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Closure of 2022 Maine Pinniped Unusual Mortality Event

The Unusual Mortality Event involving stranded harbor and gray seals along the coast of Maine has ended.
January 16, 2024 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
HPAI Testing on a seal. Marine Mammals of Maine take nasal swabs from a harbor seal for HPAI testing. Credit: Marine Mammals of Maine

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Issues a Fishery Disaster Determination for the Squaxin Island Tribe Salmon Fishery

NOAA Fisheries will provide guidance on the development of applications for federal financial assistance.
January 12, 2024 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
National
Close-up of two chum salmon at the bottom of murky water. Can see rocks below the fish. Chum salmon. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Unsettled Pacific Ocean Offers Few Clear Indicators for Salmon Success in 2024

Surveys off Oregon find mixed signals for temperatures, prey off Oregon.
January 11, 2024 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Chinook salmon Acoustically tagged and untagged juvenile Chinook salmon ready to be released from a net pen to begin their ocean migration.

Meet Joseph Pfaller, Sea Turtle Branch Chief

As part of the Faces of the Southeast Fisheries Science Center series, meet Dr. Joseph Pfaller.
January 10, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
A man kneeling on a beach next to a large loggerhead sea turtle. Dr. Joe Pfaller with a female loggerhead turtle (with a sand mustache) after a long night on the nesting beach conducting permitted activities with Caretta Research Project. Photo provided by Joe Pfaller.

Resolve to Meet (and Eat) New Seafood

This year, explore overlooked sustainable seafood options to discover a world of flavors.
January 09, 2024 - Feature Story ,
National
Potato crusted halibut

New Project to Develop a Wetland Restoration Design for Guinea Marsh

Plans are under way in Virginia to restore wetlands in the NOAA Middle Peninsula Habitat Focus Area.
January 08, 2024 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
View of a marsh in Virginia Virginia's Guinea Marsh Wildlife Management Area is the target of a wetland restoration design project. Photo: Lynda Richardson, Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources

New Funding Reinvigorates Efforts to Recover Upper Willamette River Chinook Salmon and Steelhead

With $27 million in funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, NOAA is supporting four major projects to bring threatened salmon and trout species back to Oregon’s Willamette River watershed.
January 02, 2024 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
A large fish swims close to a rocky river bottom Chinook salmon. Credit: NOAA.

Reliable Shark Taggers Make Citizen Science Program Possible

The Cooperative Shark Tagging Program owes much of its continued success to the volunteers who adhere to NOAA Fisheries’ tagging standards.
December 27, 2023 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Shark in the water with a tag next to its first dorsal fin. Blacktip shark with a dart tag at the base of its first dorsal fin. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Integrating Ecosystem and Socioeconomic Information into Fisheries Management

A new rapid communication tool takes a significant step toward ecosystem-based management of sustainable seafood.
December 26, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Graphic showing how ecosystem socioeconomic profiles fit into ecosystem based fisheries management The Ecosystem and Socioeconomic Profile completes the ecosystem-based fisheries management feedback loop by integrating ecosystem and socioeconomic information into fisheries advice for decision makers. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.

Warming in the Bering Sea Impacts Phytoplankton Bloom Type

Timing of spring phytoplankton blooms affects the food web.
December 22, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Satellite view of the Bering Sea during spring Bering Sea in bloom on May 15, 2002. Credit: NASA