Aguigan

The sole long-term monitoring site on Aguigan (Goat Island). Monitoring at this site is highlighted by a high “risk for reward” factor. Due to the currents and strong tidal influence around the island, monitoring only happens when the perfect conditions present themselves. Goat Island is special in the respect that it has no permanent human population and supports a higher than average fish biomass for the CNMI.

 

 

CNMI Marine Monitoring Team

A Manager’s Guide to Coral Reef Restoration Planning and Design supports the needs of reef managers seeking to begin restoration or assess their current restoration program. Based on global best practices, the Guide was developed for reef managers and practitioners, and anyone who plans, implements, and monitors reef restoration activities. Together with a suite of tools and templates, the Guide maps out a six‐step, iterative process to help users gather relevant data, ask critical questions, and have important conversations about restoration in their location, culminating in the creation a Restoration Action Plan to enhance reef resilience and recovery.

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