A report on the available economic data for the invertebrate fisheries (except shrimp)
The need for adequate economic data to understand and analyze U.S. domestic fisheries has been emphasized in all aspects of fishery research and management literature. It is the responsibility of the Southeast Fisheries Center to provide economic data and...
Long-term monitoring of coral reefs of the main Hawaiian Islands : final report : 2009 NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program Hawai'i Island monitoring report, NA09NOS4260100, 10/01/2009-12/31/2012
This document presents the results of benthic surveys conducted on the main Hawaiian Islands in 2003, 2007, and 2011. The data from each of these surveys, including total benthic cover, rates of coral disease, and abundance of coral reef fishes, is discus...
Cruzan fisheries : a rapid assessment of the historical, social, cultural and economic processes that shaped coastal communities' dependence and engagement in fishing in the island of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
This study contributes to the description of fishing communities in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands and an understanding of their levels of engagement and dependence on fishery resources. It discusses how homesteading and gentrification limited fishing com...
Long-term monitoring of coral reefs of the main Hawaiian Islands : final report : Hawai'i Island monitoring report, NOAA award NA11NOS4820006, 10/01/2009 12/31/2012
This document presents the results of benthic surveys conducted on the main Hawaiian Islands in 2003, 2007, and 2011. The data from each of these surveys, including total benthic cover, rates of coral disease, and abundance of coral reef fishes, is discus...
West Hawai'i integrated ecosystem assessment : ecosystem trends and status report
The goal of this report is to summarize our current understanding of key ecosystem components necessary to consider for EBM of West Hawai'i's marine ecosystem. We begin by presenting a synthesis from a recent workshop focused on gathering place-based know...
Relative resilience potential and bleaching severity in the West Hawai'i Habitat Focus Area in 2015
The NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP), NOAA Habitat Blueprint, and Sentinel Site Program have an overlapping Focus Area on the west side of the Island of Hawai'i that includes the South Kohala coastline. The Habitat Blueprint and Sentinel Sites ...
A report on the available economic data for the invertebrate fisheries (except shrimp)