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For the First Time, Scientists Tag a Loggerhead Sea Turtle off U.S. West Coast

Data from the satellite tag should help scientists understand what habitats loggerheads use and how to more effectively protect this endangered species.
May 06, 2015 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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Sea Lion Strandings: The View from the Rookery

NOAA Fisheries wildlife biologist Sharon Melin describes conditions at the sea lion rookeries on the Channel Islands, where pups are going hungry because unusually warm water along the Pacific coast has made it more difficult for their mothers to find food.
April 30, 2015 - Podcast ,
West Coast
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Removal of Diversion Dam Improves Habitat Access for Migrating Fish in California’s Tehama County

The 80 year-old diversion dam on the South Fork of Cottonwood Creek was built in the 1930s to provide water and hydropower to a private residence.
March 03, 2015 - Feature Story ,
West Coast

Automatic Whale Detector, Version 1.0

Scientists have combined infrared cameras with image recognition software to automatically detect and count migrating gray whales.
February 09, 2015 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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Puget Sound Salmon Face More Ups and Downs in River Flows

Many salmon rivers around Puget Sound have experienced increasing fluctuations in flow over the past 60 years, just as climate change projections predict – and that's unfortunate news for threatened Chinook salmon, according to a new analysis of salmon survival and river flow.
February 03, 2015 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Riverine. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Simple Soil Mixture Reverses Toxic Stormwater Effects

A simple column of common soil can reverse the toxic effects of urban runoff that otherwise quickly kills young coho salmon and their insect prey, according to  new research by NOAA Fisheries, Washington State University and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
January 20, 2015 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Landscape with drainage, plant and basic soil mixture that helps to remove toxics lethal to aquatic lif

New Adult Fish Facility Opens Oregon’s South Santiam Basin to Threatened Salmon and Steelhead

Oregon’s Foster Dam just got an upgrade, one that is proving vital to the survival of threatened Upper Willamette River spring Chinook salmon and winter steelhead.
January 04, 2015 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Foster collection facility

Climate Change Projected to Drive Marine Species Northward

Anticipated changes in climate will push West Coast marine species from sharks to salmon northward an average of 30 kilometers per decade, shaking up fish communities and shifting fishing grounds.
December 10, 2014 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Albacore tuna have shifted to more northerly waters. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Once Nearly Extinct, Endangered Idaho Sockeye Regaining Fitness Advantage

Endangered Snake River sockeye salmon are regaining the fitness of their wild ancestors, with naturally spawned juvenile sockeye migrating to the ocean and returning as adults at a much higher rate than others released from hatcheries.
November 24, 2014 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Observed sockeye salmon redds in Redfish Lake from 1999 to present.

The Importance of Eelgrass

NOAA Fisheries is providing guidelines to prevent further loss of one of nature’s most valuable and productive habitats in the marine environment—eelgrass.
November 07, 2014 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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