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Faces of Right Whale Conservation: Barb Zoodsma, Recovery Program Coordinator

North Atlantic right whales are in crisis and will go extinct if the current population decline is not reversed. Learn how NOAA Fisheries and partners are coordinating closely to solve this urgent conservation challenge in this Q&A.
May 08, 2018 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
right-whale-mother-calf.jpg Last year NOAA and its partners only detected four North Atlantic right whale mother/calf pairs in the calving grounds. This year, none were seen. Credit: NOAA Fisheries. Photo taken under a NOAA scientific permit.

Quality Management and Continuous Improvement Glossary

Continuous Improvement: The ongoing improvement of products, services or processes through incremental and breakthrough improvements Current State Value Stream Map: A step-by-step map (a detailed type of flowchart) that identifies the current step
May 08, 2018 - News

NOAA Teachers at Sea Aboard the Bigelow

High school teachers are taking their classrooms to sea this spring as NOAA Teachers at Sea, working with scientists and crew on the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow.
April 27, 2018 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Two scientists/teachers working together at the age processing station.

Boaters Encouraged to “Ease Off” on the Throttle to Protect Turtles

NOAA Fisheries and the Hawaii Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation remind boaters to help prevent collisions with sea turtles by taking a few easy safety precautions.
April 25, 2018 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
Injured green sea turtle with a cracked shell damaged from a boat.

New Fisheries Stock Assessment Tool Started in the Pacific Goes Global

An open-source tool for faster, transparent stock assessments worldwide.
April 24, 2018 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
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Restoring the Gulf of Mexico, Two Years after Historic Deepwater Horizon Settlement

In 2017 NOAA and the other Trustees continue to make significant progress toward restoring the Gulf of Mexico from Deepwater Horizon, which poured oil into the water and onto the coastline for almost three months in 2010.
April 24, 2018 - Feature Story ,
Southeast

U.S. Seafood Import Monitoring Program to Include Shrimp and Abalone by December 31

Mandatory reporting to be required for foreign shrimp and abalone products entering the U.S.
April 23, 2018 - Feature Story ,
International
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West Coast Veterans Give Fish New Upstream Habitat Connections

Veterans Corps programs in Washington and California provide former service members with valuable skills and job experiences while helping improve endangered and threatened fish populations.
April 20, 2018 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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River Herring Are Running In Local Rivers

It's that time of year. River herring are returning to local rivers and streams to spawn. Learn about the efforts to count these fish during their annual migration.
April 20, 2018 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Fish ladder with fast moving water and a river herring swimming upstream.

NOAA Works with Partners to Develop State-of-the-Art Fish Passage

Oregon’s Clackamas River hydroelectric project benefits fish and communities.
April 19, 2018 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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