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Washington Tribes Restore Salmon Habitat on South Fork Nooksack River

With $9.5 million in NOAA funds, the Nooksack and Lummi tribes are restoring habitat for Spring Chinook using engineered log jams to recreate healthy river processes.
August 26, 2024 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Engineered log jam along the river bank. (Photo: Nooksack Tribe Natural Resources Department/Lummi Natural Resources) Engineered log jam along the river bank. Credit: Nooksack Tribe Natural Resources Department/Lummi Natural Resources

Twenty-Seven New Projects Will Advance Habitat Restoration and Climate Resilience Priorities of Tribes and Underserved Communities

More than $45 million in funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act will help ensure tribes and underserved communities are at the center of restoration and resilience efforts happening in their communities.
August 22, 2024 - Feature Story ,
National
OysterCorps members planting marsh grasses (Photo: Franklin’s Promise Coalition) Funding will support multiple efforts to engage local young adults in habitat restoration and coastal resilience, including the OysterCorps program in Florida. Credit: Franklin's Promise Coalition.

Sharing a Love of Teaching (and Oysters)

Teacher at Sea Alumni talks about teaching in Brooklyn and how he shares his passion for oysters with his students.
August 22, 2024 - Podcast ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A man wearing a beanie and life jacket stands on a dock. Behind him are several boats, including a canoe. Teacher at Sea Roy Arezzo on a dock for a rowing race. Courtesy: Roy Arezzo

Snow Crab Collapse Due to Ecological Shift in the Bering Sea

Arctic conditions that dominated in the preindustrial Bering Sea are expected to continue to decline over the next 1-2 decades.
August 21, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
A hand holding three snow crabs stacked on one another Three snow crabs. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

New Deputy Director for Alaska Fisheries Science Center Survey Division

This is a critical leadership role for the Center’s groundfish, crab and ecosystem survey enterprise.
August 20, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Scientist in orange jumpsuit and blue beanie holding a small and red crab

New Study Sheds Light on Salmon Behavior in Trawl Net

Collaborative effort identifies ways to improve technology to help salmon escape from commercial pollock nets.
August 18, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
An underwater image of an open trawl net with a salmon and pollock in the foreground swimming toward the camera. Image of salmon (left) and pollock (right) swimming forward from the codend when the trawl is near the surface and the rate of water flow has slowed down.

18 Years of Eastern North Pacific Right Whale Sightings Shed Light on Important Habitats and Movements

A new study details all sightings since 2006 to fill key knowledge gaps for this mysterious, endangered whale population.
August 16, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Top of whale seen from a vessel Eastern North Pacific Right whale MML# 84 “Cuatro” (female) in the Bering Sea in August 2017. Credit: K. Matsuoka/International Whaling Commission and NOAA Fisheries

All That Remains: Severe Decline in Wild Elkhorn Coral Genetic Diversity on Florida’s Reefs

NOAA Fisheries published results of the 2023 marine heatwave’s impacts on elkhorn coral genetic diversity in Florida. Our report states that only 23 percent of known genotypes remain in the wild.
August 14, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
A small orange coral branches upwards off a relic skeleton of a coral reef A small colony of elkhorn coral found in summer 2024 on Molasses Reef, offshore of Key Largo Credit: Rainbow Reef Dive Center/Jack Teasley

NOAA and State of Alaska Release Summary Report for Aquaculture Opportunity Area Spatial Planning Workshops

Summary report presents key outputs from a two-part workshop series focused on Aquaculture Opportunity Area spatial planning in Alaska state waters.
August 14, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Oysters being farmed by Alaska Shellfish Farms in Kachemak Bay, Alaska. Oysters being farmed by Alaska Shellfish Farms in Kachemak Bay, Alaska. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Reestablishing Connections for Fish and Tribes on Oregon’s North Santiam River

With $710,000 in funding from NOAA, the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde will remove barriers to the passage of threatened salmon and trout species on their land.
August 13, 2024 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
North Santiam River. Credit: Jodie Robinson/NOAA North Santiam River. Credit: Jodie Robinson/NOAA