Oculina Habitat Area of Concern Assessment

Description

Scientists and students will be exploring the deepwater coral reefs of the Oculina Banks, which stretch 30 miles offshore from Ft. Pierce to Cape Canaveral. This remote area includes the East Coast's first Marine Protected Area (MPA) which is a model for efforts underway to create new MPAs throughout southeast U.S. waters and the Gulf of Mexico. The team will use a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to study the current health of coral on the banks, which has been decimated in places by commercial trawling. They will also test an acoustic monitoring system that could one day be used to not only monitor fish behavior but also to detect illegal fishing activity on the reefsscientists and students will be exploring the deepwater coral reefs of the Oculina Banks, which stretch 30 miles offshore from Ft. Pierce to Cape Canaveral. This remote area includes the East Coast's first Marine Protected Area (MPA) which is a model for efforts underway to create new MPAs throughout southeast U.S. waters and the Gulf of Mexico. The team will use a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to study the current health of coral on the banks, which has been decimated in places by commercial trawling. They will also test an acoustic monitoring system that could one day be used to not only monitor fish behavior but also to detect illegal fishing activity on the reefs Scientists on the Oculina cruise will also be deploying a Passive Acoustic Monitoring System (PAMS) developed by NASA to monitor the impacts of rocket launches on wildlife refuge lagoons at the Kennedy Space Center. Led by Dr. Grant Gilmore, Dynamac Corporation, they will test the system's suitability for detecting offshore fish populations and vessel traffic. PAMS uses technology similar to that which allows the Navy to detect ships and submarines. Scientists from NASA Kennedy Space Center and NOAA Fisheries will join Dr. Gilmore specifically to see if the unit can be used to detect the presence of specific fish species and behaviors such as courtship and spawning aggregation. If so, the system could dramatically increase monitoring capabilities at the remote reefs.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Url Landing Page to get Data Files from archive You then navigate down to download files http://ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/coris/data/NOAA/nurc/oculina/GIS/
57 bathymetry files for southern part of oculina area https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/coris/data/NOAA/nurc/oculina/bathymetry/XYZ/south_oculina.zip
21 2003 project description and its data http://oceanica.cofc.edu/Oculina2003/home.htm
0 Landing Page For Dive Narratives (.pdf format) https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/coris/data/NOAA/nurc/oculina/clelia_dive_narratives/
57 bathymetry files for northern part of geographical area https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/coris/data/NOAA/nurc/oculina/bathymetry/XYZ/north_oculina.zip
0 Landing page forbathymetric geotiff files https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/coris/data/NOAA/nurc/oculina/bathymetry/geoTIFF/
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/32995
21 Allows Data Download https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/coris/data/NOAA/nurc/oculina/GIS/oculina/index.htm
0 Some of the same information on the NCEI archive may be found in the ocolina files accessible from this page. http://ocean.floridamarine.org/efh_coral/metadata/
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/32995.pdf
0 Url Landing Page to get Data Files from archive You then navigate down to download files http://ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/coris/data/NOAA/nurc/oculina/GIS/
57 bathymetry files for southern part of oculina area https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/coris/data/NOAA/nurc/oculina/bathymetry/XYZ/south_oculina.zip
57 bathymetry files for northern part of geographical area https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/coris/data/NOAA/nurc/oculina/bathymetry/XYZ/north_oculina.zip
0 Landing page forbathymetric geotiff files https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/coris/data/NOAA/nurc/oculina/bathymetry/geoTIFF/
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/32995
21 2003 project description and its data http://oceanica.cofc.edu/Oculina2003/home.htm
21 Allows Data Download https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/coris/data/NOAA/nurc/oculina/GIS/oculina/index.htm
0 Some of the same information on the NCEI archive may be found in the ocolina files accessible from this page. http://ocean.floridamarine.org/efh_coral/metadata/
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/32995.pdf
0 Landing Page For Dive Narratives (.pdf format) https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/coris/data/NOAA/nurc/oculina/clelia_dive_narratives/
0 Url Landing Page to get Data Files from archive You then navigate down to download files https://ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/coris/data/NOAA/nurc/oculina/GIS/
57 bathymetry files for southern part of oculina area https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/coris/data/NOAA/nurc/oculina/bathymetry/XYZ/south_oculina.zip
0 Landing Page For Dive Narratives (.pdf format) https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/coris/data/NOAA/nurc/oculina/clelia_dive_narratives/
57 bathymetry files for northern part of geographical area https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/coris/data/NOAA/nurc/oculina/bathymetry/XYZ/north_oculina.zip
0 Landing page forbathymetric geotiff files https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/coris/data/NOAA/nurc/oculina/bathymetry/geoTIFF/
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/32995
21 2003 project description and its data http://oceanica.cofc.edu/Oculina2003/home.htm
21 Allows Data Download https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/coris/data/NOAA/nurc/oculina/GIS/oculina/index.htm
0 Some of the same information on the NCEI archive may be found in the ocolina files accessible from this page. http://ocean.floridamarine.org/efh_coral/metadata/
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/32995.pdf

Tags

  • coral reef
  • 2001-2004
  • distribution
  • oculina banks
  • species
  • reef fish
  • grouper
  • noaa
  • southeast fisheries science center
  • snapper
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc
  • atlantic ocean
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • national marine fisheries service
  • ocean
  • abundance
  • oculina habitat area of concern assessment
  • north atlantic ocean
  • finss

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