Contact Information
NEFSC James J. Howard
Marine Sciences Laboratory
74 Magruder Road, Sandy Hook
Highlands, NJ 07732
(732) 872-3000

Project Description
New technologies provide the capability to accurately and cost effectively image large areas of the nearshore and offshore seabed. This imagery provides maps of sea floor topography and reflectivity, from which targeted surveys can be planned to characterize sea floor sediments and associated benthic communities. This information can be extremely useful as a tool for marine resource management and as a basis for formulating hypothesis-driven research. Visit the GOMMI Web site for full details.

Mapping Resources
- USGS-Woods Hole
- Geological Survey of Canada
- The Scotian Shelf: An Atlas of Human Activities (Fisheries and Oceans Canada)
- Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
- Auke Bay Laboratory
- Working Group on Marine Habitat Mapping (WGMHM)
- Seafloor Mapping - Marine and Coastal GIS , Davey Jones' Locker
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)