Cruise Report for NOAA Ship Nancy Foster NF-19-01: Mapping Essential Fish Habitat in the US Caribbean to Inform MPA Management (2019)

Battista, Tim; Shuler, Andrew; Taylor, Chris; Kraus, Jennifer; Bassett, Rachel; Salgado, Enrique; Etnoyer, Peter J

doi:10.25923/4d02-aj05

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Cruise Report for NOAA Ship Nancy Foster NF-19-01: Mapping Essential Fish Habitat in the US Caribbean to Inform MPA Management (2019)

2020
By Battista, Tim ; Shuler, Andrew ; Taylor, Chris ; ...
Series: NOAA technical memorandum NOS NCCOS ; 274

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United States. National Ocean Service ; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (U.S.) ; Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)

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NOS (National Ocean Service) ; NCCOS (National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science) ; CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)

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In 2019, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) undertook its fifteenth year of scientific operations in the US Caribbean aboard NOAA Ship Nancy Foster, funded by Coral Reef Conservation Program. The purpose of the work is to map and survey coral reef habitat in support of marine management objectives. The purpose of this cruise (project number NF-19-01) in particular was to collect multibeam sonar bathymetry, acoustic backscatter, ROV optical validation, and fishery acoustics within coastal waters of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Scientists collected high-resolution multibeam and fishery acoustic data in mid-water depths approximately 11 to 3066 meters, in order to continue characterizing seafloor habitats within all U.S. States, Territories, and Commonwealths. Multibeam data was collected to conform to International Hydrographic Organization accuracy standards (IHO, 2019) under Order 1 (< 100m) and Order 2 (> 100m). The strategies developed for each survey area took into account the minimum depths, general bathymetry, and time allotment. Video and still images were collected by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to characterize habitat and biology, and ground truth mapping data. A manipulator was added in 2019 to allow for specimen collections. The specimens are vouchers for benthic corals observed in visual surveys.
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Coral Reef Management Fishes Habitat Multibeam Mapping Nancy Foster (Ship)
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NOAA technical memorandum NOS NCCOS ; 274
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https://doi.org/10.25923/4d02-aj05
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