Florida’s Deep-water Oculina Reefs: A National Treasure in Peril

Summary:: Documentary of the discovery, research and and efforts to protect the deep-water Oculina coral reefs off Florida. These Oculina reefs occur exclusively off eastern Florida at depths of 300 ft, and nowhere else on earth. First discovered by Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution scientists with the Johnson-Sea-Link submersibles in 1975, they were made the first deep-water coral marine protected area in the world in 1984. Conservation efforts continue today to prevent destructive bottom trawl fisheries from fishing within the Oculina Habitat Area of Particular Concern. Funding by the LINK foundation. Dedicated to Dr. Robert Avent & Edwin Link

Title:	Florida’s Deep-water Oculina Reefs: A National Treasure in Peril.	53 views
Name(s):	Selch, Donna, Writer, Producer & Narrator Reed, John, Executive Producer & Story Editor Cousin, Brian, Executive Director & Senior Editor
Type of Resource:	moving image
Genre:	Video
Date Created:	2013
Publisher:	Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication:	Boca Raton, Fla
Extent:	mp4
Language(s):	English
Summary:	Documentary of the discovery, research and and efforts to protect the deep-water Oculina coral reefs off Florida. These Oculina reefs occur exclusively off eastern Florida at depths of 300 ft, and nowhere else on earth. First discovered by Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution scientists with the Johnson-Sea-Link submersibles in 1975, they were made the first deep-water coral marine protected area in the world in 1984. Conservation efforts continue today to prevent destructive bottom trawl fisheries from fishing within the Oculina Habitat Area of Particular Concern. Funding by the LINK foundation. Dedicated to Dr. Robert Avent & Edwin Link
Identifier:	FAUIR000388 (IID)
Subject(s):	Coral reef conservation--Florida Coral reef ecology--Research--Florida. Oceanography--Florida. Florida Atlantic Ocean
Persistent Link to This Record:	http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000388
Use and Reproduction:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Host Institution:	FAU

In Collections