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Caribbean Exempted Fishing Permits (EFPs)

The following are exempted fishing permits that are currently applied for or have been issued for activities in the Caribbean.
Southeast

Prioritizing Reef Resilience Through Spatial Planning Following a Mass Coral Bleaching Event

A study published in Coral Reefs that combines ecological and cultural considerations to identify which herbivore management area locations would be most effective for Hawaiian reef recovery.
May 25, 2019 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Prioritizing Reef Resilience Through Spatial Planning

Following the 2014–2017 global coral bleaching event, we seek ways to promote long-term resilience. Here we investigate an unique spatial approach that can serve as an example for coral reef management in Hawai‘i, on other Pacific Islands, and beyond.
May 24, 2019 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Skeletal Records of Bleaching Reveal Different Thermal Thresholds of Pacific Coral Reef Assemblages

A limiting factor in studying the impact of ocean warming on the future of coral reefs is lack of quantitative data on thermal thresholds. We reconstruct a history of bleaching on reefs and use this to find the thermal thresholds of the coral communities.
May 02, 2019 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Leveraging Automated Image Analysis Tools to Better Assess Coral Reefs

Using previously analyzed imagery, we assess the capacity of a widely used machine-learning image analysis tool, CoralNet, to generate fully-automated estimates for the main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) and American Samoa.
April 30, 2019 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Combining Fish and Benthic Communities into Multiple Regimes Reveals Complex Reef Dynamics

Fish and benthic data from a wide range of sources are combined to identify five Hawaiian coral reef regimes.
February 22, 2019 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Coral Reefs in the Pacific

Providing scientific information to support ecosystem approaches to management and conservation of coral reefs.
Pacific Islands

Combining Fish and Benthic Communities Into Multiple Regimes Reveals Complex Reef Dynamics

Many coral reefs are transitioning from being dominated by corals to macroalgae. We synthesize 3,345 surveys to define reef regimes and aid in monitoring reef change and guiding ecosystem-based management of reefs.
November 16, 2018 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Managing Local Stressors for Coral Reef Condition and Ecosystem Services Delivery Under Climate Scenarios

A spatially-explicit biophysical ecosystem model evaluates socio-ecological trade-offs of land-based versus marine-based management scenarios and local-scale versus global-scale stressors and their cumulative impacts.
November 13, 2018 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Trawling Effects on Sponges in Alaska

Over 200 sponge species are known to occur in Alaskan waters and more species are likely to be discovered as exploration continues.
Alaska
Rockfish sitting in yellow coral