Maintaining healthy fish populations is vital to our nation’s economy—important for commercial and recreational use, integral to our coastal communities, and providing healthy sources of protein. We work to ensure sustainable marine and anadromous fish populations and protect any fish species listed under the Endangered Species Act.
Species News
Offspring of endangered female winter-run Sacramento River Chinook salmon that had been injected with thiamine on their return to the Livingston Stone National Fish Hatchery. Biologists brought them to UC Davis as embryos and then examined them to tell if the fish that received supplemental thiamine injections produced healthier offspring. Photo by Heather Bell/UC Davis.
Wild black sea bass in a 32,000-gallon research aquarium at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center's James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory at Sandy Hook, New Jersey.
The Bering Sea cold pool, a bottom water mass that is < 0-2o C resulting when winter sea ice recedes affects fish movement. Warmer water temperatures and reduced sea ice in recent years resulted in shrinkage of the cold pool. Figure: NOAA Fisheries.
Research
Study Shows Pollock Stocks are Mixing More Due to Changing Ocean Conditions and Weather Patterns
New research confirms movement of adult and young pollock between Russian and U.S. waters. Scientists from the NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Research's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory and the Russian Research Institute of Fisheries…
Return of Atlantic Sturgeon to Pee Dee River Signals Improved Health of Population
Atlantic sturgeon were once abundant in rivers and coastal waters along the East Coast, but their population has declined greatly due to fishing and habitat loss. Recent tracking of sturgeon in the Pee Dee River, however, is signaling an improvement in…
Watershed Program Publications
Publications of the Northwest Fisheries Science Center's Watershed Program from 2010-present.
Meet the Fishermen Involved in Cooperative Research
The Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s works with our region’s commercial fishing community to collect data that help us better understand ocean ecosystems and improve fisheries management. Their partnership is critical to the future of sustainable…
