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How Many Cowcod Rockfish Populations Are Out There?

Since being declared overfished in 2000, cowcod (Sebastes levis) has been managed for recovery as a continuous population throughout its range, from the U.S.–Mexico border to just north of Cape Mendocino, California. But what if it’s more than one population?
January 27, 2014 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Deckhand Paul Hansen displays cowcod specimens caught aboard the F/V Aggressor during the 2007 Hook and Line Survey

Killer Whales in Distress

Scientists are working to understand why the population of Southern Resident killer whales isn’t rebounding, and what we can do to help them recover.
December 23, 2013 - Podcast ,
West Coast
A Southern Resident killer whale leaps into the air. Credit: NOAA

The Giant Oarfish

A NOAA biologist who necropsied this strange and mysterious fish shares his theory of how two of them ended up on the beach.
October 24, 2013 - Podcast ,
West Coast
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Water Quality Robot

NWFSC scientists and partners are deploying a state-of-the-art robotic sensing unit to provide an early warning of harmful algae and pathogens in Puget Sound.
July 19, 2013 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
It's a beautiful day at Taylor Shellfish Farms, where NWFSC scientists, partners and the media gathered on July 18, 2013 to watch the deployment of the Environmental Sample Processor (ESP) in Puget Sound.

The Case of the Dead Dolphin

When a NOAA marine biologist performs a necropsy on a dolphin that washed up dead on the beach, she’s not only monitoring the health of marine mammals. She’s monitoring human health as well.
June 27, 2013 - Podcast ,
West Coast
Marine biologist Kerri Danil necropsies a long-beaked common dolphin calf that washed up in La Jolla, CA. Credit: Rich Press.

Saving Coho Salmon: It's All About the Timing

As NOAA biologists work to re-establish runs of coho salmon in California, they aim to bring back some of the diversity of the wild populations that once thrived there.
May 16, 2013 - Podcast ,
West Coast
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Modernized Minto Fish Trap Will Be Safer for Fish and for Fish Biologists

The Willamette River drains some 11,500 square miles of a remarkably fertile and beautiful area of northwest Oregon.
March 06, 2013 - Feature Story ,
West Coast

Spotlight on Marine Forensic Science at the NWFSC

Scientists help enforcement agents investigate crimes against marine wildlife and protect seafood consumers.
November 14, 2012 - Feature Story ,
West Coast

Genetic Diversity of Captive Broodstock Program for Redfish Lake Sockeye

Despite an extreme bottleneck that nearly decimated the Redfish Lake sockeye population in the early 1990s, the captive broodstock program retained 95% of the population’s genetic diversity.
August 08, 2012 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Redfish Lake salmon

Raising Pacific Lamprey Eggs at Mukilteo Research Station

Scientists, tribes collaborate to propagate the declining Pacific lamprey species
July 23, 2012 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Multiple lamprey eggs at about one week after fertilization