Science and Stewardship in National Marine Sanctuaries John

Science and Stewardship in National Marine Sanctuaries John Armor Director, NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

America’s Premier System of Underwater Parks

Facilitate Compatible Use

Our Mandates Resource Protection Research and Monitoring Education and Outreach Community Engagement

Our Science Needs and Priorities Biodiversity Wildlife Health Noise Shipstrikes Sanctuaries as Sentinel Sites Contaminants Marine Debris For more info: https: //sanctuaries. noaa. gov/science/sentinel-site-program/ Invasive Species Climate Change Acidification

Field Science NOAA Ships ONMS Fleet ONMS Dive Program

DTAG on humpback whale

Surface Swimming Fluking Gliding Side rolls on bottom Diving

Ocean Acidification Buoy/Instrument Installation East Flower Garden Bank – July 2019 BOEM/TAMU/Shell/FGBNMS Photo: G. P. Schmahl/NOAA

GFOE Operations on board R/V Manta Photos: G. P. Schmahl/NOAA

Diving With A Purpose Citizen Scientists Supporting Underwater Archaeology at Florida Keys Sanctuary DWP advocate Rebecca Hunter measuring the H. M. Bell shipwreck The DWP team mapping the Acorn shipwreck

Training and Development Opportunities ● Sanctuary advisory councils & other public processes ● NOAA Ernest F. Hollings scholarship program ● Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions ○ Undergraduate internships ○ NOAA Experiential Research & Training Opportunities ● Sea Grant fellowships ○ Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Program ○ State fellowship programs Kristafer Howard, Georgia Sea Grant Fellow, Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary

Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program ● $42, 000 per student per year ○ a 12 -month stipend of $30, 000 ○ education allowance of up to $12, 000 ● Up to $10, 000 of support for a 4 -6 week program collaboration at a NOAA facility. ● Masters students may be supported for up to two years, and doctoral students for up to four years. ● More information, visit: https: //fosterscholars. noaa. gov/ Carina Fish, Nancy Foster Scholar

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