CNMI's Interagency Marine Monitoring Team celebrates 10 years of marine research

Formed at the behest of DEQ in 1997 to address concerns over sediment erosion from an illegal land clearing in Lau Lau Bay, the MMT has expanded surveys assessing and monitoring reef conditions throughout the Marianas.  Actively supported by Coastal Resources Management, the MMT has had participation from Division of Fish and Wildlife, Northern Marianas College and a large number of volunteers since itt inception. An article on the MMT was featured in NOAA's National Coastal Program News in April of this year. Click here to download a copy of the .pdf  article>> MMT Article

BioSearch... Volunteer with the MMT!

Do you log your dives? Do you want to help manage our local marine resources? You can do both by participating in the BioSearch Program.  By filling out observations about your dive or snorkel, you can help us fill in gaps about some of the larger animals found in Marianas waters- whales, sharks, turtles, and help warn of environmental changes such as the appearance of Crown of Thorns seastars and Coral Bleaching.
To find out more about this program, visit the BioSearch Homepage.