Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program 2018 Report to Congress« The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program was established under the authority of Section 408 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), as reauthorized in 2007. This …
Implementation of the Guanica Bay Watershed Management Plan Integrated Watershed Management Actions: Final Report 2012-2017« Historically, the Gu nica Bay area was associated with some of the most extensive and healthy reef complexes in Puerto Rico (Figure 1). Unfortunately, coral reefs worldwide have experienced an unprecedented decline …
Boynton Inlet Contributing Area Watershed Management Plan« The overarching goal of this watershed planning effort is to reduce the loads of nutrients (total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP)) and total suspended solids (TSS) from land based sources of pollution (LBSP) in the Boynton Inlet Contributing Area (ICA) to the coastal …
Reduction and control of sediment-laden runoff near critical coral reef and other coastal ecosystems through the implementation of BMPs in Culebra, Puerto Rico FY-2016« The purpose ofthis project was to reduce the impact of unpaved roads on coralresources on Culebra, a CRCP priority area and the Caribbean Habitat Focus Area in Puerto …
Les sites de phishing prétendent à la sécurité avec un cadenas vert Pour de nombreux utilisateurs d’Internet, les sites d’hameçonnage sont difficiles à identifier car les fraudeurs ont recours à diverses astuces. Toute personne naviguant sur Internet regarde souvent le cadenas vert situé à côté de la barre d’URL. Toutefois, cela ne signifie pas nécessairement…
Unpaved Road Standard for Caribbean and Pacific Islands« To the best of our knowledge, this is the first guidance manual aimed at improving the longevity of unpaved road surfaces in Pacific and Caribbean island jurisdictions. On small, steep islands, the unpaved road network can be one of the biggest sources of sediment transport to …
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Sustainable Hawaii Initiative and Micronesia Challenge (MC) Learning Exchange (LEX) Report« On July 23rd, partners from the Micronesia Challenge (MC) and the Sustainable Hawaii Initiative participated in the Learning Exchange (LEX) in Honolulu Hawaii. While the MC was launched in 2006, under the leadership of Palau President Tommy …
Nine ROV dives into the Galapágos Rift 2011 Expedition, the science team finally discovered the type of hydrothermal vent community they had been searching for. Clusters of tube worms, limpets, mussels, and anemones were seen to inhabit cracks in the lava bed where mineral-rich, geothermally-heated water ‘vents’ out. Two species of tube worms were found…
