Arrecifes La Cordillera Natural Reserve Management Board agreement
During the calendar years of 2012 and 2013, the East Puerto Rico Coral Reef Education and Management Coordination Specialist for the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, implemented the goal to support the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmen...
NMSP/USGS joint seabed mapping initiative sanctuary mapping priorities identification process
The goal of the strategy is to provide seabed maps of the national marine sanctuaries and Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve that will effectively support management, research, monitoring, education, outreach, and enforcement at th...
The Sustainable Seas Expeditions is a five-year project of underwater exploration and discovery of the marine world with special emphasis on the national marine sanctuaries of the United States. The expeditions are the brainchild of Dr. Sylvia Earle, scho...
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 ...
St. Thomas East End Reserves (STEER) accomplishments report
The management of the St. Croix East End Reserves (STEER) over the last two years has been a coordinated, informal co-management effort on the part of the community, Friends of Christmas Cove, Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR), Universit...
Measurement of Turbidity, Suspended Sediments and Nutrients in Three Rivers that Drain to the Achang Preserve from the Manell Watershed, Guam
The goal of this project, funded by NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program and requested by local partners, was to monitor water quality in three rivers that drain to the Achang Reef Flat Marine Preserve at the southern tip of Guam, in order to provide a ...
Strengthening reef management in the Grenada Bank. II
Sustainable Grenadines Inc. and its partners were able to utilize the small grants funds to build reef management capacity in the Grenada Bank by strengthening coral reef area networks through monitoring & evaluation, education/outreach & enhanced decisio...
Coral Reef Initiative Education and Outreach Program
The CNMI Coral Reef Initiative (CRI) was founded in 2003 in partnership with NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program. The CRI is a cross-agency initiative between the Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality (BECQ), Division of Coastal Resources Managem...
Arrecifes La Cordillera Natural Reserve Management Board agreement