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This is the end, beautiful friend, the end
by Molly Timmers After three days of travel across space and time, we arrived in Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste. This country is located about an hour’s flight northwest from Darwin, Australia across the Timor Sea. It shares its border … Continue reading
Posted in coral reef ecosystem
Tagged biodiversity, Coral Reef Ecosystem Program, coral reefs, Coral Triangle, CREP, Dili, MAF, Timor-Leste, Timor-Leste’s Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID
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Philippines-U.S. Exchange Knowledge in Marine Resource Management
by Megan Moews-Asher What makes a successful exchange span from across an agency to across nations? The people! Recently, a group of high-level and expert scientists, managers, policymakers, and law enforcement officials from the Philippines and U.S. came together in … Continue reading
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Tagged BFAR, DA-BFAR, DENR-BMB, Department of Environment and Natural Resources Biodiversity Management Bureau, EBFM, Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management, marine resource management, Office of Law Enforcement, OLE, Pacific Islands Regional Office, peer exchange, Philippines, Philippines Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, PIRO, State of Hawaii’s Department of Land and Natural Resources, U.S. Coast Guard, USAID, Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council
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What Happens When A Poisonous Fish Gets Poisoned?
by Melanie Abecassis and Thierry Work Between June and October 2010, beach-goers all around the Hawaiian Islands were discovering dead pufferfish on the beach or distressed in the ocean, puffed up and floating. In some cases, puffers were found in pairs … Continue reading
Posted in Ecosystems and Oceanography
Tagged Acanthurus triostegus, CSI, fish die-off, fugu, Hawaii, marine toxin, mass mortality, National Ocean Service, National Wildlife Health Center, NOS, poisonous fish, public health, pufferfish, U.S. Geological Survey, zombies
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What happens to reef fish after coral bleaching?
by Adel Heenan For the past month, researchers aboard the NOAA Ship Hi‘ialakai have been navigating across the Pacific Ocean to survey coral reef ecosystems at remote Wake Atoll and the Mariana Archipelago. This expedition includes additional surveys at Jarvis … Continue reading
Posted in coral reef ecosystem, Uncategorized
Tagged Adel Heenan, coral, coral bleaching, Coral Reef Ecosystem Program, coral reef ecosystems, coral reefs, CREP, El Niño, fish biomass, Jarvis Island, La Niña, Mariana Archipelago, NOAA, NOAA Ship Hi‘ialakai, nutrients, Pacific Remote Islands, Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, PIFSC, piscivore, planktivore, reef fish, upwelling, Wake Atoll
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Uncovering the Mysteries of the Mesopelagic
By Beth Francis, Bangor University UK Have you ever thought about the mysterious dwellers of the deep ocean? Six months ago, I thought of these species only as scary-looking creatures in horror movies and nature documentaries. Now, after flying across … Continue reading
Posted in Ecosystems and Oceanography
Tagged amphipod, Bangor University, Beth Francis, cephalopod, Cobb trawl, crustacean, mesopelagic, parasitoid crustacean, Phronima, West Hawai‘i Integrated Ecosystem Assessment, West Hawaii, West Hawaii IEA
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A Fish That Shapes The Reef
By Andrew E. Gray Every three years, scientists from NOAA’s Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) visit Wake Atoll to survey corals, assess the fish populations, and collect oceanographic data for a long-term monitoring effort—the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Gray, Bolbometopon muricatm, bumphead parrotfish, Coral Reef Ecosystem Program, coral reefs, CREP, Pacific Ocean, Pacific RAMP, Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program, Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, PRIMNM, RAMP, reef fish, Wake Atoll
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