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Characterizing Shallow-water Benthic Habitats Around the Tinian ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/characterizing-shallow-water-benthic-habitats-around-the-tinian-military-lease-area-commonwealth-of-the-northern-mariana-islands-cnmi/
Detailed fish habitat data collected for the project will help managers preserve future recreational and commercial fisheries. The data collected can ...
New Framework for Seamless Fish Habitat Assessments
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/new-framework-for-seamless-fish-habitat-assessments/
Due to the vast geographic span and complex habitats and diversity within the 64,000 square mile watershed, previous fish habitat assessments were ...
National Fish Habitat Action Plan (NFHAP) Coastal Assessment
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/national-fish-habitat-action-plan-coastal-assessment/
In support of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, we completed the estuarine and coastal components of the National Fish Habitat Assessment. We ...
Chesapeake Bay Joint Pilot Fish Habitat Assessment
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/chesapeake-bay-joint-pilot-fish-habitat-assessment/
Previous assessments of fish habitat for the Chesapeake were largely limited to national datasets or specific funding objectives, but do lend insights ...
Characterizing Shallow-water Benthic Habitats In Select Areas Around ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/characterizing-shallow-water-benthic-habitats-in-select-areas-around-saipan-tinian-and-rota-cnmi/
Maps produced by this project will provide detailed information to preserve future recreational and commercial fisheries through identification of hab ...
Biogeographic and Ecological Assessments - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
coastalscience.noaa.gov/science-areas/coastal-and-marine-planning/biogeographic-assessments/
The framework was exercised to explore its utility for assessing aspects of fish habitat. A Pilot Assessment of Fish Habitat in Choptank River Tidal ...
NCCOS PROJECT - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/geospatial-assessment-u-s-atlantic-gulf-mexico-essential-fish-habitat-relation-offshore-sand-features/
Bottom Left: A map of selected sand shoals off the coast of northeastern North Carolina (Rutecki et al. 2014) and Bottom Right: A map of Essential ...
Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Database: Construction, Documentation and ...
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We reviewed published information on the status of Atlantic coastal fish habitats and recorded it in a spatial bibliographic database for the Atlantic ...
Recommendations for Conducting Fish Habitat Assessments in Tidal Waters ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/recommendations-for-conducting-fish-habitat-assessments-in-tidal-waters-of-chesapeake-bay-identified-in-new-report/
In response to declines in fish habitat, the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Agreement set an objective to “continually improve the effectiveness of fish habitat ...
Regional Essential Fish Habitat Geospatial Assessment and Framework for ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/regional-essential-fish-habitat-geospatial-assessment-and-framework-for-offshore-sand-features/
These new data were then incorporated into an interactive mapping tool that generates reports for the essential fish habitat consultation process ...
Assessing the Ecological Function of Shipwrecks, Artificial Reefs and ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/assessing-the-ecological-function-of-shipwrecks-artificial-reefs-and-rocky-reefs-on-the-southeastern-us-continental-shelf/
Increased calls for enhancing ocean habitats through artificial reefs and proposals for increasing offshore energy development require science to ...
Determining Habitat Requirements and Connectivity for Reef Fishes in ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/determining-habitat-requirements-and-connectivity-for-reef-fishes-in-the-gulf-of-mexico/
We are investigating habitat requirements and connectivity for key reef-associated fishes in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and ...
NOAA, BOEM Develop New Tool to Reduce Dredging Impacts to Essential ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/noaa-boem-develop-new-tool-to-reduce-dredging-impacts-to-essential-fish-habitat/
ShoalMATE provides BOEM with a consistent, science-based framework to streamline Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) consultations with NOAA’s National ...
A Pilot Assessment of Fish Habitat in Choptank River Tidal Waters
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/a-pilot-assessment-of-fish-habitat-in-choptank-river-tidal-waters/
The work is integrated into the Chesapeake Bay Program 2020 -2021 Fish Habitat Logic and Action Plan with associated milestones and collaborations ...
Mapping Fish Habitat to Determine Coral Reef Ecosystem Health in the ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/mapping-fish-habitat-determine-coral-reef-ecosystem-health-caribbean/
We are integrating sonar information on fish with seafloor mapping sonars to produce maps of the coral reef and reef fish habitat use in U.S ...
Fish Habitat Utilization Patterns and Evaluation of the Efficacy of ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/fish-habitat-utilization-patterns-and-evaluation-of-the-efficacy-of-marine-protected-areas-in-hawaii-integration-of-noaa-digital-benthic-habitat-mapping-and-coral-reef-ecological-studies/
Fish assemblages in the colonized and uncolonized hardbottom habitats were found to be most similar among all of the habitat types. Much of the ...
Comparing Reef Fish Habitat Use Patterns In and Out of Hawaiian Marine ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/comparing-reef-fish-habitat-use-hawaiian-protected-areas/
Habitat complexity, quality, size, and level of protection from fishing were important determinates of MLCD effectiveness with respect to their ...
Analysis of the Distribution and Abundance of Groundfishes to Support ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/distribution-abundance-groundfishes-california-current-ecosystem-assessment/
The models are being used to identify essential fish habitats, and to assess risk to groundfishes by land- and sea-based activities. The models ...
Characterizing and Mapping Essential Fish Habitats Affected by Human ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/characterizing-mapping-essential-fish-habitats-puerto-rico/
The purpose of this project was to collect, integrate and map available information on the features of essential fish habitats in protected and ...
Design, Distribution of Artificial Reef Structures Affect Fish ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/design-distribution-of-artificial-reef-structures-affect-fish-abundance-video/
NCCOS scientists and their partners found that artificial reef structures with greater horizontal area and vertical relief host more fish than ...