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On Deck With Observer 0001— Looking Back 30 Years

This year the Pacific Islands Region Observer Program marks its 30th anniversary. To celebrate, we’re featuring its first observer, Tonya Wick.
November 21, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
A woman poses holding a fish while aboard a fishing vessel with fisherman and their catch separated into baskets in the background. Tonya Wick aboard a fishing vessel at sea in 1998. Photo courtesy of Tonya Wick

Ocean Gliders Listen for Whales off Oregon in Test of New Ways to Count Them

Passive acoustic monitoring by “gliders” may better detect some species.
November 21, 2024 - News ,
Pacific Islands
West Coast
Photograph of two scientists on a small boat preparing glider for deployment. Oregon State University professor David Mellinger and Doug Batson from the Oregon Coast Aquarium prepare the Seagliders for deployment off the coast of Oregon in mid-September. They were aboard the Oregon Coast Aquarium’s vessel, the R/V Gracie Lynn. Photo courtesy Genece Grisby, Oregon Coast Aquarium.

Making Seafood Imports Safer by Reducing Illegal Fishing

Our new podcast shares updates to the Seafood Import Monitoring Program.
November 21, 2024 - Podcast ,
International
shutterstock-seafood-display-in-market-750x500.jpg Fish on display at the market. Credit: Shutterstock

Breakthrough Achieved in ICCAT’s Challenging Negotiations

In a banner year for the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, U.S. leadership led to several breakthrough outcomes, including new management measures for Atlantic tropical tunas and North Atlantic swordfish.
November 20, 2024 - Feature Story ,
International
School of yellowfin tuna swimming underwater. Tuna. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Restoring Pocket Estuaries Key to Puget Sound Chinook Recovery in Washington

With NOAA funds, the Skagit River System Cooperative will restore the Similk Pocket Estuary, which will provide refuge for juvenile Chinook originating from the Skagit River.
November 20, 2024 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Artist's concept of the restored Similk Estuary. Credit: Artist Studio, llc. Artist's concept of the restored Similk Estuary. Credit: Artist Studio, llc.

NOAA Fisheries Announces Action Plan to Enhance the U.S. Seafood Import Monitoring Program

After gathering feedback from more than 7,000 stakeholders, NOAA shaped an action plan focused on combating illegal fishing and enhancing seafood traceability.
November 14, 2024 - Feature Story ,
International
Fishermen offloading. Credit: Shutterstock Fishermen offloading. Credit: Shutterstock

Identifying Aquaculture Opportunity Areas in California and the Gulf of Mexico

Two Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statements will be open for public comment from November 22, 2024 through February 20, 2025. Join a public listening session to learn more.
November 13, 2024 - Feature Story ,
National
A close up underwater image of Giant kelp. Giant kelp (Credit: Zachary Gold for NOAA.)

$9.2 Million in Inflation Reduction Act Funds Awarded to Academic Partners for Pacific Salmon Recovery Science

Partnerships are key to strengthening NOAA’s science-based approach toward recovering imperiled Pacific salmon populations.
November 13, 2024 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Researchers on a small boat on a river Researches with the Fisheries Collaborative Program at the University of California at Santa Cruz deploy equipment to measure predation rates on juvenile salmon in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Photo: Brendan Lehman

2024 Research for Pacific Protected Species

Inflation Reduction Act funds helped NOAA Fisheries scientists enhance our 2024 data for ice seals in Alaska, Hawaiian monk seals and sea turtles in the Pacific Islands, and cetaceans off the West Coast.
November 13, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Pacific Islands
West Coast
Marylou Staman conducts green sea turtle surveys at Lalo (French Frigate Shoals). Credit: NOAA Fisheries. Marylou Staman conducts green sea turtle surveys at Lalo in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. More than 90 percent of the Hawaiian green sea turtle population nests at Lalo (French Frigate Shoals). Credit: NOAA Fisheries. Taken under U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Permit #TE-72088A-3 and Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Co-Manager’s Permit.

Direct Marketing: Another Tool to Increase Resiliency of U.S. Seafood

Selling seafood directly to consumers, markets, or restaurants can help strengthen community connections and insulate our domestic seafood supply against disruptions.
November 12, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
West Coast
National
A chalk signboard outside a fish market that says "Thank You for Supporting Local Fishermen" A signboard thanking patrons at Tuna Harbor Dockside Market in San Diego. Credit: Tuna Harbor Dockside Market.