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California Vintner Steps Forward to Protect Endangered Salmon

A vintner in Northern California is upgrading a concrete fish barrier to return native salmon and steelhead to valuable spawning habitat that has been blocked for nearly a century.
June 18, 2019 - Feature Story ,
West Coast

Meet Henry Milliken, Research Fisheries Biologist

Henry Milliken conducts gear research to reduce bycatch, and heads the new Populations, Ecology, and Threats Team at the Woods Hole Laboratory.
June 18, 2019 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Tagging team with tagged turtle on deck.

NOAA Fisheries Adopts New Plan for West Coast Ecosystem Science and Management

The Western Regional Implementation Plan for Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management provides steps for helping West Coast fishermen and fisheries managers make sustainable business and conservation decisions that maximize the value of fisheries while protecting the ecosystems they depend on.
June 17, 2019 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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Ocean Month 2019

Dive into our online campaigns and features during Ocean Month.
June 17, 2019 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
National
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Enter Our 2019 NOAA Habitat Photo Contest!

Submit your winning coastal and marine habitat photos by July 22, 2019, as part of Habitat Month.
June 17, 2019 - Feature Story ,
National
habitat-photo-contest_750x500.jpg Winners from past NOAA Habitat Photo Contests. (Clockwise from top left: Linda Shaw, Douglas Croft, Andrew Gray, Hank Carter)

A Continuation of Motherload: The Story of a Fertile Turtle in the Hawaiian Islands

This past March, researchers with NOAA's Marine Turtle Biology and Assessment Program located a fertile female Hawaiian green sea turtle using ultrasound, and put a satellite tag on her to see where she would migrate to lay her eggs. This is the continuation of her story.
June 14, 2019 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
Basking turtles stacked in a pile on a white sand bar.

The Coastal Squeeze: Changing Tactics for Dealing with Climate Change

In New England and the Mid-Atlantic, we are seeing surprisingly fast changes compared to other parts of the world. Incorporating new information is critical to protecting essential fish habitat.
June 14, 2019 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Evaluating Capabilities of New Technologies for the West Coast Hake Survey

NWFSC staff are aboard the NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada to begin the Pacific hake survey. The path of the Shimada will be duplicated by four unmanned surface vehicles that will be launched by Saildrone, Inc. This effort will allow scientists to compare and evaluate the data collected by the Saildrones with the stock assessment needs of the survey.
June 14, 2019 - Feature Story ,
West Coast

10 Years of Science and Stewardship in Pacific Marine National Monuments

Please join us in celebrating the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Mariana Trench, Pacific Islands Heritage, and Rose Atoll Marine National Monuments.
June 14, 2019 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
A variety of corals are seen in the foreground as a school of fish swim in the water above. A lively reef in the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument, Hawaiʻi (Baker Island). Credit: Jeff Milisen.

Salmon Summit

Scientists from the NWFSC's Pasco Research Station worked with 4th and 5th graders in the classroom as students raised salmon from egg to parr, and at the annual Salmon Summit in April, where over 3,000 students released the fish into the Columbia River. Jesse Lamb, Matt Nesbit, and Benjamin Sandford share why they get involved year after year.
June 13, 2019 - Feature Story ,
West Coast