Archive
of Research
Unmanned
Aerial Vehicle (UAV),
In 2005, unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) were
completed to evaluate future science and operational requirements
within NOAA
and NASA
plan related to oceanic and atmospheric research, climate
research, marine sanctuary mapping and enforcement, nautical
charting, and fisheries assessment and enforcement. NOAA
recently completed a report of the 2005 trials. The
report states “aggregations of California sea lions
and northern elephant seals and approved fishing and diving
activities were observed at several Channel Island locations.
Large commercial ships were spotted and successfully identified
by vessel type from up to 16.1 kilometers away.”
Click
here 
pdf
to read the final report about the Demonstration Project.
Click
here for more info. about the program.
2005
Research Summary Report pdf
Aquarius
Habitat
Movement
behavior of fishes in the Florida Keys:
In November 2005 Sarah Fangman, Research Coordinator
at CINMS, participated in a research project with partners
from the Pfleger Institute of Environmental Research
and Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary at
the Aquarius habitat, an underwater laboratory located
at a depth of 63 feet in the Florida Keys National Marine
Sanctuary. The primary objective of this project was
to quantify the movement of fishes in the reserve using
acoustic pingers inserted in fish. Researchers hope information
from this project can be used to evaluate whether the
reserve is located and sized appropriately to protect
species of interest, and whether there is spillover of
exploitable fish from the reserve into surrounding fished
areas.
Click
here to read more about Aquarius
and the current mission.
Click
here to
read expedition journals.
New
Species of Coral Found off Southern California
Scientists from NOAA and the University of California at
Santa Barbara make discovery from deep-sea submersible.
NOAA Report Article pdf
LOS ANGELES — A new species of black
coral has been discovered off Southern California, as reported
today in the online scientific journal Zootaxa.
The Christmas Tree Coral (Antipathes dendrochristos) was observed
from the manned submersible Delta by researchers from University
of California Santa Barbara and NOAA’s National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) Santa Cruz Laboratory during surveys
of rockfishes on deep rocky banks about 40 miles offshore of
Los Angeles.
Click
here to view photographs of the new species of coral.
2004
Research Summary Report pdf
NOAA
MULTIBEAM SONAR HEAD PROJECT
by
Grant Graves
www.deeperblue.net
NOAA Report Article pdf
The Cambrian Foundation was asked to assist the United States
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, in
recovering a multibeam sonar head, MSH, that was lost in
over 250 feet of water while surveying underwater topography
at Cortez Banks, 100 miles off the coast of Southern California,
USA.The project would require the cooperative effort of
several agencies. NOAA Fisheries, NOAA Channel Islands National
Marine Sanctuary, NOAA Dive Office, California Fish and
Game, California State University Monterey Bay, and the
Cambrian Foundation all aided in the successful recovery
of the device from 269 feet of water. The device was returned
to CSU Monterey Bay for inspection and repair. When the
sonar was plugged back in, it actually worked!
Click
here
to view all the Sanctuary Seas Expeditions
Click
here to view the Channel Islands Sanctuary Log
Welcome to the Sanctuary Log of the Sustainable Seas Expeditions,
where you can follow NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary team
during the 2000 field season. In 1999, the SSE team visited
nine of NOAA's 12 national marine sanctuaries. This year,
they will visit a 10th sanctuary -- the Hawaiian Islands
Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary -- and revisit
three -- the Channel Islands, Monterey Bay, and Florida
Keys -- for an extended period of time. They will also explore
an area that is not a sanctuary, known as the West Florida
Shelf.
