The United States has been protecting deep-sea corals and sponges from fishing impacts since the early 1980s, although protected area size, impetus for creation, fishing regulations, and mechanisms of protection have varied greatly. This presentation reviews coordinated steps that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has taken to advance habitat conservation for these valuable and vulnerable animals. NOAA's Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program works with resource managers, researchers, NGOs, and fishermen to develop research priorities that guide data collection to directly inform conservation action. We also create outreach products to display the results of protection actions, and to help people learn about corals and sponges of the deep sea. This presentation therefore also shows a few new developments in the form of story maps, a Learn ArcGIS Lesson, and other educational tools.
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