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Four Pacific Salmon and Steelhead Retain Threatened Status in Reviews of Recovery Progress

The Endangered Species Act 5-year reviews show challenges to recovery, yet highlight positive developments.
December 11, 2024 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Flowing river York Creek flows free after removal of York Dam reopened the upper reaches of the creek to Central California Coast steelhead after nearly a century. Photo by Brian Meux/NOAA Fisheries.

Annual Ocean Indicators Point to Varied Conditions for Pacific Salmon

A strong El Niño was a major driver of ocean conditions and changes to the food web in the winter of 2024.
December 06, 2024 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
View aboard a research vessel at sunset Oregon State University’s R/V Elakha serves as the primary research vessel for collecting data along the Newport Hydrographic Line. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

How Underwater Drones Are Transforming Fisheries Data Collection in Remote Areas

Hear how gliders are used to survey Antarctic krill, the foundation of the region's food web.
December 05, 2024 - Podcast ,
West Coast
A bright yellow glider being lowered into the ocean. scientist in Zodiac assisting with deployment. Glider “Adrian” getting deployed from the R/V Laurence M. Gould. Credit: Andrew Titmus

Innovative New Trawl Net Developed for U.S. West Coast Fish Research Surveys

Scientists worked with the fishing industry to design a multi-purpose net for a new integrated survey beginning in 2025.
November 25, 2024 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Crew aboard a fishing vessel preparing a net Getting the net ready to fish. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

NOAA Committee Conducting Survey on Methods to Deter Conflicts with Marine Mammals

Deadline for fishermen, dock and marina owners, and others to complete the survey extended to December 22.
November 25, 2024 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Closeup of a sea lion's head The survey seeks information on different methods of deterring marine mammals such as sea lions from damaging infrastructure or interfering with fishing activities and fishing gear. The survey will be available until December 22.

Secretary of Commerce Determines Fishery Resource Disasters for the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe’s 2020 Salmon Fisheries

The Secretary of Commerce determined that a commercial fishery failure occurred in two Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe fisheries.
November 22, 2024 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Photo of a chum salmon swimming upstream to spawn in Washington. Chum salmon swimming upstream to spawn in Washington. Credit: iStock

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.

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.

$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.