Florida Coastal Mapping Program

March 2023

UPDATES

FCMaP 2022 Annual Summit

Report

The Florida Coastal Mapping Program Annual Summit was held on 30 November and 1 December 2022 at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida. The primary purpose of the FCMaP Summit was to bring together stakeholders to present updates to mapping frameworks, annual reports on mapping activities, and discuss future plans and strategies to achieve a mapped Florida.

To read a summary of the 2022 FCMaP Summit and the resulting discussions and strategies needed to continue advancing the goal of acquiring consistent, high-resolution seafloor data for Florida’s waters during the upcoming decade, click below.

Read the Report

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Meet our New FCMaP Program Coordinator

Kristie Erickson is joining FIO / FCMaP from Manatee County, where she was the Marine Resources Coordinator, in charge of the artificial reefs program, including sidescan sonar surveys for/of the reef sites and GIS product creation. She has previously worked for NOAA SEFSC and FWRI, where she worked with diverse stakeholders for informational meetings, consensus-building, as well as data collection and sharing. Click below to check out her biography!

Meet Kristie Erickson

FLRACEP

Annual All Hands Meeting

The Florida RESTORE Act Centers of Excellence Program (CoE) is the CoE Research Grant Program for Florida and is hosted by FIO. There are eight active projects and another $2 million in funding is to be awarded in spring 2023 to establish 3 CoE focused on restoration impacts. The annual All Hands Meeting was held in January 2023 and provided an opportunity for the currently funded scientists to present updates on the research currently being conducted as well an opportunity to discuss future research needs.

Find Out More - FLRACEP

UPCOMING EVENTS

OCEANS

CONFERENCE & EXPEDITION

2023 Gulf Coast!

Ocean mapping sessions will be included with a strong focusing on collaboration of governments, international organizations, universities, non-governmental organizations, maritime industries, and citizens - to support mapping initiatives by:

Consolidating and sharing pre-existing data
Leveraging existing and emerging technologies to collect and disseminate bathymetric data
Planning cruises to previously unmapped regions
Helping to building a strong global community united in purpose

Learn more about the Gulf Coast, Seafloor Mapping Initiatives and Submitting an Abstract/Poster HERE.

Barrier Island Geomorphological Change After Hurricane Ian

USGS Seminar Series

March 21, 2023

Mike Savarese

Florida Gulf Coast University

Seminar Series Information

INFORMATION

Request for Public Comment

Draft Standard Ocean Mapping Protocol (SOMP)

The National Ocean Mapping, Exploration, and Characterization (NOMEC) Council and the Interagency Working Group on Ocean and Coastal Mapping (IWG-OCM) request public comment from all interested parties on the IWG-OCM's draft SOMP.

Submit a formal comment HERE!

Developing a Vision of Improving the Discovery and Access of Bathymetric Data

Watch the recorded Webinar Series HERE.

The GEBCO Technical Subcommittee on Ocean Mapping and the IHO Data Center for Digital Bathymetry are pleased to invite you to a series of five listening sessions based around complementary steps of the bathymetric data life cycle.

The themes of the four listening sessions include:

Data Stewardship;
Data Discovery;
Data Access & Dissemination;
Data Processing & Transformation.

Open Science

Tampa Bay Estuary Program

Dr. Chris Anastasiou and Dr. Marcus Beck provide an in depth understanding of the fundamentals of open science and how they can be applied within an organization to create reproducible, transparent, and actionable research products. FCMaP strives to excel in open science in an effort to coordinate and collaborate with Gulf and U.S. East Coast state, regional and federal partners to create a centralized location for Florida seafloor mapping.

Find out more about the importance of Open Science below!