fishes; fish populations; fish surveys; habitat; underwater photography
Two sites were selected off of Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska and 40 underwater camera transects were deployed to assess benthic habitat and fish density. The data extracted from the images included substrate classifications as well as coral, sponge, and fish counts and identification.
Coral Reef Ecology; Deep Sea Corals; Management; Marine Ecosystem Management; Research; Sponges
The ultimate goal of the workshop was to identify steps necessary to improve the understanding needed to conserve and manage these deep-sea ecosystems. Workshop participants represented a broad range of stakeholders including the Federal government, the New England and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Councils, academia, private industry, nongovernmental organizations and Canadian academic and governmental representatives
Deep Sea Corals, Ecology, Habitat, Sponges
This article presents in situ observations of coral and sponge habitat and of fishes, crabs, and octopods to depths throughout the range of current fishing activities and well beyond those depths anticipated to be affected by fishing activities in the near future in the central Aleutian Islands.
Coral Reef Ecology, Coral Reefs And Islands, Corals, Habitat (Ecology), Management, Marine Invertebrates, Marine Parks And Reserves, Taxonomic guide
The purpose of this taxonomic guide is to create an inventory of benthic and mid-water organisms observed at the Davidson Seamount to provide a baseline taxonomic characterization. This is the first taxonomic guide to Davidson Seamount, and is intended to be revised in the future as we learn more about the seamount and the organisms that live there.
This report updates information on deep‐sea coral ecosystems and management efforts to protect them over the last decade, and presents a first summary of information on U.S. deep‐sea sponge ecosystems.
This report represents the first effort by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
in partnership with other federal, academic and non-governmental partners, to bring together available
information on the abundance and distribution of structure-forming corals that occur in U.S. waters at
depths greater than 50 m.
Coral Reef Conservation, Coral Reef Ecology, Coral Reef Management, Corals, Deep-sea Biology, Habitat
The State of Deep Coral Ecosystems of the United States: 2007
The effort has greatly improved our understanding of deep-sea corals and sponges off the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington, particularly within na
In 2023, a series of expeditions will help NOAA and partners to better understand the diversity and extent of ecologically important seafloor communities in
A multiyear, international study is using innovative technology to shed light on what red corals need to reproduce and sustain their populations, and how the