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Meet Adyan Rios, Research Ecologist

As part of the Faces of the Southeast Fisheries Science Center series, meet Adyan Rios.
September 14, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
In this selfie, Adyan has light olive skin and chin-length curly dark-brown hair. She is wearing pink glasses and a fuschia, orange and purple scarf. Adyan Rios in the courtyard of her apartment in Miami Beach, Florida. Photo provided by Adyan Rios

Meet Ana Vaz, Assistant Scientist

As part of the Faces of the Southeast Fisheries Science Center series, meet Dr. Ana Vaz.
September 14, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
Ana Vaz at her computer. Ana Vaz works on computer model simulations and analyses of datasets. Photo provided by Ana Vaz

Meet Jeff Gearhart, Gear and Vessel Support Branch Chief

As part of the Faces of the Southeast Fisheries Science Center series, meet Jeff Gearhart.
August 26, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
Jeff Gearhart wearing dive gear and ready to dive on a trawl to test a new turtle excluder device. Jeff Gearhart ready to dive on a trawl to test a new turtle excluder device. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Reducing Bycatch Through Innovation

Innovations in gear help reduce bycatch across the country.
August 25, 2022 - Podcast ,
Alaska
Pacific Islands
Southeast
National
Oceanic whitetip shark swimming in deep ocean waters. Oceanic whitetip shark. Hawaiʻi longline fishermen use leaders to connect weighed branch lines and baited hooks. A new rule prohibits steel wire leaders in the Hawaiʻi deep-set longline fishery, starting May 31, 2022. The rule aims to increase the survival of hooked oceanic whitetip sharks caught as bycatch in the Pacific Islands region. Credit: Andy Mann

Reducing Bycatch Through Decades of Research and Innovation

NOAA researchers are recognized internationally for their expertise in reducing sea turtle bycatch using real time turtle excluder device testing.
August 24, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
Gear team making real time adjustments to a turtle excluder device being tested. Southeast Fisheries Science Center gear team members, Dan Foster (left) and Nick Hopkins, make real time adjustments to the TED they are testing. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Bycatch Reduction Week

Bycatch—the catch of non-target species—is a complex, global issue that threatens the sustainability of our fishing communities, economies, and ocean ecosystems. Learn how we work to develop, test, and adopt gears that reduce bycatch in U.S. fisheries.
August 22, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
National
Red snapper with a monitor device to track post-release health and behavior Red snapper with a monitor device to track post-release health and behavior. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Considering Culture for Aquaculture: NOAA’s Efforts to Expand Aquaculture Social Science Capacity

NOAA social scientists’ studies of coastal communities add vital perspective to aquaculture planning.
August 15, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
National
A work boat in Cortez Village A work boat in Cortez Village. Cortez is a prominent fishing community in Bradenton, Florida. Its industry and place-based identity is an example of a community feature captured by NOAA social scientists. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Liza Williams

Slowing Down to Save North Atlantic Right Whales

New proposed rule aims to reduce vessel strikes and add protections to endangered North Atlantic right whales.
August 11, 2022 - Podcast ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
National
A North Atlantic right whale with propeller scars Right whale #3853 swimming north offshore of South Carolina on Jan. 20, 2011 with a series of fresh propeller wounds running across its back. The whale was observed 5 days previously offshore of Georgia without propeller wounds. It is unknown whether the whale survived its wounds or not, as it has not been re-sighted since. Vessel collisions are a leading cause of right whale mortality. Credit: EcoHealth Alliance (NOAA permit #594-1759).

More Than $770,000 Awarded for Ruth Gates Coral Restoration Innovation Grants Projects

Projects will develop novel coral restoration and intervention methods to restore resilient coral ecosystems.
August 10, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
Southeast
National
White corals releasing a shimmering cloud into the water as they spawn. Credit: Johnston Applied Marine Science. Coral spawning in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, captured during work initiated under the Ruth Gates Restoration Innovation Grants in 2020. Credit: Johnston Applied Marine Science.

NOAA Calls for Applications for American Fisheries Advisory Committee

The Committee will make recommendations for Saltonstall-Kennedy priorities and grant award funding.
August 09, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
National
2500x1875-sustainable-fisheries-northeast.jpg Credit: NOAA Fisheries