NOAA Technical Memorandum

Photo-Identification field and laboratory protocols utilizing FinBase Version 2.

Melancon, Rachel; Lane, Suzanne; Speakman, Todd; Hart, Leslie; Sinclair, Carrie; Adams, Jeff; Rosel, Patricia; Schwacke, Lori (NOAA NMFS Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Lafayette, LA, 2011)

Marine mammal photo-identification surveys are conducted for multiple reasons that include estimating or evaluating abundance, survival, spatial and temporal habitat use, social structure and/or health. Surveys are performed ...

Coral reef restoration monitoring guide: Methods to evaluate restoration success from local to ecosystem scales.

Goergen, E.A.; Schopmeyer, S.; Moulding, A.L.; Moura, A.; Kramer, P.; Viehman, T.S. (NOAA NOS NCCOS, Silver Spring, MD, 2020)

As coral restoration efforts continue to increase in size and number, there is an overwhelming need to define restoration success and determine progress towards successful restoration. Meaningful, consistent, comparable, ...

A Practitioner’s Handbook for Fisheries Social Impact Assessment.

Clay, Patricia M.; Colburn, Lisa L. (NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Seatlle, WA, 2020)

As United States fisheries managers develop and modify fisheries management plans that set catch limits for the Nation’s commercially important fish stocks, the importance of including and weighing the social impacts ...

Guidelines for Bathymetric Mapping and Orthoimage Generation using sUAS and SfM: An Approach for Conducting Nearshore Coastal Mapping.

Slocum, R.K.; Wright, W.; Parrish, C.; Costa, B.; Sharr, M. (NOAA NOS NCCOS, Silver Spring, MD, 2019)

The absence of accurate, contemporary, or detailed bathymetric data in nearshore coastal waters impedes coastal research, conservation, disaster response, planning, and management efforts. The use of small Unmanned Aircraft ...

Application of the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) to Deep-Sea Benthic Surveys in the Northeast Pacific: Lessons from Field Tests in 2015.

Bassett, R.D.; Finkbeiner, M.; Etnoyer, P.J. (NOAA National Ocean Service, Charleston, SC, 2017)

The Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) is a comprehensive, standard terminology published in 2014. The standard is intended to unify habitat classification efforts, in order to allow for broader ...

Best Practices for Collecting Onsite Data to Assess Recreational Use Impacts from an Oil Spill.

Horsch, E.; Welsh, M.; Price, J. (United States, National Ocean Service, Office of Response and Restoration, Silver Spring, MD, 2017)

In the aftermath of an oil spill, state and federal natural resource trustees (“Trustees”) often need to assess impacts to recreational use as part of a Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA). A lost recreational use ...

Marine Debris Monitoring and Assessment: Recommendations for Monitoring Debris Trends in the Marine Environment.

Lippiatt, Sherry; Opfer, Sarah; Arthur, Courtney (NOAA Marine Debris Division, Silver Spring, MD, 2013)

Marine debris is defined by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) as any persistent solid material that is manufactured or processed and directly or indirectly, ...

Laboratory Methods for the Analysis of Microplastics in the Marine Environment: Recommendations for quantifying synthetic particles in waters and sediments.

Masura, Julie; Baker, Joel; Foster, Gregory; Arthur, Courtney (NOAA Marine Debris Division, Silver Spring, MD, 2015)

This document is a methods manual for measuring microplastic in the environment. This manual outlines step-by-step instructions for quantifying microplastic in marine environmental samples, including processes to streamline ...