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NOAA Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program NOAA’s Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (DSCRTP) is compiling a national database of the locations of deep-sea corals and sponges, beginning in U.S. waters. The DSCRTP will make this information accessible to resource managers, the scientific community, and the public over the World Wide Web. The database fulfills NOAA’s requirements under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) to identify and map locations of deep-sea corals and to submit this information for use by regional fishery management councils. At present, there is no comprehensive, national-scale data portal for deep-sea corals and sponges. Given the authorities outlined in MSA, NOAA’s Deep Sea Coral Research... Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, North America, All tags... Pacific Ocean, United States, benthic habitat, biodiversity, biology, coral, coral reefs, fisheries management, invertebrates, marine animals, protected species, sponge, Fewer tags