Cruise report: Larval Bluefin Tuna Ecology Survey (2015) NOAA SHIP Nancy Foster (NF-15-02 and NF-15-03) (US Department of State Cruise ID: F2014-098) 11 April 2015 - 02 June 2015

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• Personal Author:
  Lamkin, John
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. ; Southeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SEFSC (Southeast Fisheries Science Center) ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; AOML (Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory) ; CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
• Description:
  The United States Virgin Islands' (USVI) Grammanik Bank, located to the south of St. Thomas, is the site of a multi-species spawning aggregation for economically important fish including yellowfin grouper, Nassau grouper, tiger grouper, and dog snapper. Fishing pressure at this suspected source of larval recruits prompted the US Caribbean Fishery Management Council (CFMC) in 2005 to close the bank yearly from February to April. A series of banks south of St. Thomas and St. John, around St. Croix, and south of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) provides similar habitats and spawning aggregation sites. Prior to the inception of this study, the biological and physical processes, which drive production on these banks, and the circulation connecting these areas had not been quantified.
• Keywords:
  Coral Reef Ecology Coral Reef Fishes Grammanik Bank Hind Bank Marine Conservation District
• Series:
  NF-15-02   ; NF-15-03  
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/fgw4-ee57
• Document Type:
  Cruise Report
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:790ac9e47a1ed063e416ab6f769c1af72f5c856a79550cca7e63abfd67751874
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/46633/noaa_46633_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.60 MB ]