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PIFSC Web-Based GIS Mapping Tools Go Live
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) has launched a series of new web-based geographic information system (GIS) mapping tools for the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument (MTMNM). To access the tools, click on the … Continue reading
Posted in coral reef ecosystem, Ecosystems and Oceanography, Fisheries Research and Monitoring, Protected Species, Scientific Operations
Tagged ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Server, benthic habitat mapping, cetacean surveys, CNMI, coral reef monitoring, data portal, fisheries research, geographic information systems, GIS, Guam, mapping, mariana trench, Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, marine national monuments, oceanographic information, Pacific Islands, PIFSC research cruises, Saipan
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Successful Rose Atoll Marine National Monument and American Samoa Ecosystem and Fisheries Research Prioritization Workshop
Over 30 representatives from American Samoa including resource managers, scientists and local community members met for two days (May 26-27, 2015) in Utulei, American Samoa to share knowledge about past, current and future marine research in the American Samoa Archipelago. … Continue reading
Posted in coral reef ecosystem, Ecosystems and Oceanography, Fisheries Research and Monitoring, Protected Species, Scientific Operations, Socioeconomics
Tagged #MarineMonuments, American Samoa, ASEPA, connectivity, contaminants, COTS, disease, dmwr, ecosystem, fisheries, mapping, Marine National Monument, MPA, Muliava, NMSAS, NPSA, Rose Atoll, Rose Atoll Marine National Monument, Tauese P.F. Sunia Ocean Center, USFWS
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Seafloor Mapping Mission Part 2: Hawai‘i Island
By John Rooney Our seafloor mapping mission began in early May with underwater video and photographic surveys of coral reef habitats along the shores of West Maui, as documented in Seafloor Mapping Mission: Maui. The second part of this mission, … Continue reading
Posted in coral reef ecosystem
Tagged Alenuihaha Channel, Chad Wiggins, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, CRCP, CRED, ecospatial information team, GoPro, Hank Lynch, Hawaii Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, John Rooney, Kawaihae Harbor, Kristin Golmon, M/V Koholā, M/V Kākū., mapping, NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, NOAA Habitat Blueprint, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC, Porities compressa, Rhonda Suka, seafloor, SplashCam, State of Hawai‘i Division of Aquatic Resources, The Nature Conservancy Hawai‘I, TNC, TOAD, towed optical assessment device, underwater photography, underwater video, West Hawaii, West Maui, whale shark
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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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Scientists map seafloor around Mo‘orea in French Polynesia
By Kevin O’Brien Last month, scientists from the PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), along with scientists from the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UH), began work on a collaborative … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, Acoustic Habitat Investigator, AHI, bathymetry, benthic habitat, Berkeley, Cook’s Bay, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, CRED, Frances Lichowski, French Polynesia, Gump Research Station, Jeremy Taylor, John Rooney, Joyce Miller, Kevin O’Brien, Kilo Moana, Long Term Ecological Research, LTER, mapping, Moorea, Moorea Coral Reef Long Term Ecological Research, multibeam, National Science Foundation, Opunohu Bay, Papeete, Papeete Harbor, R/V AHI, R/V Kilo Moana, Reson 8101ER, Rhonda Suka, Richard B. Gump Research Station, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, SOEST, Tahiti, UH, University of California, University of Hawai`i at Mānoa
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Researchers survey a high-priority coral reef area off Maui
By John Rooney A team of scientists from the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) of the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center on Tuesday began a mission to conduct acoustic and optical surveys of the waters of coral reef ecosystems … Continue reading
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Tagged AHI, bathymetry, benthic habitat, camera sled, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, CRCP, CRED, Department of Land and Natural Resources, depth, DLNR, ecospatial information team, John Rooney, Kahekili, map, mapping, Maui, multibeam, National Geophysical Data Center, NGDC, Oahu, optical, Reson 8101ER multibeam echosounder, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, SOEST, sonar, TOAD, towed optical assessment device, U.S. Geological Survey, University of Hawai`i at Mānoa, USGS
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