Monitor Monitoring InventoryThe monitoring projects in the following inventory take place in or around the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary. Projects are conducted by either Sanctuary staff or by our partners. Summary information is presented for each. Use the "Click to for More Details" option to expand the information displayed.

Monitoring and characterization of Battle of the Atlantic shipwrecks off the coast of North
Carolina. Site surveys and corrosion studies are conducted to assess degradation to wreck sites due to
environmental and human factors and to evaluate site significance.

Maritime Heritage Program, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, the Bureau
of Ocean Energy Management, the National Park Service, East Carolina University, the University of North Carolina Coastal Studies Institute, the state of North Carolina, the Cooperative Institute for Ocean
Exploration, Research, and Technology, Advancedand their families deserve to be protected," said Adam Pertman, executive director of the New York-based Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute. "It's about time that we take children and families seriously, that we have a systematic framework in place to protect them."

The goal of the proposed regulations is to fix the process so "the interests of U.S. prospective adoptive parents are ensured," said Kelly Shannon, a spokeswoman for the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs. "We need to try and ensure that the child is not trafficked."

For The Record Los Angeles Times Tuesday November 18, 2003 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 1 inches; 34 words Type of Material: Correction International adoptions -- An article in Friday's Section A said that the public had