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Hatchery-Born Mullets Spell New Things for Ancient Hawaiian Fishponds

A NOAA-funded project may help traditional Hawaiian fishponds increase production and become economically sustainable.
September 14, 2018 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
A school of swimming mullets. These hatchery-born mullets may help Hawaiian fishpond managers better raise fish recruited from the wild.

Finding the Next Sebasticook

Restoring a smaller tributary to the Kennebec River yields historic river herring runs, bringing back fish, eagles, and revenue to the region.
September 14, 2018 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Climate Change and Marine Mammals: Scientists Receive Important Award

NOAA Fisheries scientists receive Climate Adaptation Leadership Award
September 11, 2018 - Feature Story ,
National
A right whale breaches A right whale breaches. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

GARFO Interns: What They Did This Summer

In 2018, the Greater Atlantic Regional Field Office took on eight interns from seven universities across the middle and eastern United States.
September 10, 2018 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Young Right Whale Likely Died from Entanglement

The whale most likely died as a result of being entangled in gear and drowning, according to the information scientists obtained from the necropsy.
September 07, 2018 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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10 years of Work on Patapsco River Culminates in Bloede Dam Removal Kickoff

NOAA, American Rivers, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, and others celebrated the beginning of the most significant dam removal on the Patapsco River, which will soon be open for the first time in a century.
September 07, 2018 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Reward offered for information in the case of a sea turtle with lethal head injury

The threatened loggerhead was discovered in southern Core Sound, near Smyrna, NC
September 07, 2018 - News ,
Southeast
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National Survey Shows Ocean and Coastal Recreation Is Big Business

Pacific, Mid-Atlantic Regions Had Largest Participation
September 07, 2018 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Four kayakers enjoying the water and sunshine.

True's Beaked Whales: Secret No Longer

Researchers Gather Trove of Data on These Elusive Deep-Divers
September 06, 2018 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Beaked whale in the foreground, NOAA white boat in the background

Estimating the Number of Endangered False Killer Whales in the Main Hawaiian Islands

A new study highlights our collaboration with nonprofit and citizen scientists to estimate the size of this endangered population.
September 05, 2018 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
2905x1945_FalseKillerWhale_PIFSC_AdamÜ.jpg A false killer whale spy hops. Photo credit: NOAA Fisheries/Adam Ü (Permit #15240)