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1 SCDNR Research and Monitoring: Habitat Needs of Different Life History Stages of Managed Reef Species Patrick J. Harris George R. Sedberry Marine Resources Research Institute SCDNR SEA-GEOFISH Database SCDNR-MARMAP Samples SEA-GEOFISH Database

2 Shelf Groundfish Shelf Groundfish MARMAP (Marine Resources Monitoring, Assessment & Prediction) Historical Data: Trawl Data Shelf Groundfish Reef Fish Coastal Groundfish Reef Fish Coastal Groundfish

3 Biomass of Forage Fishes Mean Catch per Yankee (Bottom) Trawl Tow, Biomass of Lizardfishes (8 Species) Mean Catch per Yankee (Bottom) Trawl Tow, (unexploited piscivores) Ammodytidae Argentinidae Branchiostomatidae Clupeidae Engraulidae Mugilidae Myctophidae Decapterus spp. X = number of collections in cell Consume 1.8 fish per day: ~ 12% of their own weight

4 MARMAP Historical Data: Ichthyoplankton Survey

5 Herring/Sardine (Clupeidae) Larvae Bongo 505 Winter SST Sea Bass (Centropristis spp). Larvae Bongo 505 X = number of collections in cell

6 MARMAP Current Routine Monitoring and Long-Term Data: Annual Summer Fish Trap Survey Present Shelf & Shelf-Edge Reef Fishes Fish Trap & CTD

7 MARMAP Reef Fish Trap Survey Trap Camera Photos ( ~ 3000 in database)

8 Black Sea Bass Catch, Chevron Trap Survey

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11 MARMAP Current Routine Monitoring and Long-Term Data: Annual Longline Survey (Baited Hook) Present Upper Continental Slope Tilefish (Mud) Bottom Snowy Grouper Reef

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13 MARMAP Habitats Sampled Shelf Live Bottom m Shelf-Edge Reef, m Upper-Slope Reef m Tilefish Mud Charleston Bump m m

14 Vermilion Snapper CPUE (Catch/Trap-hr + 1 s.d.) Year

15 Routine Monitoring and Long-Term Data: Spawning Locations (28 spp.) Potential MPAs Life History Abundance Distribution Length Frequency Age & Growth Reproduction & Spawning

16 Broad Distribution on Shelf Protracted Spawning Season Black Sea Bass Bank Sea Bass Sand Perch* Tomtate Red Snapper Vermilion Snapper *not currently a managed species

17 Red Snapper Vermilion Snapper Blue = non-spawning. Red = spawning.

18 Moderate to Broad Distribution on Shelf Spawning Concentrated Near Shelf- Edge, Season Variable in Length Gag Scamp Greater Amberjack Knobbed Porgy Red Porgy Gray Triggerfish

19 Composite of Oysters Along the SC Coast Shellfish Based on the SCDNR 1980s Oyster Survey Gag (grouper) Blue = non-spawning Red = spawning = MPA sites

20 Charleston Bump Plankton Stations

21 MARMAP Plankton Stations MARMAP Gag (Mycteroperca microlepis) Larvae

22 Early Spring Deployment

23 Gag Spawning

24 Gag Tagging Sites Recapture Sites

25 Tagging sites Recapture sites

26 Middle to Outer Shelf, Primarily off the Carolinas Less Protracted Spawning Season White Grunt Red Grouper

27 White Grunt Red Grouper Blue = non-spawning. Red = spawning.

28 Shelf-Edge and Continental Slope: Specific Habitat Requirements* Less Protracted Spawning Season Tilefish Blueline Tilefish Yellowedge Grouper Snowy Grouper Blackbelly Rosefish* Wreckfish Red Bream* Barrelfish* *including Charleston Bump: more later (S. Goldman) *not currently a managed species

29 Snowy Grouper Blueline Tilefish Blue = non-spawning. Red = spawning.

30 Less Common Grouper Species Less Protracted Spawning Season Yellowmouth Grouper Rock Hind Speckled Hind Graysby Coney Warsaw Grouper

31 Coney Graysby Warsaw Grouper

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33 Wreckfish Vermilion & Red Snappers

34 Summer Deployment in Oculina HAPC Snowy Grouper (summer spawner)

35 Summer Deployment in Oculina HAPC

36 MARMAP Continuing Long-Term Data: Hydrographic Sampling Present CDT: 1987-present (summer) MBT/XBT: Bottle Cast:

37 Composite Bottom Temperature Winter (Dec Mar) Composite Bottom Temperature Summer (Jul Sep)

38 Fish Diversity from Trawl Catches Composite Winter Bottom Temperature Winter (Dec -Mar)

39 Winter Spawners

40 Determine Spawning Locations and Drift of Eggs and Larvae, in Relation to MPA Sites and Oceanography

41 SCDNR Offshore Fisheries Research: Visual Data Ocean Exploration

42 SCDNR Offshore Fisheries Research: Visual Data: Ocean Exploration Digital Still Images and Video

43 Digital Atlas Interactive Map Application

44 OE Digital Atlas Interactive Map by Region Available Online Data Overlays from Outside Sources SEADESC = SAB Region Effort

45 SCDNR Offshore Fisheries Research: Sonar Charleston Bump 32 00'N 31 15' Coral Mounds

46 Sonar Mapping of Deep Reef-Fish Spawning Sites Use of side scan sonar to map reef features. Proposed N. Florida MPA Option 2

47 SEA-GEOFISH Database SouthEAst GEOgraphic Fishery-Independent Survey and Historical Database

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49 = Black Sea Bass = Snowy Grouper "SEA-GEOFISH"

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53 Marine A Resources Monitoring Assessment Prediction Baited Hook ( ) Trap ( ) Trawl ( ) Plankton ( )

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