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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.
Seafood on ice Seafood on ice for display. Credit: Shutterstock

$4 Million Awarded for Marine Mammal Rescue Efforts through Prescott Grant Program

NOAA Fisheries recommended awarding 37 grants, totaling more than $4 million, through the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Assistance Grant Program to our partners in 16 states.
Humpback whale carcass lying on beach with two people measuring the pectoral flipper Authorized responders from the Seacoast Science Center take measurements of a dead humpback whale that stranded in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Credit: Seacoast Science Center.

West Coast Chinook Salmon Get a New Genetic Reference Database

Upgraded research tool allows scientists to pinpoint the origin of individual salmon.
September 26, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Donald Van Doornik looking at the camera while processing samples NOAA Fisheries fish biologist Donald Van Doornik processing salmon genetic samples.

Ocean Rainforest Farms Seaweed in Southern California

This Tide to Table profile features Javier Infante, a seaweed scientist doing cutting-edge research offshore Santa Barbara, California.
September 25, 2024 - News ,
A scuba diver holds up a line full of giant kelp seaweed in southern California. Javiar Infante, in scuba gear, holds up a seaweed line where he's growing giant kelp at the Ocean Rainforest farm in southern California (Courtesy of Javier Infante.)

Comparing Killer Whale Cuisine

New research aims to understand how two populations of North Pacific resident killer whales find food and what they eat. Southern Resident Connections - Post 38
September 19, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Orcas capturing a salmon Southern Resident killer whale preys on salmon in the Salish Sea near Seattle. Credit: Candice Emmons/NOAA Fisheries

Why Can’t Killer Whales Find and Capture Food? The Ocean Is too Noisy

New research helps explain how vessel noise reduces foraging efficiency and success in West Coast killer whales. Southern Resident Connections - Post 37
September 11, 2024 - Feature Story ,
A killer whale traveling quickly with a cargo vessel in the background A male orca travels quickly near a large cargo ship transiting through the Salish Sea. Image taken under NOAA permit. Credit: Candice Emmons/NOAA Fisheries