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5-Year Review Finds Yelloweye Rockfish and Bocaccio Need Continued Protection, Outlines Recovery Actions

No change warranted in Endangered Species Act status of two rockfish species in Puget Sound/Georgia Basin.
June 07, 2024 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Juvenile Yelloweye Rockfish swimming under water Juvenile Yelloweye Rockfish. Credit: Dave Whitmer

California Charter Boats Contribute to Rockfish Research, Support Sustainable Fishing

Charter crews collect lab samples, filling in picture of rockfish status.
June 03, 2024 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Anglers fishing of the side side of a boat. Recreational anglers fish for rockfish on a recreational fishing boat off Southern California. Photo: Mark Kalez

Recreational Fishing Communities Help to Protect and Restore Habitat through National Fish Habitat Partnership

Nearly $175,000 will support habitat restoration and angler engagement projects in Oregon, Hawaiʻi, and South Carolina.
June 03, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
National
A group of 10 volunteers and staff in matching shirts pose for a photo on a beach Kuleana Coral Restoration team gathers at a public outreach event in 2023 at Pokai Bay, Hawai'i. Credit: Kuleana Coral Restoration

McKenzie River Restoration Benefiting Threatened Upper Willamette River Chinook

Salmon have successfully reproduced at the Finn Rock restoration site in Oregon’s McKenzie River watershed. Another project aims to bring salmon back to lower Quartz Creek.
June 03, 2024 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Chinook salmon returning to spawn at Finn Rock Reach. (Photo: Tim Giraudier/Beautiful Oregon) Chinook salmon returning to spawn at Finn Rock Reach. (Photo: Tim Giraudier/Beautiful Oregon)

Meet Jhen Cabasal, Marine Habitat Resources Specialist

Jhen works on projects for habitat and species conservation in Long Beach, California.
May 23, 2024 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
A woman in blue-rimmed glasses, a black sweater and white shirt with black polka dots smiles at the camera. Jhen conserves and protects marine habitat and the endangered species that live in them. Credit: Jhen Cabasal

NOAA Fisheries Receives Engineering Award for New Antarctic Field Camp

NOAA scientists—along with construction partners—were recognized for their exceptional logistics and their dedication and tenacity in challenging Antarctic environments.
May 23, 2024 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Three new camp buildings sit in the lower left corner of a dirt plane. In the background is the ocean and several large icebergs. The sky is blue and hazy. The completed Holt Watters Field Camp at Cape Shirreff. The first two buildings, the galley and the bunk house, were completed in 2023. The fur seal laboratory-the building in the foreground with the flat roof-was completed this season. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Tracking Study Seeks Secrets of Some of the Sacramento’s Most Successful Salmon

Spring-run Chinook salmon from Butte Creek grow faster and survive better.
May 21, 2024 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Juvenile Chinook in a scale, weighing 19.6 grams Biologists measure and weigh a juvenile spring-Chinook salmon from Butte Creek. Photo: Jeremy Notch/SWFSC

World Fish Migration Day

Join us in celebrating World Fish Migration Day! Learn more about how NOAA helps migratory fish and communities by opening or improving access to river and stream habitat.
May 20, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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National
A salmon leaping upstream over fast-moving whitewater and dark gray rocks Atlantic salmon leaps upstream. Credit: Shutterstock

Recommended 2024 Species Recovery Grants Projects

NOAA Fisheries has recommended roughly $5.5 million in funding for six new projects and 16 ongoing projects.
May 07, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
National
An adult orca is swimming underwater, and a calf is next to its dorsal fin. The calf is surfacing from the water. Southern Resident killer whale swimming with calf. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

NOAA Fisheries Releases 2023 Status of Stocks

This report provides a "snapshot in time" of the status of our nation's fisheries at the end of 2023.
May 02, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
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Young fish swimming. Juvenile coho salmon. Credit: iStock