"The papers presented here address three key aspects of marine reserve science. The first set of papers examines the theoretical underpinning of reserves, especially the relationship between reserve design and fisheries/conservation design. ... A second s...
Ordnance reef, Wai'anae, Hawai'i remote sensing survey and sampling at a discarded military munitions sea disposal site [electronic resource] / Eric Heinen Decarlo, Evelyn Cox, Michael Overfield.
Describes the Ordnance Reef Project, a collaboration of the NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Program with the U.S. Army and Navy to collect data and define the extent of the discarded military munitions sea disposal site off Oahu, Hawaii, and to determine t...
Regional priorities for social science research on marine protected areas. U.S. Pacific Islands [electronic resource] : final workshop report.
Workshop results include a list of priority social science research projects for the region, and tools for building regional capacity to incorporate social science into MPA planning, management, and evaluation. Tools for regional capacity building involve...
Socioeconomic monitoring guidelines for coastal managers in South Asia [electronic resource] : SocMon South Asia / Vineeta Hoon, Gaya Sriskanthan, Philip Townsley, Ben Cattermoul, Leah Bunce and Bob Pomeroy in collaboration with the SocMon South Asia Drafting Group.
"The SocMon South Asia monitoring guidelines have been developed, keeping in mind that managers of coastal and marine habitats, environment wardens and volunteer teams from the local community, require a clear direction in carrying out socioeconomic monit...
Regional priorities for social science research on marine protected areas. U.S. Caribbean and South Florida [electronic resource] : final workshop report.
Workshop results include a list of priority social science research projects for the region, and tools for building regional capacity to incorporate social science into MPA planning, management, and evaluation. Tools for regional capacity building involve...
Grouper population assessment within bank hardbottom habitats of St. Croix, US Virgin Islands [electronic resource] / prepared by Philippe A. Mayor.
"Groupers have been an important commercial fish species in the US Virgin Islands. However, within the past decades several of the grouper populations have crashed and consequently there has been a shift in the fish community composition. Using a fisheryi...
Transforming the live reef food fish trade towards sustainability in the Republic of the Marshall Islands through community-based coral reef conservation and fisheries management [electronic resource] / International Marinelife Alliance.
"This phase 1 final report describes work completed on the project over 18 months from October 2002 to March 2004, providing a review of accomplishments, adaptations and lessons learned, some of which were reported in the first six-month report. A section...
First International Symposium on Mangroves as Fish Habitat, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, April 19-21, 2006 [electronic resource] : scientific program and abstracts.
"The meeting was convened to provide an oral and written forum for the exchange of ideas, approaches, methods, and pertinent data on the linkages between mangrove forests and the fishes and fisheries associated with them"--P. 5.
Islands in the Stream 2002 [electronic resource] : exploring underwater oases. Leg 2, Highlight photos / [U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean Exploration].
This collection of digital photographs was generated by observations conducted during leg 2 of the NOAA Ocean Exploration Program expedition, "Islands in the Stream 2002: Exploring Underwater Oases," conducted from Aug. 5-Aug. 15, 2002. The mission focuse...
The science of marine reserves.