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Faculty

Document Type

Report

Abstract

A 14-day research cruise was conducted May 30 to June 12, 2021 by NOAA National Marine Fisheries on the NOAA Ship Pisces with the UNCW Mohawk ROV with a pre-cruise Shelter in Place (SIP. Other collaborators involved include: the Cooperative Institute for Ocean Exploration, Research, and Technology (CIOERT) at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Florida Atlantic University (HBOI-FAU), and University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW). The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) established eight deepwater Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) along the outer continental shelf off the southeastern U.S in February 2009 and the Oculina Habitat Area of Particular Concern (OHAPC) in 1984. This cruise was the third and final cruise of a 3-year grant to document and characterize the benthic habitats, benthic biota, and fish populations within and adjacent to the protected areas within the jurisdiction of the SAFMC.

Publication Date

2021

Comments

Harbor Branch Oceanographic Technical Report Number 199.

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