Travis Williams Program Coordinator Mississippi Department of - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Travis Williams Program Coordinator Mississippi Department of Marine Resources

 Previously no fishery-independent data available on reef species in the survey area.  Project area encompasses 7,095 km 2 .  Survey habitats include artificial reefs, oil/gas rigs, and natural bottoms.  The NFWF project began in the Fall of 2015 with benthic habitat mapping. ALABAMA Proposed Survey Area MISSISSIPPI  Field sampling for reef fish and ecosystem metrics began in the Spring of 2016. 20m LOUISIANA m 5 0 m 0 1 0 Gulf of Mexico ¹ Kilometers 0 50 100

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