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👀A transformation! Juvenile midnight snappers (Macolor macularis) are black w/ more than five white spots & broad stripes on their body. As adults, they become dark grey w/ a yellowish head & lower body. More from the Coral Kingdom Collection ➡️noaa.gov/digital-collec… 📷: NOAA

In May the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force held its 50th meeting in Washington D.C. Read about some meeting highlights, including the Task Force’s first-ever Environmental Compliance Workshop, a showcase of a National Geographic Pristine Seas film, & presentations from experts: coralreef.noaa.gov/aboutcrcp/news…

For 20 years The Nature Conservancy's Reef Resilience Network has provided tools and guidance to >50k marine managers and practitioners worldwide to address emerging threats & ensure #CoralReefs continue to support both people & nature. Learn more about their work: reefresilience.org/video-celebrat…

As part of our ongoing project that supports the NOAA Coral Program National #CoralReef Monitoring Program, NCCOS scientists and partners recently completed a survey of shallow reef habitats in St. Croix, USVI. More about this project: coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/nation…

Explore newly added 2023 ocean condition data for Puerto Rico and the USVI, including pH, pCO2, aragonite saturation, total alkalinity, and dissolved inorganic carbon! These data are accessible via the #NCRMP Data Visualization Tool: ncrmp.coralreef.noaa.gov

#DYK the WPRFMC was the first in the U.S. to establish federal protections for coral reef ecosystems by creating the Coral Reef Ecosystem Fishery Management Plan in 2001? Learn more about their accomplishments and work: wpcouncil.org/educational-re…

#ICYMI, NOAA's Flower Garden Banks Natl Marine Sanctuary has a new, interactive mapping tool available via their website! Explore data layers like bathymetry and shaded relief visualizations, benthic habitat, management zones, mooring buoy locations, and more: flowergarden.noaa.gov

A 1st of-its-kind international coral restoration effort. Scientists outplanted baby Elkhorn corals made from #Honduras and #Florida Elkhorn parents to repopulate Florida’s Coral Reef.🪸 Stay tuned 4 updates The Florida Aquarium TelaMarine Coral Reef Futures Lab NOAA Coral Program

Last week at Uracas, CNMI, #NCRMP scientists completed: 🔟 fish stationary point count surveys, 9️⃣ Structure-from-Motion belt transects, 2️⃣ subsurface temperature recorder swaps, 1️⃣ carbonate budget assessment, & 8️⃣ CTD casts/water samples. 👏 Go team! fisheries.noaa.gov/gallery/back-m…

Fourth of July fireworks, coral reef edition: An explosion of colors and shapes 🎆🎇 Happy July 4th! coralreef.noaa.gov

Hope you all had a great #4thofJuly weekend! Though fireworks are beautiful, the leftover trash they produce can pose major risks to marine organisms, including #CoralReefs. Make sure you’re doing your part to keep our oceans clean. 🎇🙂 NOAA Marine Debris Program blog.marinedebris.noaa.gov/fireworks-shou…

Near Maug, CNMI you can find unique underwater volcanic vents that release CO2 causing surrounding waters & #CoralReef ecosystems to acidify more quickly than normal. Read more about Maug’s unique volcanic features & their effects on surrounding reefs: aoml.noaa.gov/maug-provides-…

Crown-of-thorns starfish may look intriguing, but don’t be fooled– they can become invasive coral predators! Outbreaks can lead to significant coral loss due to consumption. Learn more about how CRCP is helping manage these species in American Samoa: oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/may15/cro…

CRCP partners with GCFI to address #CoralReef-related Marine Protected Area (MPA) management capacity. Their learning network, MPAConnect, is a network of ~40 MPAs across 18 territories in the Caribbean region. Learn more here: gcfi.org/initiatives/mp…

📣Check out the American Samoa Data Visualization Project that NOAA Fisheries PIFSC developed in collaboration with our partners in the region. Using this tool, you can browse datasets like benthic cover, reef fish, and ocean temperature for the region here: connect.fisheries.noaa.gov/american_samoa…

#TBT to our 45th U.S. Coral Reef Task Force meeting in Kona, Hawai’i in 2022 🪸🐠🌴 If only we could escape the summer heat with a snorkel on Kona’s beautiful coral reefs! coralreef.gov

Ghost nets are fishing nets that have been discarded in the ocean. Unfortunately, they are silently drifting through the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and can damage #CoralReefs. Learn about how scientists are helping remove #MarineDebris in the region: fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/…

It’s another beautiful summer weekend, have a whale of a time! 🐋 hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov/about/about.ht… NOAA HI Islands Humpback Whale NMS 📸: J. Moore/NOAA

Need motivation to accomplish your goals this week? This hammerhead shark🦈 thinks you’ll nail it! fisheries.noaa.gov/species/scallo… 📷: NOAA/NMFS/PIFSC/ESD

There’s some-fin special about today–it’s 🦈Shark Awareness Day! Some find sharks scary, but they keep the 🪸coral reef food web in balance. More about sharks in marine sanctuaries➡️ sanctuaries.noaa.gov/magazine/4/sha… Sanctuaries (NOAA)