The Marine Conservation Biology Institute (MCBI) began in 1996 (which became Marine Conservation Institute in 2011) with a new approach to encourage scientists who want to safeguard the oceans' web of life. Since then, MCBI has become one of the worlds mo...

The National Benthic Inventory (NBI) is a dynamic quantitative database on benthic species distributions obtained from studies conducted by NOAA and partnering institutions in estuarine and other coastal areas of the United States.

This page provides background and information on the CRCP's management priority setting process, as well as the management priorities established by each of the seven US state and territorial coral reef jurisdictions. This assessment came out of recommend...

CO-OPS provides the national infrastructure, science, and technical expertise to monitor, assess, and distribute tide, current, water level, and other coastal oceanographic products and services that support NOAA's mission of environmental stewardship and...

The Management and Budget Office (MBO) of NOAA's National Ocean Service is the focal point for all planning, management, budget, internal and external communication, and education activities at NOS Headquarters. In this role, MBO supports the NOS Assistan...

"CARIBSAVE is a regional climate change and sustainable development not-for-profit organisation with its Headquarters in Barbados, an office in Jamaica and operational staff across the Caribbean. It is part of the INTASAVE-CARIBSAVE Group, which has opera...

Southern Florida's coral ecosystems are extensive. They extend from the Dry Tortugas in the Florida Keys as far north as St Lucie Inlet on the Atlantic Ocean coast and Tarpon Springs on the Gulf of Mexico coast. Working with state, local, university, and ...

Climate change is a problem that is affecting people and the environment. Greater energy efficiency and new technologies hold promise for reducing greenhouse gases and solving this global challenge. EPA's website provides information on climate change for...

Nature, both above as below the water, has been intensively studied on Curacao for more than five decades resulting in a large number of studies and publications. To facilitate this research, CARMABI, short for the Caribbean Marine Biological Institute wa...

This network is a platform for scientists working with or interested in octocoral research to share their ideas, questions and published works. It is designed to encourage communication among this community and act as a support network for students pursui...

NOAA's Integrated Coral Observing Network (ICON) Web site provides a central location for integrated near real-time or recent data relating to coral reefs, and also provides ecological forecasts (through artificial intelligence technology) as to the occur...

Information from NOAA's remote sensing and in-situ monitoring projects are reviewed routinely and summarized along with BleachWatch volunteer observations in the field to provide a comprehensive overview of current conditions throughout the Florida Keys N...

This website provides access to all of the Coral Reef Monitoring and Assessment Quick Look Reports written by the University of North Carolina at Wilmington Center for Marine Science from 2000 to the present.

Elkhorn and staghorn corals were listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) on May 9, 2006. This website, designed by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Southeast Regional Office in Saint Petersburg, Florida, identifies rules is...

The C-CCREMP Database is an online searchable project database linked to a GIS to display in space and time the characteristics of individual monitoring projects across the region. Access to the database requires log-in permissions, which can be obtained ...

The purpose of this project is to support territorial and Federal partners by developing an integrated system for monitoring coral reef ecosystem health in the U.S. Caribbean. C-CCREMP is funded by the Coral Reef Conservation Program and is focused on eva...

The St. John Biogeography Integrated Online Mapper (or BIOMapper) is a fully interactive, online feature designed to let users explore data from Benthic Habitat Mapping off St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands National Park, and Virgin Islands Reef National Monu...

"As the joint Secretariat of the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) from July 2007 to June 2009, Mexico and the United States proposed a plan of action to ensure the long-term survival, productivity, and recovery of coral reefs and related ecosyst...

Coral reefs, among the most spectacular of all the world's ecosystems, are increasingly threatened by human activity. Many have advocated marine protected areas (MPAs), a spatially explicit form of resource management, as a mechanism to preserve threatene...

For the past 200 years, NOAA and its predecessor programs have engaged in exploring the world's oceans, creating a rich and varied history. This website reflects the merger of two NOAA programs, NOAA's Undersea Research Program and the Office of Ocean Exp...

The purpose of the Coral-List listserver is to provide a forum for Internet discussions and announcements pertaining to coral reef ecosystem research, conservation, and education. The list is primarily for use by coral reef ecosystem researchers, scientis...

Environmental stewardship, long-term economic development and responsible use of Americas coastal, ocean and Great Lakes resources are at the heart of Sea Grants mission. Sea Grant is a nationwide network (administered through the National Oceanic and Atm...

OLE is responsible for the enforcement of laws and regulations affecting coral reef resources arising from Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act as well as enforcement in ...

Office of Sustainable Fisheries is responsible for coordination and oversight of Fishery Management Plans. This includes evaluating and approving Fishery Management Plans related to coral reef ecosystems and fisheries (e.g., Lobsters, conch, etc); and eva...

NOAA Fisheries' Office of Protected Resources is responsible for leadership on endangered and threatened species and marine mammals in coral reef ecosystems. These responsibilities include the evaluation of candidate coral reef species for the Endangered ...