Characterizing Shallow-water Benthic Habitats In Select Areas Around Saipan, Tinian, and Rota (CNMI)
The goal of this project is to characterize high-priority areas of interest between 0 - 40m identified during the Mapping Gap Analysis Project (FY 21-23) in coordination with CNMI jurisdictional leadership. NCCOS will develop high-quality benthic habitat ...
Mapping Gap Analysis for US Shallow Coral Reef Areas
Spatial information about the seafloor is critical for environmental decision-making by coastal management organizations. NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) utilizes high quality, comprehensive mapping data to develop scientific information on ...
Improving habitat maps of South Florida Reef Tract to support ecosystem management
This project will continue to manage and create benthic habitat maps from new multibeam and lidar surveys within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS). New underwater video from drop cameras and ROVs, as well as still camera images from SCUBA...
Habitat Mapping in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
The primary objective of this project is to advance habitat map coverage of priority areas in FKNMS. This project will specifically focus on prioritizing areas to conduct targeted mapping effort to detect change from pre-Hurricane Irma impact and post Hur...
Developing A Benthic Habitat Map for the South Eastern Puerto Rican Shelf
The purpose of this project is to develop a benthic habitat map for uncharacterized areas between 30-100 m in depth on the South Eastern Puerto Rican Shelf to support the improvement of fisheries, and the management of essential fish habitats, MPAs, and p...
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 ...
Mapping Essential Fish Habitat in the US Caribbean to inform MPA management
The condition and extent of coral reef ecosystems and fish populations in the US Caribbean is still poorly understood in many locales. The collection of ship-based data by NCCOS has provided a critical informational source to drive management decisions in...
Characterizing Shallow-water Benthic Habitats In Select Areas Around Saipan, Tinian, and Rota (CNMI)