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2024 Winter News Roundup

A roundup of recent headlines from around the agency—hear about using illegal eel smuggling operation, scientists using AI to better understand monk seals, and funding announcements tied to climate resiliency and helping coastal communities.
December 18, 2024 - Podcast ,
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A scientist wearing a personal flotation device squats in front of a long-range autonomous underwater vehicle typing on a laptop while on the back deck of a research vessel at sea. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution engineer Owen Ceserano downloads images collected from a long-range autonomous underwater vehicle called “Stella” on deck of R/V Hugh R. Sharp. HabCam can be seen in the background. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Zach Fyke

AI Meets Aquaculture to Study Hawaiian Monk Seal Interactions With Net Pens

NOAA Fisheries and Blue Ocean Mariculture are leveraging technology to study Hawaiian monk seal interest in aquaculture net pens in Hawaiʻi.
November 21, 2024 - Feature Story ,
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Two Hawaiian monk seals swim near an aquaculture net pen full of fish. NOAA Fisheries, in collaboration with Blue Ocean Mariculture, is conducting a multi-year pilot study to evaluate observational methods and tools for studying Hawaiian monk seal behavior. Courtesy of Blue Ocean Mariculture

NOAA Fisheries Releases National Seafood Strategy Implementation Plan

The plan outlines actions we can take to enhance industry resilience and competitiveness in the face of climate change and other stressors.
October 01, 2024 - Feature Story ,
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Seafood on ice Seafood on ice for display. Credit: Shutterstock

Big Island Abalone Grows Shellfish in Hawai'i

This Tide to Table Profile features Satoshi Yoshida, an abalone farmer bringing a new kind of shellfish to Kona, Hawai'i.
September 26, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
A black ezo abalone held in a hand at an abalone farm in Hawaii. A black, ezo, abalone at Big Island Abalone farm in Kona, Hawaii (Courtesy of Big Island Abalone.)

Restorative Aquaculture for Hawaiian Kūmū

Oceanic Institute is developing technology to raise a Hawaiian goatfish species in captivity to try to help declining wild populations.
October 26, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
One white goatgish and three red kumu fish swimming. Kūmū, or Hawaiian whitesaddle goatfish, at Kure Atoll in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Credit: NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries/James Watt

Growing Seaweed: Aquaculture in Harmony with the Environment

A NOAA-supported project is determining how to grow native limu (seaweed) in Hawaiʻi using nutrient-rich water from aquaculture operations.
September 27, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
Six green seaweed being compared growing in water. Oceanic Institute is growing native limu (seaweed) species using nutrient-rich water from farmed shrimp and fish. There are clear visual differences between Grateloupia and Ulva limu (top and bottom rows, respectively) grown in water from shrimp, giant trevally, and striped mullet (left, middle, and right columns, respectively). Credit: Oceanic Institute

Profiles in Sustainability: A New Look for FishWatch

Re-designed FishWatch site helps users understand the sustainability of U.S. seafood.
June 22, 2023 - Feature Story ,
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A grid of seven photos depicting various seafood communities. Whether you catch it yourself, purchase it at your local store, or order it from your favorite restaurant, sustainable seafood is cause to celebrate. Credits: Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (top left), Canopy Sea Farms (bottom left), and NOAA Fisheries (all others).

NOAA Announces Projects Recommended for Saltonstall-Kennedy 2023 Funding

Agency announces more than $11 million in grant funding for the promotion, development, and marketing of U.S. fisheries.
May 16, 2023 - Feature Story ,
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Blue, green, and red fishing boats docked in a bay.

Hawaiian Fishpond Kicks Off State’s First Sea Cucumber Aquaculture

NOAA-supported project finds an environmentally restorative export product in Hawaiian sea cucumbers.
September 27, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
Dark reddish sea cucumber with spikes held be someone's hand. This sea cucumber, called namako in Japanese cuisine, could help revitalize and provide a revenue source for Hawaiian fishponds. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Joseph Bennington-Castro

Tide to Table Profile: Kauaʻi Sea Farms

On the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi, Kauaʻi Sea Farms is restoring the historic Nomilo Fishpond while growing clams, sea cucumbers, and edible seaweed.
September 23, 2022 - Feature Story ,
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A rainbow over the Nomilo Fishpond on a sunny day. In Hawaii’s historic Nomilo Loko Iʻa, or Nomilo Fishpond, family-owned Kauaʻi Sea Farms specializes in growing clams, sea cucumbers, and edible seaweed. Credit: Kauaʻi Sea Farms