Brandt's cormorant at-sea density off California
type: Dataset
description: The Office of National Marine Sanctuary Program (ONMS) updates and revisees the management plans for each of its 13 sanctuaries. This process, which is open to the public, enables each site to revisit the reasons for sanctuary designation and assess whether they are meeting their goals, as well as to set new goals consistent with the mandates of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act. Issues raised by the public during this process are evaluated and a determination is made as to whether they will be incorporated into the updated plan. Many of these issues focus on topics such as the implementation of marine zoning or sanctuary boundary adjustments, both of which require information on the distribution of resources within and around the sanctuary. Recognizing this, ONMS and NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) formalized an agreement to collaborate in the revision process by developing such information through a series of biogeographic assessments conducted in selected sanctuaries. The resulting products are then supplied to sanctuary managers and staff for use in the policy and decision making process. This collaborative effort began along the west coast of the U.S. with the Cordell Bank, Gulf of Farallones, and Monterey Bay national marine sanctuaries, and is herein centered on the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS).
identifier: Brandt's cormorant at-sea density off California
issued: 2025-11-22T20:42:51.680283
language: {en-US}
modified: 2006-01-01
spatial: Location
contact point: Organization
  fn: GLENN FORD
keyword: aerial-surveys
keyword: amerigeo
keyword: amerigeoss
keyword: california
keyword: channel-islands
keyword: ckan
keyword: earth-science-oceans-marine-biology-marine-birds
keyword: environmental-monitoring
keyword: geo
keyword: geoss
keyword: national
keyword: north-america
keyword: united-states

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issued: 2021-03-10T23:52:54.762452
modified: 2025-11-22T20:42:51.669884
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issued: 2021-03-10T23:52:54.762442
modified: 2025-11-22T20:42:51.669042
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Web Page
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issued: 2021-03-10T23:52:54.762448
modified: 2025-11-22T20:42:51.669478
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US Migrating
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