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Coral Health and Threats in the Pacific Islands

Similar to coral reefs around the world, corals in the Pacific Islands are especially vulnerable to changing climate, diseases, and human impacts.
Pacific Islands

Ecosystem Modeling in the Pacific

Models can be used to explore changing ecosystem dynamics, impacts from climate change, and scenarios for resource management.
Pacific Islands
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Southeast Region Exempted Fishing Permits and Letters of Acknowledgement

Information on the authority of issuing exempted fishing permits and letters of acknowledgment for fishing or harvesting of federally managed fish in Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and Caribbean federal waters for the purposes of research activity.
Southeast

Gravity of Human Impacts Mediates Coral Reef Conservation Gains

An international study of nearly 1,800 tropical coral reefs around the world found that marine reserves near heavily populated areas struggle to do their job—but are a vast improvement over having no protection at all.
June 18, 2018 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands
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Evaluating Management Strategies to Optimize Coral Reef Ecosystem Services

Scientists from NOAA’s Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Hawai‘i Division of Aquatic Resources, and The Nature Conservancy evaluated how different management strategies would benefit the coastal marine ecosystem and coral reef health at Puakō in Hawai‘i.
February 21, 2018 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Deep-Sea Corals and Sponge Research in Alaska

Coral research in Alaska.
Alaska
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The Shark Assemblage at French Frigate Shoals Atoll, Hawai‘i: Species Composition, Abundance and Habitat Use

We used longline surveys to quantify the shark assemblage at French Frigate Shoals (FFS) atoll from May to August 2009. Fishing effort consisted of 189 longline sets totaling 6,862 hook hours of soak time.
February 10, 2011 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

A Multiple Instrument Approach to Quantifying the Movement Patterns and Habitat Use of Tiger (Galeocerdo Cuvier) and Galapagos Sharks (Carcharhinus Galapagensis) at French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii

We equipped individual tiger (Galeocerdo cuvier Péron and Lesueur, 1822) and Galapagos (Carcharhinus galapagensis Snodgrass and Heller, 1905) sharks with both acoustic and satellite transmitters to quantify their long-term movements in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands).
May 10, 2010 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands