{"id":58,"date":"2014-04-30T13:51:25","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T20:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marineconservationalliance.org\/test\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2014-10-02T14:39:54","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T21:39:54","slug":"deep-sea-coral","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marineconservationalliance.org\/test\/whatwedo\/marineecosystems\/deep-sea-coral\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep Sea Coral"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Deep sea coral<\/strong> grow in the deeper and colder waters of the world\u2019s oceans. Coral live long, grow slowly, and can be vulnerable<\/strong> to various kinds of anthropogenic activity. It is thought that deep sea coral can, at times, serve as important fish habitat<\/strong> by providing places of refugia for fish and by providing structural relief along the ocean bottom.<\/p>\n

Understanding<\/strong> coral is crucially important to fishery management. Where<\/strong> are coral found? What are their life history attributes? What role do they play in providing habitat for fish species? How does human fishing gear<\/strong> affect coral and what is the spatial extent of fisheries?<\/p>\n

The Marine Conservation Alliance works to ensure that there is seafood to feed the world.<\/strong> Understanding deep sea coral and the fisheries around them through quality science drives excellent conservation policy.<\/p>\n

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An example of an Aleutian Island coral forest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Essential Fish Habitat (EFH), as defined by the Magnuson-Stevens Conservation and Management Act, is an important part of our work around deep sea coral. You can read more about EFH by clicking here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Many areas in the Alaska region have been closed to certain gear types, or closed to fishing entirely, to protect sensitive habitats. Map courtesy of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a valued partner in the study of deep sea coral. Read what they have to say by clicking here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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This summer, NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center completed the first comprehensive camera survey targeting corals on the eastern Bering Sea outer shelf and slope.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Deep sea coral grow in the deeper and colder waters of the world\u2019s oceans. Coral live long, grow slowly, and can be vulnerable to various kinds of anthropogenic activity. It is thought that deep sea coral can, at times, serve … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":127,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-58","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marineconservationalliance.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marineconservationalliance.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marineconservationalliance.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marineconservationalliance.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marineconservationalliance.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.marineconservationalliance.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307,"href":"https:\/\/www.marineconservationalliance.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions\/307"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marineconservationalliance.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marineconservationalliance.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}