National Marine Sanctuaries Documents
This page provide a series of scientific, educational, and technical publications related to NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary Program listed chronologically as received.
External Reviews
Rapid Management Plans
Management Plans and EIS
Policy Permitting or Regulations
Accomplishments Reports
Research and Monitoring
2016 Flower Garden Banks
Localized Mortality Event Mini-Symposium Report (2018)
Posted: June 2018
Document Size: 2.7MB
National Marine Sanctuary System Condition
Report (2013)
Posted: June 2013
Document Size: 6.7MB
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Spatial Bibliography: A
Science-Planning Tool (2007)
Author(s): Christine Taylor and David Moe
Nelson
Posted: February 2008
Document Size: 4.7MB
Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary Condition
Report (2007)
Posted: August 2007
Document Size: 6.7MB
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Condition
Report (2007)
Posted: April 2007
Document Size: 8.5MB
Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology Northwestern Hawaiian
Islands Research Partnership: Quarterly Progress Reportts V-VI (2006-2007)
Posted: January 2007
Document Size: 3.5MB
Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology Northwestern Hawaiian
Islands Coral Reef Research Partnership Quarterly Progress Reports
II-III (2005-2006)
Posted: March 2006
Document Size: 1.3MB
A Monitoring Framework for the
NMSP (2004)
Posted: January 2005
Document Size: 1.6MB
Broad-Scale Non-indigenous Species
Monitoring along the West Coast in National Marine Sanctuaries and National Estuarine Research
Reserves (2005)
Author(s): partneship between Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, National
Estuarine Research Reserve System, National Marine Sanctuary Program, and Other institution (for
taxonomists), see Appendix A
Posted: August 2005
Document Size: 4.7MB
US Geological Survey, NOAA/National Marine Sanctuary
Program's Seabed Mapping Initiative: 2002-2003 Annual Report (2003)
Author(s): Brad Barr, Senior Policy Advisor and East Coast, Gulf of Mexico and
Great Lakes Regional Coordinator, NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: 2003
Document Size: 4.2MB
Sanctuary Science: Evaluation of Status and Information
Need (2002)
Author(s): Steve Gittings, Kimberly Benson, Paula Souik, and Mitchell Tartt
Posted: 2002
Document Size: 3.6MB
Integration of NOAA Aerial Monitoring and GIS Programs for
Research, Education, and Management within the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
Author(s): Ben Waltenberger and M. Pickett
Document Size: 220K
The Status of GIS Coordination Efforts within the Southern
California Bight
Author(s): Catherin A. Schwemm, L.A.K. Mertes, and B. Waltenberger
Document Size: 28K
NMSP/USGS Joint Seabed Mapping Initiative:
Sanctuary Mapping Priorities Identification Process (2004)
Author(s): Christine Taylor, Geographer & Brad Barr, Senior Policy
Advisor and East Coast, Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes Regional Coordinator
Posted:October 2004
Document Size: 3.5MB
Community Capacity Building in the Designation of the
Tortugas Ecological Reserve (2002)
Author(s): Joanne M. Delaney, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Posted:2002
Document Size: 628K
Integrating Science into the Design of the Tortugas
Ecological Reserve (2001)
Author(s): Benjamin D. Cowie-Haskell, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Joanne M. Delaney, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Posted:2001
Document Size: 960K
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary: Proceedings of
the 1998 Research Workshop
Author(s): C. Edward Bowlby, B.A. Blackie, and J.K. Parrish
Document Size: 560K
A Rapid Assessment of Coral, Fish, and Algae Using
the AGRRA Protocol
Author(s): Christy Pattengill-Semmens, S.R. Gittings, and T. Shyka
Document Size: 184K
Workshop on Marine Mammal Research & Monitoring
in the National Marine Sanctuaries (Wailea, Maui, HI)
Author(s): Sarah Fangman and J. Roletto
Document Size: 392K
Conservation Series
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Education and Outreach
Maritime and Cultural Resources
Graveyard of the Atlantic Report
Author(s) and Contributor(s): Joseph Hoyt, James P. Delgado, Bradley Barr, Bruce
Terrell and Valerie Grussing
Posted: 2014
Document Size: 7.2MB
The Search For Planter The Ship that Escaped
Charleston and Carried Robert Smalls to Destiny
Author(s) and Contributor(s): Bruce G. Terrell, Gordon P. Watts & Timothy J.
Runyan
Posted: 2014
Document Size: 8.5MB
Unlocking the Secrets of Swains
Island: a Maritime Heritage Resources Survey (2013)
Author(s) and Contributor(s): Hans K. Van Tilburg, David J. Herdrich, Rhonda Suka,
Matthew Lawrence, Christopher Filimoehala, Stephanie Gandulla
Runyan
Posted: 2020
Document Size: 6.7MB
Fathoming Our Past (2007)
Author(s) and Contributor(s): John Broadwater, Kekuena Kikiloi, Matthew Lawrence,
Wayne Lusardi, Deborah Marx, Joylynn Oliveria, Julie Taomia, Bruce G. Terrell, Hans Van Tilburg
Posted: 2009
Document Size: 9.7MB
Maritime Archaeology Program
Brochure (2003)
Author(s): National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: 2003
Document Size: 116K
Report on Mapping Maritime Heritage Resources in
National Marine Sanctuaries (2003)
Author(s): Brad Barr, Senior Policy Advisor and East Coast, Gulf of Mexico and
Great Lakes Regional Coordinator, NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: 2003
Document Size: 1.1MB
General Reports
Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis for the Research Area within Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary: A 10-year Review
Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis for the Management Plan Review of the Channel Islands National
Marine Sanctuary 10-Year Assessment
Regulatory Flexibility
Assessment for the Joint Management Plan Review of Monterey Bay, Greater Farallones, and Cordell Bank
National Marine Sanctuaries
Author(s): Vernon R. Leeworthy, Danielle Schwarzmann, and Max Delaney
Posted: July 2019
Document Size:691K
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for the Joint Management Plan Review of Monterey Bay, Greater
Farallones, and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries 10-year Review
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for the
MPAs in Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary: A 10-year Review
Author(s): Vernon R. Leeworthy, and Danielle Schwarzmann
Posted: May 2017
Document Size:574K
A Facilities Master Plan for Gulf of the Farallones
National Marine Sanctuary
Author(s):Facility Programming and Consulting with TranSystems
Posted: January 2015
Document Size:15.9MB
A Facility Strategy for Olympic Coast National Marine
Sanctuary
Author(s):Facility Programming and Consulting
Posted: January 2015
Document Size:1.7MB
A Conceptual Site Plan for Kure Atoll
Author(s):Facility Programming and Consulting
Posted: January 2015
Document Size:10.96MB
National Facilities and Exhibits Plan 2010
Author(s):Facility Programming and Consulting with TranSystems
Posted: January 2015
Document Size:40.41MB
A Facility Strategy for the Kaua'i NOAA Sanctuary Discovery
Center
Author(s):Facility Programming and Consulting
Posted: August 2011
Document Size:4.7MB
Charrette Report for the Stellwagen Bank National Marine
Sanctuary Marine Operations Center
Author(s):Black and Veatch Special Projects Corp. with Facility Programming and
Consulting
Posted: August 2011
Document Size:13.2MB
Downtown Savannah Outreach Market Study
Author(s):Facility Programming and Consulting
Posted: August 2011
Document Size:12.5MB
Downtown Savannah Outreach Facility Study
Author(s):Facility Programming and Consulting
Posted: August 2011
Document Size:9.1MB
Master Plan Update: Improvements to the Hawaiian Islands
Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
Author(s):Facility Programming and Consulting
Posted: August 2011
Document Size:11MB
Action Plan for the Kalauha'iha'i (Lucas Spring) Fishpond
Restoration Project
Author(s):Facility Programming and Consulting with Fraser and Fogle Architects and
Leeway Enterprise
Posted: August 2011
Document Size:9.2MB
Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Requirements
Document
Author(s):Ferraro Choi and Associates with TranSystems and Facility Programming and
Consulting
Posted: August 2011
Document Size:1.1MB
Facilities and Exhibits Master Plan Executive
Summary
Author(s):Facility Programming and Consulting and TranSystems prepared the National
Facilities and Exhibits Master Plan.
Posted: February 2011
Document Size:1MB
Airborne Platform Requirements FY 2006 - FY
2015
Author(s):U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, National Ocean Service, National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: July 2008
Document Size:3.2MB
Small Boat Requirements Study FY 2006 - FY
2015
Author(s):U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, National Ocean Service, National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: July 2008
Document Size:8.4MB
National Marine
Sanctuaries Program Final Inspection Report
Author(s): U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General
Document Size:1.9MB
Small Boat Requirements Study, FY2003-FY2013
Author(s): National Marine Sanctuary Program
Document Size: 360K
Partnerships in the National Marine Sanctuary
Program (2004)
Parterships Table:/library/national/partnershipstable.pdf
Author(s): National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: July 2005
Document Sizes: 80K, 92K
National Marine Sanctuary Advisory
Council
Handbook (2010)
Author(s): Office of National Marine Sanctuary
Posted: 2002
Document Sizes: 796K
Pre-Construction Coral Survey of the Wellwood (FL)
Grounding Site
Author(s): National Marine Sanctuary Program
Document Size: 124K
Coordinator Reports
Brochure