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Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program Releases MRIP Regional Implementation Plan

The Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program has completed an MRIP Regional Implementation Plan (PDF, 16 pages) summarizing the data needs and funding priorities for improving recreational fisheries data collection on the Atlantic Coast. The A
February 19, 2018 - Feature Story
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Endangered Green Sea Turtles of the Northern Mariana Islands

Double trouble: fewer moms and warming temperatures imperil turtle population.
February 16, 2018 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
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Caribbean Waters May Hold Clues to Humpback Whale Populations

Researchers are learning what underwater recording devices revealed about humpback whales migrating to Caribbean islands in the winter of 2017.
February 16, 2018 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Humpback whales and seabirds as seen from above.

The Big-Hearted Blue Whale

Not only are blue whales the largest animals in the sea, they are also the largest animals ever to live on this planet—even bigger than all known dinosaurs.
February 14, 2018 - Feature Story ,
National
an infographic says "Did you know? The heart of a blue whale weighs about 400 pounds--the same as a piano. It shows an illustration fo a whale whale with its standard and latin name below it. Between the text and the whale are images of a blue whale heart, an equal sign, and a piano illustration. A blue whale's heart weighs about 400 pounds—the same as a piano.

Faces of Right Whale Conservation: Mike Asaro, Entanglement Prevention Policy Expert

The North Atlantic right whale is one of the world's most endangered large whale species. Entanglement in fishing gear is one of the greatest threats to these whales. Learn how NOAA Fisheries and its partners reduce the risk of entanglement in this Q&A.
February 12, 2018 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
NARW_illustration.jpg Illustration of how North Atlantic right whales get entangled in fishing gear. Entangled whales can tow fishing gear for tens to hundreds of miles over months or even years, before either being freed, shedding the gear on their own, or succumbing to their injuries. Credit: Graphic Services, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Woods Hole Science Organizations Collaborate to Involve Students in Real-time Whale Research in the Caribbean

An undergraduate research voyage in the Caribbean with SEA Semester presents a perfect opportunity for scientists from NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center to continue their research on humpback whales.
February 12, 2018 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Breaching humpback whale.

Faces of Right Whale Conservation: Sofie Van Parijs, Acoustic Researcher

North Atlantic right whales are in crisis and will go extinct if the current population decline is not reversed. Learn how NOAA Fisheries scientists are tracking right whales using acoustic monitoring in this Q&A.
February 09, 2018 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
whale-buoy-comic-web_454233.jpg When a right whale travels through the range of a bottom-mounted passive acoustic monitoring buoy and makes its distinctive call, the instrument detects the call and transmits data up the cable to the buoy, which relays the information to a satellite, which sends the information to researchers in near-real time. Credit: Eric S. Taylor © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

A Quarter Century of Counting: Southwest Fisheries Science Center Celebrates 25 Years of Research on Gray Whales

NOAA scientists celebrate 25 years of their research program on gray whale calf production.
February 09, 2018 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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Welcome to Whale Week 2018

A message from Chris Oliver, head of NOAA Fisheries.
February 08, 2018 - Leadership Message ,
National
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Faces of Right Whale Conservation

The latest preliminary estimate suggests there are 360 North Atlantic right whales remaining. Now is the time to get informed. Check out our web story series below to learn what NOAA’s team is doing to solve this urgent conservation challenge.
February 07, 2018 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
Collage of 7 portraits of right whale scientists.