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Celebrating Aquaculture Week: Farming from Tide to Table

Join us for Aquaculture Week 2024 to learn how marine aquaculture—or farmed seafood—is vital for supporting our nation’s seafood production and year-round jobs, enhancing coastal resilience, and more.
September 23, 2024 - Feature Story ,
a cluster of mussels attached to a rope, surrounded by marine plants Mussel longline aquaculture. Credit: Darryl Torckler

Crack Down on Illegal Charter Operations to Keep Reef Fish Safe: More than $130,000 in Fines Assessed in Illegal Fishing Penalties

NOAA Enforcement wraps up the 2024 federal charter season by targeting illegal for-hire operators across the Gulf.
September 19, 2024 - Feature Story ,
NOAA Officers on a charter patrol off the west coast of Florida. NOAA Officers on a charter patrol off the west coast of Florida. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Collaboration on St. Croix Fish Passage Projects May Create Largest Alewife Run in North America

An international partnership led by the Passamaquoddy Tribe will improve access to 600 miles and 60,000 acres of habitat to alewives and other sea-run fish. The work could result in the return of 80 million adult spawning alewives.
September 19, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Woodland Dam (Credit: Maine Department of Marine Resources) Woodland Dam (Credit: Maine Department of Marine Resources)

Data from Tagged Fish to Help Scientists Enhance Restoration Efforts

Project tracks how nearly 400 fish use restored and natural areas near Poplar Island, Maryland.
September 04, 2024 - Feature Story ,
A woman measures a fish as a man holds the fish on a ruler over a tub of water. Both people are on a boat and are wearing life jackets and hats with large brims. A NOAA Fisheries team checks the length of a fish before inserting a telemetry tag.

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 ,
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

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 ,
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.

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 ,
North Santiam River. Credit: Jodie Robinson/NOAA North Santiam River. Credit: Jodie Robinson/NOAA

2024 Fisheries Art + Science Fellow to Highlight Salmon Reintroduction

Fellowship seeks to engage communities in returning salmon to historical habitat.
August 05, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Laughing woman in overalls with a cow's resting head on her shoulder Nellie Geraghty. Courtesy Nellie Geraghty.