{
  "projectDescription": "The goal of this project is to compile a comprehensive inventory of the existing microorganisms in the water and sediments in Tampa Bay and to sample ballast waters from ships entering the Tampa Bay Port.  Ships are known to act as vectors for the transfer of toxic and harmful microorganisms via ballast water discharges into ports and harbors.This project successfully sampled the ballasts of foreign vessels entering the Port of Tampa along with local sediment and water and tested for water-borne or sediment-residing life stages of harmful microalgae.  Additionally, the project successfully modified the sampling protocols for testing for microalgae in Tampa.  A 151-page report was completed detailing the issue of \"ballast Water as an Accidental Vector for the Introduction of Harmful Microalgae Species into Tampa Bay, FL.\"",
  "program": "Directed Appropriations",
  "name": "Florida Monitoring of Exotics in Ballast Water",
  "id": "762",
  "state": "Florida",
  "state_abbr": "FL",
  "region": "SER - Southeast",
  "constructionStartDate": "2002-10-01 00:00:00.0",
  "nepaStatus": "Complete",
  "nepaCompliance": "Programmatic EA for CRP",
  "fedLeverage": "0",
  "nonFedLeverage": "250543",
  "accompReportStatus": "Completed",
  "accompAcresMilesFlag": "N",
  "accompVolFlag": "N",
  "accompDebrisFlag": "N",
  "status": "Completed",
  "locations": [
    {
      "latitude": "27.863",
      "longitude": "-82.54",
      "county": "Hillsborough County",
      "city": "Tampa",
      "congDistrict": "14",
      "riverBasin": "Tampa Bay",
      "huc": "31002060303"
    }
  ],
  "partners": [
    {
      "name": "Florida Marine Research Institute"
    }
  ],
  "strategies": [
    {
      "name": "Does not fall under a strategy",
      "primaryFlag": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "photos": [
    {
      "id": "3071",
      "name": "3071_F17874_Ballast1.jpg",
      "webpageNumber": "1",
      "caption": "Ballast tanks are sounded on a ship in the Port of Tampa.",
      "date": "2/20/2004",
      "imageType": "Before Photo"
    },
    {
      "id": "3072",
      "name": "3072_F26910_Ballast6.jpg",
      "webpageNumber": "2",
      "caption": "Water samples are retrieved from an open ballast tank hatch on a ship in Port Manatee.",
      "date": "2/11/2004",
      "imageType": "Project Photo"
    },
    {
      "id": "3073",
      "name": "3073_F20334_Ballast8.jpg",
      "webpageNumber": "3",
      "caption": "After collection, ballast water is filtered through sieves on deck.",
      "date": "2/11/2004",
      "imageType": "Before Photo"
    }
  ],
  "techniques": [
    {
      "name": "Education and outreach"
    },
    {
      "name": "Research/recommendations/surveys"
    }
  ],
  "monitoring": [
    {
      "monitorResultId": "9A6AE6EB-1402-F111-8407-001DD8084FD9",
      "tier1Flag": "N",
      "tier2Flag": "N",
      "monitorConductFlag": "N"
    }
  ],
  "funding": [
    {
      "mechanism": "National Fish and Wildlife Foundation - Pinellas",
      "activityType": "Monitoring",
      "fyAwarded": "2002",
      "noaaContribution": "158,251.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "otherNonFedContribution": "0.0",
      "partnerContribution": "0.0",
      "stateContribution": "0.0",
      "sourceProgram": "DA - Directed Appropriations",
      "partner": {
        "name": "Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission"
      }
    }
  ]
}