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Youth Introduced to Fishing Opportunities, Sustainability at Events Supported by NOAA Fisheries

Events raise awareness of sustainable fishing best practices and hook future generations on saltwater angling.
June 03, 2019 - Feature Story ,
National
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Cast a Line for National Fishing and Boating Week

Join us for National Fishing and Boating Week as we celebrate one of our nation's most cherished pastimes: saltwater recreational fishing.
June 03, 2019 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
National
Private sport fishing boat just off the Florida coast at sunrise.

New Projects to Engage Recreational Anglers and Restore Habitat

More than $120,000 will support habitat restoration projects in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Alaska.
May 31, 2019 - Feature Story ,
National
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NOAA Fisheries Declares Elevated West Coast Gray Whale Strandings an Unusual Mortality Event

NOAA Fisheries is declaring an unusual spike in strandings of gray whales along the West Coast an Unusual Mortality Event, providing additional resources to respond to the strandings and triggering a focused scientific investigation into the cause.
May 30, 2019 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Gray whale stranded on a beach

2019 New England Bay-Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Awardees Announced

NOAA Awards $529K to Six New-England B-WET projects.
May 30, 2019 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic

Saildrone Fleet Set To Track Alaska Red King Crab

Fishing industry and researchers team up to track red king crab seasonal movements to provide data vital to keeping the Bristol Bay fishery sustainable in a changing climate.
May 30, 2019 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Woman holding crab near lab pools

EVENT CANCELED : NOAA Fisheries Research Vessel Offers Public Tours in Nantucket

Foul weather forecast ends tour plan - look for us in Fall 2019
May 30, 2019 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Open house aboard the Gloria Michelle.

Reopening Cape Fear River to Migration Benefits Both Fish and People

NOAA and partners’ work to restore North Carolina’s Cape Fear River will provide cleaner water and healthier habitat for migratory fish, while in turn supporting local communities and businesses.
May 29, 2019 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
2019striper-fest_750x500_NC.jpg The StriperFest fishing competition is one of countless recreational opportunities on the Cape Fear River. Credit: Alan Cradick.

Meet Alison Brodet, Woods Hole Science Aquarium Biologist

We continue our series to introduce the people who work at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center. Each month we feature a new "face" from the Center's five laboratories and share with you a bit about who they are, what they do at the Center, and what they enjoy doing in their spare time. Alison Brodet is an aquarium biologist at our Woods Hole Science Aquarium in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
May 29, 2019 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Allison checking the contents of a cooler.

2019 Southeastern Bering Sea Shelf Bottom Trawl Survey Gets Underway

Northern Bering Sea survey to begin in August
May 29, 2019 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Map showing survey grid in the Bering Sea during the Bottom Trawl Surveys that measure the temperatures at the bottom of the ocean