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08/10/2025

NOAA scientists completed a historic fish, coral, and ocean condition survey across Wake Atoll, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

After four months at sea over four cruise legs, NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette has wrapped a mission supporting the Nationa...
07/01/2025

After four months at sea over four cruise legs, NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette has wrapped a mission supporting the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP); helping NOAA and partners monitor the health and resilience of coral reef ecosystems across the Pacific.

During this mission, the crew traveled the entire length of the Mariana Islands chain, even entering the flooded caldera of the volcanic island Maug in the Northern Mariana Islands.

Mission Highlights:
- 9,331 nautical miles sailed
- 1,121 scientific dives completed
- 862 total dive hours
- 859.2 small boat operation hours
- 144 small boat launch/recoveries
- 60 Isaacs-Kidd Midwater Trawl (IKMT) tows
- 23 shipboard water samples collected
-Two High-Frequency Acoustic Recording Package (HARP) deployments/recoveries

This mission supports long-term coral reef monitoring and provides the critical data needed for effective conservation, management, and climate resilience planning.

Mahalo nui to the incredible crew and science party! To learn more about how this mission supports long-term coral reef monitoring please visit https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/ncrmp/

Photo Credit:
Ray Boland, NOAA
Ensign Amber Porter, NOAA Corps
Lt. Cmdr. Kell Bliss, NOAA Corps
Lt. Cmdr.Kristin Sojka, NOAA Corps

NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program NOAA Fisheries Pacific Islands

06/26/2025

A diver with survey gear swims over a vibrant reef in royal blue water.

06/08/2025
06/04/2025

Our monitoring team just finished Leg 3 of the 2025 NCRMP Pacific survey in the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and Guam! Here, a diver installs a subsurface temperature recorder, which will log the water temperature at 5-minute intervals over the next 3 years.
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/gallery/back-marianas-monitoring-coral-reef-ecosystems-pacific

📸: NOAA Fisheries / Candace Alagata
NOAA Fisheries Pacific Islands
NOAA Ocean Acidification Program
NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette

05/29/2025

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