lis...
Building community trust, empowerment and resiliency in improving coastal habitats and coral reef management in Pala Lagoon.
The proposed project aims to continue the FY14 pilot work (Project ID 1124) by expanding community conservation efforts to a local high school located near Pala Lagoon to engage in a School-based Conservation Project through 6 months within the school yea...
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 ...
Coral Reef Watch: Satellite- and Model-Based Products for Coral Reef Ecosystem Managers
Climate change has become the greatest single threat to coral reefs globally. First documented in the early 1980s, mass coral bleaching has become one of climate change's most visible marine ecological impacts. Coral bleaching has become more extensive, f...
Reducing Climate Impacts in National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa