• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-15T00:00:00.000+00:00

NOAA FGBNMS dive team will be instructed in the safe operation practices of Hydraulic Drilling and U-Bolt Installation. Training will be conducted by Hank Becker and will be in accordance with...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-15T00:00:00.000+00:00

NOAA, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) staff and volunteer scientists will conduct surveys on SCUBA at the HI-A-389-A platform in accordance with Interagency Agreement #...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

This cruise will continue CIOERT, NOAA, and FGBNMS objectives in the NW Gulf of Mexico (GOM) to characterize benthic habitat and associated fish communities on sites in and near the FGBNMS. In...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

Pre-removal bioacoustic surveys of HI-A-389-A and EFGB per the requirements of the BSEE / FGBNMS Interagency Agreement

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

This cruise will continue CIOERT, NOAA, and FGBNMS objectives in the NW Gulf of Mexico (GOM) to characterize morphological, physiological, and molecular differences between shallow and mesophotic...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

Conduct Remotely Operated Vehicle operations at multiple banks in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico currently undergoing review for potential sanctuary expansion. Capture HD video and high...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

A key question in the marine and energy geosciences is how sand is transported from the river mouth across continental shelves and slopes to eventually be accumulated in significant volumes within...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-15T00:00:00.000+00:00

Conduct SCUBA operations at EFGB, WFGB, and Stetson Bank to exchange water quality instruments and to collect photographs at RQ stations for ongoing coral bleaching study. Collect quarterly water...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

Complete reef wide Long Term Mean (LTM) fish and random transects at WFGB and conduct additional monitoring at EFGB and Stetson Bank to document the fate of the benthic community after the July...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-17T00:00:00.000+00:00

The National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) is a broad spatial snapshot for reef condition (i.e., fish species composition/density/size, benthic cover, and coral density/size/condition) to...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

Conduct SCUBA operations at East and West Flower Garden Banks to support the assessment of fish and benthic communities in areas where lionfish removal is not occurring. Both fish community...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

To conduct oceanographic research in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, 28 July ? 2 August 2016, to estimate oceanographic properties in the vicinity of Flower Garden Banks National Marine...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-15T00:00:00.000+00:00

Deployment of glider at West Flower Garden Bank and recovery of glider 130 nm SE of Galveston, TX.

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

SCUBA operations will be conducted to retrieve and exchange Sea-Bird SBE 37 CTDs and Onset HOBO temp loggers for data download. Water column samples and profiles will be taken via Sea-Bird...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

Mark and photograph repetitive photo stations, conduct fish surveys, and photograph random transects at WFGB. Install repetitive transect markers around EFGB in the zone of concentrated mortality...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

Glider Test Cruise ? testing two new 1000-m gliders. A three-day cruise is planned between Nov 17 and Nov 19, 2015. The cruise dates may be changed due to rough seas.

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-15T00:00:00.000+00:00

Conduct SCUBA ops at Stetson Bank to continue the long term monitoring effort. Operations will include photographing long term photo-stations, conducting randomized transects and fish surveys,...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

Marine geology and geophysics field class. Data collection will include a small MCS airgun/streamer system, chirp acoustic reflection, and gravity coring. We may also use a portable multibeam system

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

Marine geology and geophysics field class. Data collection will include a small MCS airgun/streamer system, chirp acoustic reflection, and gravity coring. We may also use a portable multibeam system

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

Conduct SCUBA operations to complete EFGB long-term monitoring tasks. Operations will include study site setup, photographing repetitive photostations, conducting randomized transects, perimeter...

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