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The Endangered Species Act: 50 Years of Conserving Species

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act by learning more about NOAA's work to conserve endangered species and their habitats.
May 19, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
National
50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act with smalltooth sawfish, green turtle, Atlantic salmon, staghorn, North Atlantic right whale, and Tubastraea floreana

NOAA Announces Projects Recommended for Saltonstall-Kennedy 2023 Funding

Agency announces more than $11 million in grant funding for the promotion, development, and marketing of U.S. fisheries.
May 16, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
National
Blue, green, and red fishing boats docked in a bay.

Visualizing Shifts of Pollock, Cod in the Northern Bering Sea in Response to Warming Waters

Recent updates to the Distribution Mapping and Analysis Portal (DisMAP) include additional years of data, new filtering features, and data from a new region—the Northern Bering Sea.
May 12, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
National
Several Pacific cod swim among smaller rockfish in open water above plants and substrate. Several Pacific cod swim among smaller rockfish in Alaskan waters. The addition of data from the Northern Bering Sea to the Distribution and Mapping Analysis Portal (DisMAP) could help scientists better understand how the ranges of species such as Pacific cod are shifting in that region in response to a warming climate. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Alaska Fisheries Science Center

Statement on U.S. District Court Decision Remanding 2019 Biological Opinion Regarding Southeast Alaska Salmon Fisheries

May 2, 2023 decision on Wild Fish Conservancy v. Rumsey, Alaska Trollers Association, and State of Alaska.
May 05, 2023 - Agency Statement ,
Alaska
West Coast
A Southeast Alaska troller A Southeast Alaska trolling vessel. Credit ASMI

NOAA Fisheries Releases 2022 Status of Stocks

The report highlights successful management of U.S. fisheries, including the important role commercial and recreational fisheries play in our economy.
April 27, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
National
Photo of an east coast fishing port. East coast fishing port. Credit: iStock

NOAA Fisheries to Hold Public Hearing on Amendment that Would Establish Federal Management of Salmon in Upper Cook Inlet

Absent Council action, agency must prepare amendment to meet court deadline.
April 26, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
A cluster of pink salmon underwater

Recommended 2023 Species Recovery Grants Projects

NOAA Fisheries has recommended $6.3 million in funding for six new projects and 20 ongoing projects.
April 12, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
National
Two sturgeon swim above a gravelly bottom Atlantic sturgeon swimming. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Public Hearings in Alaska on Proposal to List Sunflower Sea Stars Under the Endangered Species Act

Hearings will be in Kodiak and Petersburg and may be attended in person or via teleconference.
April 12, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Sunflower sea star A sunflower sea star. Credit: Gullekson/WDFW

For the First Time, Scientists Can Predict Traits for All Fish Worldwide

New research takes a “Robin Hood” approach to provide missing information on data-poor fish species for more effective ecosystem based fisheries management.
March 27, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Model showing similarities like parental care, offspring, and maturity between different fish Model results showing where fish species (circles, with examples shown around perimeter) within each family or class (colors, legend on right) fall among three life-history strategies (periodic, opportunistic, and equilibrium) based on their traits. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Meet Jim Thorson

Science is exciting. For Jim Thorson, a scientist and researcher at Alaska Fisheries Science Center, it’s the family business.
March 26, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Portrait of scientist with glasses smiling