The Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program and NOAA Fisheries have released a Regional Implementation Plan that highlights priorities over the next 5 years for improving recreational fisheries data collection on the Atlantic Coast.
NOAA Fisheries and partners developed and calibrated an ecosystem model of the Gulf of Mexico that revealed key trade-offs between Gulf menhaden and their predators, which could assist in managing the stock.
The data, samples, imagery, and sonar scans gathered by Deepwater Horizon restoration program scientific cruises will advance restoration in some of the Gulf’s most inaccessible yet crucial habitats.