Refine Results
Region
News Category
Topic
Species Category

News & Announcements

News

155 items match your filter criteria.

Recommended 2023 Species Recovery Grants Projects

NOAA Fisheries has recommended $6.3 million in funding for six new projects and 20 ongoing projects.
April 12, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
National
Two sturgeon swim above a gravelly bottom Atlantic sturgeon swimming. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Public Hearings in Alaska on Proposal to List Sunflower Sea Stars Under the Endangered Species Act

Hearings will be in Kodiak and Petersburg and may be attended in person or via teleconference.
April 12, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Sunflower sea star A sunflower sea star. Credit: Gullekson/WDFW

NOAA Fisheries Proposes Listing Sunflower Sea Star as Threatened under Endangered Species Act

Expert panel reviewed best information on sharp decline in signature Pacific Coast species.
March 15, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
West Coast
Sunflower sea star underwater Sunflower sea star. Photo: Janna Nichols

SeaWorld San Antonio Celebrates Tyonek’s 5-Year Anniversary at the Park

The success story behind the rehabilitation of the abandoned baby beluga rescued in 2017 involved several agencies and a 4,000-mile journey.
March 08, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
SeaWorld staffer tending to Tyonek. SeaWorld staffer tending to Tyonek. NOAA Fisheries ESA/MMPA Permit No. 18786-02. Credit: SeaWorld San Antonio.

Empowering a Fleet Through Electronic Technologies

How electronic monitoring is changing the Gulf of Alaska pollock fishery.
January 11, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Harbor with trawl vessels and snowcapped mountains Trawl EM vessels at their home port in Sand Point, AK.

2019 Report of Marine Mammal Strandings in the United States

These national and regional marine mammal stranding overviews detail marine mammal stranding rates, trends, and activities in the United States in a given year. In 2019, there were 7,719 confirmed marine mammal strandings in the United States.
January 05, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
National
Stranding Network members perform an animal autopsy on a stranded gray whale that lies within a sectioned off area of the beach. A team of scientists from The Marine Mammal Center and the California Academy of Sciences perform a necropsy on a stranded gray whale at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach. Photo: Katie D’Innocenzo/The Marine Mammal Center.

Harbor Porpoises in Southeast Alaska Consist of at Least Two Populations

Scientists produced first abundance estimates for the newly identified populations and assessed potential impacts from gillnet fishing.
December 20, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Dorsal fins of two porpoises swimming in water Two harbor porpoises swimming in waters of Southeastern Alaska. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.

Meet the NOAA Alaska Region’s Stranding Response Team!

Mandy Keogh, the Alaska Region Stranding Coordinator, discusses team members and their vital roles.
December 07, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Two biologists with the NOAA Alaska Region (Kim Raum-Suryan and Sadie Wright) measure a Steller sea lion carcass during a carcass survey of the Copper River Delta. Credit: NOAA Fisheries, Permit 18786 Two biologists with the NOAA Alaska Region, Kim Raum-Suryan and Sadie Wright, measure a Steller sea lion carcass during a carcass survey of the Copper River Delta. Credit: NOAA Fisheries, Permit 18786

Gray Whale Numbers Continue Decline; NOAA Fisheries Will Continue Monitoring

Fluctuations have long affected the eastern North Pacific population.
October 07, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
West Coast
Photograph showing gray whale mother and calf swimming along the central California Coast near Piedras Blancas, CA. A gray whale mother calf pair migrating along the central California coast from the wintering grounds in Mexico to the summer feeding grounds in Alaska. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Take the Lead, Do not Feed

Changing our behavior can keep people and Steller sea lions safe.
September 28, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Fisherman feeding a Steller sea lion. A fisherman feeds a Steller sea lion.