Maritime Heritage: Technical Reports

Several projects have been developed to characterize maritime heritage and submerged cultural resources in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary region. To view these project reports, click the links below.

• Burton, E., and L. Lundsten. 2006. Biological characterization at the USS Macon wreck site. MBNMS Technical Report, 3 p.
• Delgado, J.P., K. Elliott, F. Cantelas, and R.V. Schwemmer. 2016. Initial Archaeological Survey of the ex-USS Independence (CVL-22). Journal of Maritime Archaeology 11(1):9-24.
• Douros, B.S. 1996. A recent history of the MBNMS region. In: J. Guerrero and R. Kvitek (editors), Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Site Characterization, web-based document.
• ICF International, Davis Geoarchaeological Research, and Southeastern Archaeological Research. 2013. Inventory and Analysis of Coastal and Submerged Archaeological Site Occurrence on the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Pacific OCS Region, Camarillo, CA. OCS Study BOEM 2013-0115. 280 pages, plus appendices.
• NOAA. 2008. Maritime Heritage Action Plan. In: Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Final Management Plan, Prepared as Part of the Joint Management Plan Review (JMPR), Volume III of IV, October 2008, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, p. 391-404.
• ONMS. 2009. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Condition Report. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Silver Spring, MD. 128 pp.
• ONMS. 2015. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Condition Report Partial Update: A New Assessment of the State of the Sanctuary Resources 2015. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Silver Spring, MD. 133 pp.
• Schwemmer, R.V. 2005. Site Profile: Expeditions to the Shipwreck Montebello. Ecosystem Observations for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary 2005, p. 25-26.
• Seida, M.S., R. Solymar, and S. Moore. 2020. 3D Models of Maritime Heritage Sites Created from ROV Video to Monitor Ecology of Artificial Substrate. Oral presentation at Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting, Monterey, CA.
• Smith, S.O., and J. Hunter. 2003. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Submerged Cultural Resources Study: 2001. Technical Report submitted to the MBNMS, 106 pp.
• Solymar, R. 2020. 3D Digital Modeling of Maritime Heritage Resources: Are Small ROVs up to the Task? CSUMB Professional Science Master's professional internship report, 16 pp.
• Terrell, B.G. 1995. Fathoming Our Past: Historical Contexts of the National Marine Sanctuaries. NOAA and The Mariners' Museum, Silver Spring, MD, 84 pp.
• Terrell, B.G. (editor). 2007. Fathoming Our Past: Historical Contexts of the National Marine Sanctuaries. NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Program, Silver Spring, MD, 68 pp.
• Weinstein, A. 1996. Early Uses of Resources. In: J. Guerrero and R. Kvitek (editors), Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Site Characterization, web-based document.