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New Study Reveals Cost of 2017 Salmon Fisheries Closure

Last year’s closure of the commercial ocean salmon troll fishery off the West Coast is estimated to have cost $5.8 million to $8.9 million in lost income for fishermen.
April 03, 2018 - Feature Story ,
West Coast

Keeping Boats on the Water

The Fishery Regulation Assessment Model helps managers evaluate and recommend annual harvest allocations in fisheries up and down the U.S. West Coast. NOAA scientists and managers worked with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and industry representatives to provide genetic data in support of a recalibration effort aimed at improving the model and better understanding harvest impacts throughout the region. Results indicated at least one sensitive stock was encountered at lower rates than previously thought.
March 26, 2018 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
A Washington Trollers Association member prepares to ice down Chinook salmon. Credit: WTA/Kim Reisbick, FV High Hope

West Coast Ocean Returning To Normal But Salmon Catches Lagging

Ocean conditions off most of the U.S. West Coast are returning roughly to average, after an extreme marine heatwave from about 2014 to 2016 disrupted the California Current Ecosystem and shifted many species beyond their traditional range.
March 20, 2018 - News ,
West Coast
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Endangered Salmon Set to Expand Their Range in California’s Central Valley

Biologists are capitalizing on a unique opportunity this year to “jump start” the recovery of Sacramento winter-run Chinook salmon, one of the nation’s most critically endangered species.
March 14, 2018 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Fish in a net being dumped into a holding tank

NOAA Appoints Kristen Koch as New Science and Research Director for the Southwest Fisheries Science Center

Today, NOAA announced the appointment of Kristen Koch, as the new Science and Research Director for NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Science Center.
March 13, 2018 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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West Coast Ocean Returning to Normal but Salmon Catches Lagging

Ocean conditions off most of the U.S. West Coast are returning roughly to average, after an extreme marine heat wave from about 2014 to 2016 disrupted the California Current Ecosystem and shifted many species beyond their traditional range.
March 09, 2018 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Ocean conditions off the West Coast are returning to normal after years of unusually warm waters affected the marine ecosystem, the new report says.

Petition Prompts ESA Review of Upper Klamath and Trinity River Chinook Salmon

Petition to List the Upper Klamath-Trinity River Chinook Evolutionarily Significant Unit as Threatened or Endangered under the Endangered Species Act
February 23, 2018 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Swimming salmon near rocks

A Quarter Century of Counting: Southwest Fisheries Science Center Celebrates 25 Years of Research on Gray Whales

NOAA scientists celebrate 25 years of their research program on gray whale calf production.
February 09, 2018 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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New Report on the State of the California Current in 2017

The California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment is an interdisciplinary research effort led by NOAA scientists along the U.S. West Coast. Its goal is to provide science support for ecosystem-based management of the California Current Ecosystem, a large, complex marine ecosystem in which natural and human systems are inextricably linked. The CCIEA team analyzed the most recent data (from 2016 and early 2017), and a newly published NOAA Technical Memorandum summarizes its findings.
January 25, 2018 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Conceptual model of the California Current social–ecological system.

California Sea Lion Population Rebounded To New Highs

Sea lion numbers reflect conditions in California Current through the decades.
January 17, 2018 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
West Coast
Group of sea lions with mountains in background