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Meet Graduate Student Lauren Johnson and her Mentor, Dr. Carressa Gerald, Advocates for Oysters

With support from NOAA, the North Carolina Coastal Federation is funding research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. Lauren Johnson and her mentor Dr. Carressa Gerald discuss their work at North Carolina Central University.
September 11, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Lauren Johnson, far right, and other students show off marine life they found on an NCCU field visit. (Credit: North Carolina Coastal Federation) Lauren Johnson, far right, and other students show off marine life they found on an NCCU field visit. (Credit: North Carolina Coastal Federation)

Under Pressure to Restore Deep-Sea Corals

NOAA Fisheries and partners conducted a saturation diving mission deep in the Gulf of Mexico to advance our coral restoration efforts. Throughout the mission, the pressure was on in more ways than one—literally and competitively.
September 09, 2024 - Feature Story ,
View from an underwater remotely operated vehicle, its robotic arm reaching for a concrete plate on which coral will settle, and two divers in SCUBA gear and helmets working in the background on the seafloor. View from C-Innovation, LLC's remotely-operated vehicle, or ROV, used during a scientific mission in the Gulf of Mexico in August 2024. Here, the ROV deploys coral fragment racks, while saturation divers from the Navy's Experimental Diving Unit are visible in the background collecting samples on the seafloor. Credit: NOAA, C-Innovation, LLC

Meet Graduate Student Rebecca Ruiz, Who Uses Sound to See Underwater

With support from NOAA, the North Carolina Coastal Federation is funding research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. Graduate Student Rebecca Ruiz is investigating the ecosystem benefits of oyster restoration.
September 09, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Rebecca Ruiz on a scientific dive in Bonaire (Credit: Rebecca Ruiz) Rebecca Ruiz on a scientific dive in Bonaire (Credit: Rebecca Ruiz)

North Carolina Oyster Restoration Project Trains the Next Generation of Marine Scientists

With support from NOAA, the North Carolina Coastal Federation is funding research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. They will study the benefits of oyster reef restoration and other marine science topics.
September 09, 2024 - Feature Story ,
North Carolina Central University students explore an estuary at the Pine Knoll Shores Aquarium with Rachel Bisesi, Education Coordinator for the North Carolina Coastal Federation. Credit: North Carolina Coastal Federation North Carolina Central University students explore an estuary at the Pine Knoll Shores Aquarium with Rachel Bisesi, Education Coordinator for the North Carolina Coastal Federation. Credit: North Carolina Coastal Federation

All That Remains: Severe Decline in Wild Elkhorn Coral Genetic Diversity on Florida’s Reefs

NOAA Fisheries published results of the 2023 marine heatwave’s impacts on elkhorn coral genetic diversity in Florida. Our report states that only 23 percent of known genotypes remain in the wild.
August 14, 2024 - Feature Story ,
A small orange coral branches upwards off a relic skeleton of a coral reef A small colony of elkhorn coral found in summer 2024 on Molasses Reef, offshore of Key Largo Credit: Rainbow Reef Dive Center/Jack Teasley

NOAA-Funded Program Helps Miami Teens from Under-Resourced Schools Enter Marine Science Field

The Your Shores program at the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science provides high school students from diverse backgrounds with dive certifications, habitat restoration and research experience, and marine science training.
August 01, 2024 - Feature Story ,
The first Your Shores cohort learning to scuba dive. Credit: Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science The first Your Shores cohort learning to scuba dive. Credit: Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science

A Successful—and Coincidental—Sailfish Recapture Season

Four tagged sailfish were recaptured within 4 days of each other in the Florida Keys—but the coincidences don’t stop there. What does this tell us about this highly migratory species?
July 23, 2024 - Feature Story ,
A man leaning over the side of the boat taking a look at a sailfish underwater The first sailfish recapture of the season on the charter boat, Relentless. Credit: Captain Paul Ross.

New Tool: Fish and Shrimp Data on Demand

A new tool provides up-to-date abundance trends of commercially and recreationally important fish and shrimp species across the Southeast United States.
July 23, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Graphic with text, "SEAFiSh Southeast Abundance of Fish and Shrimp Data Visualizer" with sealife icons and datapoint cartoon. NOAA Fisheries logo The Southeast Abundance of Fish and Shrimp Data Visualizer, or SEAFiSh, displays trend information for 25 species in the Gulf of Mexico and 18 species in the southeastern U.S. Atlantic. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Ambitious Living Shoreline Project Combats Coastal Land Loss in South Carolina

With $6.8 million from NOAA, The Nature Conservancy will build a 2,000-foot-long living shoreline near Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. The organization will also help low-income landowners implement living shorelines on their properties.
July 01, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Volunteers building an oyster castle living shoreline reef near Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort (Photo: Lance Cpl. Kyle Baskin/U.S. Marine Corps) Volunteers building an oyster castle living shoreline reef near Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort (Photo: Lance Cpl. Kyle Baskin/U.S. Marine Corps)