The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (DSCRTP) was launched in 2009, following the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA). The goal is to pr...

Anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases are changing the Earth's climate in ways that are projected to have significant and far-reaching effects on ecosystems and people. Within a global context, the coral reef and low island ecosystems of the Papahān...

Encompassing over 1,500,000 km² of pristine ecosystems, the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (PMNM) surrounding the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) represents the largest marine conservation area on the globe. With the establishment of the ...

The Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) annually conducts two fishery-independent bottom trawl surveys that have the potential to encounter coral, sponge and other live bottom habitats in the eastern Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The summer ...

On April 22-23, 2014, scientists and resource managers met in Honolulu to identify critical information needs for deep-sea coral and sponge ecosystems in the Pacific Islands Region. The goal of the workshop was to develop a 3-year exploration and research...

In 2009, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) launched the Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (DSCRTP) following the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The goal of the DSCRTP ...