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Monthly Archives: May 2015
Maintaining historic connections to waters of the Islands Unit of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument
The Marianas Trench Marine National Monument (MTMNM) is a large-scale MPA established by US President George W. Bush by presidential proclamation in 2009. The MTMNM encompasses 61 million acres of ocean and although the nearest human communities are over 300 … Continue reading
Posted in Socioeconomics
Tagged Applied Geography, CNMI, culture, Dawn Kotowicz, Equity, fishing, Guam, Humboldt State University, Islands Unit, JIMAR, Laurie Richmond, Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, marine protected area, NMFS, NOAA, PIFSC, social science, Socioeconomics, Socioeconomics Program, SPG, Traditional Fishing
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Seafloor Mapping Mission: Maui
By Kell Bliss On 1 May 2015, four members of the EcoSpatial Information Team (ESI) in the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, of NOAA’s Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, traveled to Maui to begin the first part of a two-part field … Continue reading
Posted in coral reef ecosystem
Tagged acoustic, bathymetry, Carmen DeFazio, coral cover, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, CRED, ecospatial information team, ESI, Hawai‘i Institute for Marine Biology, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, Honolua Bay, John Rooney, Ka`anapali, Kell Bliss, Kristin Golmon, Lahaina, Lahaina Harbor, LiDAR, M/V Koholā, mapping, Maui, multi-beam, NOAA Biogeography Program, NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, NOAA Corps, NOAA Habitat Blueprint, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC, Rhonda Suka, sea floor, State of Hawai‘i Division of Aquatic Resources, The Nature Conservancy, TOAD, towed optical assessment device, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey, underwater camera
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Dolphin Storms and Whales and Dolphins
By Eric Mooney If you’ve happened to be paying attention to the weather in the western Pacific near Guam and the Marianas Archipelago this week, Typhoon Dolphin might sound familiar. Remarkably, the storm just so happens to coincide with the … Continue reading
Posted in Protected Species, Scientific Operations
Tagged Bryde's Whale, Cetacean Research Program, cetaceans, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, dolphins, Guam, HARP, Melon-headed Whale, Oscar Elton Sette, SE1502, Typhoon Dolphin
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Whale & dolphin research outreach in Saipan
By Marie Hill and Andrea Bendlin We represented the PIFSC Cetacean Research Program (CRP) when we visited Saipan 4-6 May, 2015 for education and outreach. We gave presentations at Saipan Southern High, William S. Reyes, Garapan Elementary, and Saipan International … Continue reading
Posted in Protected Species
Tagged Cetacean Research Program, dorsal fin, NMFS, NOAA, outreach, photo id, pilot whales
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