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GulfCorps: Gulf Coast Restoration Work Gives Young People Jobs, Pathway to Career and Life Success

NOAA’s Office of Habitat Conservation awarded The Nature Conservancy $12 million to fund the GulfCorps program for the next 3 years. The program will employ 150 crew members to restore and enhance 5,000 acres of coastal habitat.
December 02, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
GulfCorps members at orientation. Credit: Mike Dumas/TNC GulfCorps members at orientation. Credit: Mike Dumas/TNC

Hawai‘i Coral Reef Assessments Complete for 2024

Kānaka ʻŌiwi knowledge systems, values, and practices inform a 3-month mission assessing coral reef health and ocean conditions in Hawai‘i as part of the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program.
November 27, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
Healthy coral reef with fishes in the foreground, a diver conducts a survey in the background. A scientist carefully hovers above the reef off of Kailua-Kona to take photographs while swimming along a transect line. He took more than 1,000 photos of this single transect that will be stitched together to form a 3D model of this reef. It will be interesting to see how this reef with high coral cover has changed over time! Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Dani Escontrella

Illegal Wildlife Smuggling Operation Shut Down in Puerto Rico

Two men sentenced to prison for illegally smuggling live eels from Puerto Rico.
November 26, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement agent, U.S. Coast Guard officers, and Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources rangers process seized eels in San Juan, Puerto Rico. NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement agent, U.S. Coast Guard officers, and Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources rangers process seized eels in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Innovative New Trawl Net Developed for U.S. West Coast Fish Research Surveys

Scientists worked with the fishing industry to design a multi-purpose net for a new integrated survey beginning in 2025.
November 25, 2024 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Crew aboard a fishing vessel preparing a net Getting the net ready to fish. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

NOAA Committee Conducting Survey on Methods to Deter Conflicts with Marine Mammals

Deadline for fishermen, dock and marina owners, and others to complete the survey extended to December 22.
November 25, 2024 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Closeup of a sea lion's head The survey seeks information on different methods of deterring marine mammals such as sea lions from damaging infrastructure or interfering with fishing activities and fishing gear. The survey will be available until December 22.

Secretary of Commerce Determines Fishery Resource Disasters for the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe’s 2020 Salmon Fisheries

The Secretary of Commerce determined that a commercial fishery failure occurred in two Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe fisheries.
November 22, 2024 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Photo of a chum salmon swimming upstream to spawn in Washington. Chum salmon swimming upstream to spawn in Washington. Credit: iStock

AI Meets Aquaculture to Study Hawaiian Monk Seal Interactions With Net Pens

NOAA Fisheries and Blue Ocean Mariculture are leveraging technology to study Hawaiian monk seal interest in aquaculture net pens in Hawaiʻi.
November 21, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
Two Hawaiian monk seals swim near an aquaculture net pen full of fish. NOAA Fisheries, in collaboration with Blue Ocean Mariculture, is conducting a multi-year pilot study to evaluate observational methods and tools for studying Hawaiian monk seal behavior. Courtesy of Blue Ocean Mariculture

On Deck With Observer 0001—Looking Back 30 Years

This year the Pacific Islands Region Observer Program marks its 30th anniversary. To celebrate, we’re featuring its first observer, Tonya Wick.
November 21, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
A woman poses holding a fish while aboard a fishing vessel with fisherman and their catch separated into baskets in the background. Tonya Wick aboard a fishing vessel at sea in 1998. Photo courtesy of Tonya Wick

Ocean Gliders Listen for Whales off Oregon in Test of New Ways to Count Them

Passive acoustic monitoring by “gliders” may better detect some species.
November 21, 2024 - News ,
Pacific Islands
West Coast
Photograph of two scientists on a small boat preparing glider for deployment. Oregon State University professor David Mellinger and Doug Batson from the Oregon Coast Aquarium prepare the Seagliders for deployment off the coast of Oregon in mid-September. They were aboard the Oregon Coast Aquarium’s vessel, the R/V Gracie Lynn. Photo courtesy Genece Grisby, Oregon Coast Aquarium.

Making Seafood Imports Safer by Reducing Illegal Fishing

Our new podcast shares updates to the Seafood Import Monitoring Program.
November 21, 2024 - Podcast ,
International
shutterstock-seafood-display-in-market-750x500.jpg Fish on display at the market. Credit: Shutterstock