Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary condition report 2008

"This 'condition report' provides a summary of resources in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary, pressures on those resources, current condition and trends, and management responses to the pressures that threaten the integrity of the marine environment. Specifically, the document includes information on the status and trends of water quality, habitat, living resources and maritime archaeological resources and the human activities that affect them. It presents responses to a set of questions posed to all sanctuaries (Appendix A). Resource status of Gray's Reef is rated on a scale from good to poor, and the timelines used for comparison vary from topic to topic. Trends in the status of resources are also reported, and are generally based on observed changes in status over the past five years, unless otherwise specified"--Page 2. 2008 NOS (National Ocean Service) ONMS (Office of National Marine Sanctuaries) CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System) MPA (Marine Protected Areas) Library Public Domain 1858