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Tag Archives: Rose Atoll
SE16-02: Jumping in the deep end
by Motusaga Vaeoso Training in standard fish survey methods for the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center’s reef fish survey project was difficult, intensive work. As the new coral reef monitoring technician for the American Samoa Coral Reef Advisory Group (CRAG), … Continue reading
Posted in coral reef ecosystem
Tagged Acanthurus achilies, Acanthurus hawaiiensis, Acanthurus nigricans, Acathurus nigrofuscus, achilles tang, Coral Reef Ecosystem Program, CREP, crustose coralline algae, Ctenochaetus striatus, Motusaga Vaeoso, NOAA, Ofu, Olosega, Oscar Elton Sette, Rose Atoll, Rose Atoll Marine National Monument, SE16-02, surgeonfish, Ta`u, Tutuila, whitecheek tang
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SE16-02: American Samoa Reef Fish Survey Summary
by Adel Heenan and Marc Nadon For the past three weeks, the NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette has been the support platform for the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center’s reef fish survey project. This research project was led by the … Continue reading
Posted in coral reef ecosystem
Tagged Adel Heenan, American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources, Bigelow Laboratory of Ocean Sciences, biomass, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Coral Reef Ecosystem Program, CRCP, CREP, detritivore, dmwr, herbivore, invertivore, Marc Nadon, National Coral Reef Monitoring Program, NCRMP, NOAA, Ofu, Olosega, omnivore, Oscar Elton Sette, Pacific RAMP, PIFSC, re-breather, reef fish, reef fish survey, Rose Atoll, SCUBA, Ta`u, Tutuila
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SE16-01: Spearfishing for samples
Coral reef fishes represent a highly diverse and economically important component of tropical marine fauna globally. Coral reef fisheries support coastal communities and island nations across the Indo-Pacific, including US jurisdictions in the Central, Western and South Pacific. Species on … Continue reading
Posted in Fisheries Research and Monitoring, Scientific Operations
Tagged #MarineMonuments, American Samoa, bottomfish, bullethead parrotfish, Chlorurus spilurus, fisheries, gonad, histology, life history, NMFS, Oscar Elton Sette, otolith, PIFSC, Rose Atoll, Rose Atoll Marine National Monument, Samoa
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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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Coral reef monitoring surveys completed around the islands and atolls of American Samoa
By Bernardo Vargas-Ángel With work complete in the U.S. territory of American Samoa, the NOAA Ship Hi‘ialakai stopped in the port of Pago Pago Harbor for a short pause between Legs III and IV of PIFSC cruise HA-15-01. Led by … Continue reading
Posted in coral reef ecosystem
Tagged Adel Heenan, American Samoa, ASRAMP, Aunu‘u, benthic, Bernardo Vargas-Ángel, biological installations, coral, coral bleaching, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, COTS, CRED, crown-of-thorns, ecosystem surveys, fish monitoring brief, fishes, microbes, NOAA Ship Hi‘ialakai, oceanographic instruments, Ofu-Olosega, Pacific RAMP, Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program, Pago Pago Harbor, PIFSC, Rapid Ecological Assessment, REA, Rose Atoll, sea stars, Swains, Ta`u, towed-diver surveys, Tutuila
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