To document interactions and harvesting of marine mammals by fishing vessels in which there is an observer aboard

Underwater video technology was used to observe marine mammal interactions (seals, in particular Australian fur seals) within midwater trawl nets. A camera system was placed inside the trawl net in the vicinity of a Seal Excluder Device, designed to prevent megafauna from entering the codend of the net and provide an escape point. Digital video data was described according to a range of operational, catch and interaction fields, and made time-specific to each trawl shot. Data is linked to commercial catch and effort data providing operational, environmental and catch information.

The Southeast Fisheries Science Center Mississippi Laboratories is responsible for new gear development and testing to reduce bycatch and incidental interactions of protected species. In 2003, gear taken from a Bryde’s whale was sent for identification and to provide details on the possible origin of the interaction. This exercise prompted an initiative by the Southeast Regional Office and the SEFSC to develop a gear repository for the Southeast region. Soon thereafter a database was created to track all reported human interactions with marine mammals. Fishing gear and other articles from human interactions are collected by the Southeast Marine Mammal Stranding Network and shipped to the gear repository for analysis and archiving. The gear is reviewed by staff gear experts that have a background in the particular fishery or commercial/recreational application.

The Office of National Marine Sanctuary Program (ONMS) updates and revises the management plans for each of its 13 sanctuaries. This process, which is open to the public, enables each site to revisit the reasons for sanctuary designation and assess whether they are meeting their goals, as well as to set new goals consistent with the mandates of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act. Issues raised by the public during this process are evaluated and a determination is made as to whether they will be incorporated into the updated plan. Many of these issues focus on topics such as the implementation of marine zoning or sanctuary boundary adjustments, both of which require information on the distribution of resources within and around the sanctuary. Recognizing this, ONMS and NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) formalized an agreement to collaborate in the revision process by developing such information through a series of biogeographic assessments conducted in selected sanctuaries. The resulting products are then supplied to sanctuary managers and staff for use in the policy and decision making process. This collaborative effort began along the west coast of the U.S. with the Cordell Bank, Gulf of Farallones, and Monterey Bay national marine sanctuaries, and is herein centered on the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS).

To monitor and record the presence/absence and location of target fish species within the Ningaloo Marine Park.

이 데이터는 해양수산부에서 해양보호생물분포도(무척추동물)에 대한 정보를 제공하기 위해 수집한 데이터입니다.본 데이터의 주요 내용은 공간정보일련번호, 한글명, 영문명, 비고, 공간정보 데이터로 구성되어 있습니다.본 데이터는 해양보호생물분포도(무척추동물) 정보 확인을 통한 다양한 해양 행정 및 정책 업무를 위한 기초 자료로 활용될 수 있습니다.무척추동물이란 척추가 없는 다세포 동물을 의미합니다.본 데이터는 해양수산발전기본법 제32조 및 해양수산정보 공동이용 종합계획에 따라대국민 데이터 개방 확대 및 이용 촉진, 정책활용 지원 목표를 위해 수집, 관리되고 있는 데이터 입니다.