NCCOS and the USVI Department of Planning and Natural Resources have partnered to develop an on-line tool and mapping services in support of coral ecosystem planning and management. The tool provides…
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…
Deep-sea corals are valuable as they create intricate three-dimensional habitats, harbor commercially important species, and serve to reconstruct past climate and oceanic condition. Yet deep-sea…