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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
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Rising Temperatures Turning Major Sea Turtle Population Female

New research method reveals shifting sex ratio of Great Barrier Reef colonies.
January 08, 2018 - News ,
West Coast
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Flood Barrier Designed with Fish-Friendly Features

Project earns high marks from community and conservation leaders.
January 02, 2018 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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What’s That Fish?

Using 15 years of NOAA’s Fisheries Observer Program data, Center scientists Tom Good and Jason Jannot worked with longline fishermen and vessel captains to study methods of reducing impacts to albatross and other seabirds in the U.S. West Coast sablefish fishery. Results of their research have been published in The next link/button will exit from NWFSC web site Fisheries Research.
December 22, 2017 - Feature Story ,
West Coast

Vessel Rules Benefit Endangered Killer Whales, Review Finds

An analysis five years after the adoption of federal vessel regulations found that the regulations have reduced impacts on the whales.
December 21, 2017 - Feature Story ,
West Coast

Safe Skies at Night

Using 15 years of NOAA’s Fisheries Observer Program data, Center scientists Tom Good and Jason Jannot worked with longline fishermen and vessel captains to study methods of reducing impacts to albatross and other seabirds in the U.S. West Coast sablefish fishery.
December 15, 2017 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Fishermen baiting longline hooks. Albatross and other seabirds are attracted by bait and may try to take it directly off the hooks. If they are entangled or hooked, they can be pulled underwater and drown. Credit: Amanda Gladics, Oregon Sea Grant/OSU.

Baby Endangered California Salmon Use Different Rivers Than Expected, Research Shows

Research may have implications in how Sacramento Valley waterways are managed to protect critically endangered fish.
December 04, 2017 - Feature Story ,
West Coast

Scientists Call for Improved Technologies to Save Imperiled California Salmon

Genetic identification and real-time monitoring would improve the management of salmon and water.
December 01, 2017 - News ,
West Coast
IEP Delta Juvenile Fish Monitoring Program biologists count, measure, and collect tissue samples from juvenile salmon.