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Restoring Florida's Iconic Coral Reefs

Mission: Iconic Reefs is an effort to protect and restore seven key reef sites in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
December 07, 2023 - Podcast ,
Southeast
Tan corals fanning out with fish swimming among them The branches of fast-growing elkhorn coral provide important habitat for fish. Populations of this iconic coral have declined across the Caribbean due to disease, bleaching and storms. Credit: NOAA

Celebrate Corals Week

Corals Week is December 4–8, 2023! Join us in celebrating this diverse group of invertebrate animals and the reef habitats they create.
December 04, 2023 - Feature Story ,
National
Corals in clear pristine waters. Shallow water provides habitat for branching corals (Acropora spp), as seen here on a reef flat in Guam. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jonathan Brown

Plunge Into the Deep-Sea World of Squat Lobsters

Get up close and personal with squat lobsters in a new infographic complementing a recent publication led by Dr. Martha Nizinski of the National Systematics Laboratory.
September 06, 2023 - Infographic ,
National

2022 Ecosystem Status Report Highlights Climate and Ecosystem Change in Hawaiʻi

For the first time, the Ecosystem Status Report spans the entire main Hawaiian Islands and includes indicators on socio-cultural connections, climate and ocean ecosystem processes, and human impacts.
Pacific Islands

2022–2025 Annual Catch Limits for Main Hawaiian Islands Deepwater Shrimp and Precious Coral Fisheries

NOAA Fisheries is implementing annual catch limits for deepwater shrimp and precious coral (black, pink, red, and bamboo) commercial fisheries in the main Hawaiian Islands. The annual catch limits apply in both federal and state waters around Hawai&#699…
Final Rule
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Pacific Islands
Published
04/25/2024

“Shedding Light on Threatened Corals” Pacific Islands Infographic

An infographic showing how characteristics of four ESA-listed corals change with depth and are impacted by light levels and wave energy. It also lists key threats to corals and the importance of corals for coastal protection, habitat, and the economy.
December 09, 2022 -
Pacific Islands
This infographic features four illustrations of ESA threatened corals in separate circles organized by depth with the coral in the shallowest habitat at the top and the deepest at the bottom over a dark silhouetted reef seascape in the background.

Climate Change and Habitat Loss: Fisheries at Risk

Habitat restoration experts discuss the challenges coastal habitats face from climate change and what NOAA is doing to address them.
December 06, 2022 - Video ,
National
Klamath River surrounded by forest with mist in the background. Klamath River. Credit: Shane Anderson.

Caribbean Corals 5-Year Review

NOAA Fisheries has published a 5-year review of staghorn coral, elkhorn coral, pillar coral, rough cactus coral, lobed star coral, mountainous star coral, and boulder star coral.
August 10, 2022 - ESA 5-Year Review ,
Southeast

Innovation to Learn More About Alaska's Deep-Sea Corals and the Species that Live There Post #7

Innovation to Learn About Deep-Sea Coral Communities in the Gulf of Alaska

Environmental DNA (eDNA): using genetics from the environment to survey for deep sea life in the Gulf of Alaska
July 26, 2022 - Survey ,
Alaska
Two scientists extracting eDNA from Niskin bottle water sample. Meredith Pochardt (left) and Sean Rooney (right) collecting water samples from a Niskin bottle. The bottles are attached on the cable above the drop camera and can be triggered to capture water at targeted depths and locations to look for eDNA. Image courtesy of Sean Rooney, NOAA

A ‘Perfect Storm’ of Cumulative and Acute Heat Stress, and a Warming Trend, Lead to Bleaching Events in Tutuila, American Samoa

To better understand vertical thermal structure of reefs at depth and identify predictors of mass bleaching events, we used long-term in situ temperature data collected at multiple reefs and depths around the island of Tutuila in American Samoa.
July 21, 2022 - Technical Memo ,
Pacific Islands