Watch: Explore the Hudson Canyon with the Portal

Portal project manager Karl Vilacoba demonstrated how to use the site's interactive maps to get acquainted with the Hudson Canyon during a Jan. 31 Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean webinar on marine sanctuaries. The canyon is currently under consideration by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for national marine sanctuary status. Ben Haskell, deputy superintendent of Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuaries, presented a case study of sanctuaries as a conservation tool.