[Coral-List] Fwd: (GCRMN-Caribbean Forum) New NCRMP Caribbean report for U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico- (2013-2021)

[Georgina Bustamante]

On Tue, Aug 1, 2023, 10:10 AM Christophe Blazy (SPAW-RAC UNEP-CEP projects)
<application at teamwork.com> wrote:

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> Dear GCRMN-Caribbean Colleagues,
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> For your information please find below the new National Coral Reef
> Monitoring Program (NCRMP), Biological Monitoring Summary for U.S. Virgin
> Islands and Puerto Rico with trends in benthic and fish data from 2013-2021
>
> The report is free and open-access, and can be found here:
> https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/50955
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> Key messages from the report are:
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> ❖ NCRMP benthic data showed widespread stony coral tissue loss disease
> (SCTLD) during the 2021 U.S. Caribbean surveys.
> ❖ Coral cover declined by 1.5%–5% in all three regions between 2013 and
> 2021.
> ❖ NCRMP coral data showed that approximately 5 to 11 coral species have
> coefficients of variation (CVs) of density less than 20%, indicating
> sufficient data for robust statistical analyses.
> ❖ NCRMP fish data showed that mature red hind (*Epinephelus guttatus*)
> and queen triggerfish (*Balistes vetula*) were regularly observed in the
> U.S. Caribbean surveys.
> ❖ Reefs in all locations are dominated by fishery non-targeted species of
> bicolor damselfish (*Stegastes partitus*), bluehead wrasse (*Thalassoma
> bifasciatum*), and yellowhead wrasse (*Halichoeres garnoti*).
> ❖ NCRMP fish data showed that a large number of fishery-targeted and
> non-targeted surveyed fishes, 19–46 reef fish species, have CVs of density
> 20% or less, meaning there are enough data to perform robust statistical
> analyses.
>
> Please share widely within your networks
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> Please get in touch with Erica K. Towle (National Coral Reef Monitoring
> Program Coordinator) should you have any questions : erica.towle at noaa.gov
>
> Best
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> Christophe
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> SPAW-RAC
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