News and Announcements | NOAA Fisheries

New Lab Unlocks Opportunities for Future Scientists

For many students from high-poverty communities, becoming a scientist can seem like an impossible dream. The opening of a science education lab brings new opportunities for underserved youth in one San Diego community and forges a path for other communities to follow.

October 04, 2018 - Feature Story ,

West Coast

Ocean Discovery Institute helps underserved students, like Jorge, become scientists. Credit: Ocean Discovery Institute.

The Portfolio Effect: Where Diversity Matters in Marine Fisheries

Scientists found that in six of the seven ecosystems, the distribution of the groundfish throughout the ecosystem mattered more than the diversity of the groundfish at any given location.

October 03, 2018 - Feature Story ,

West Coast

Florida A&M University Offers STEM Scholarships to NOAA GulfCorps Program Graduates

Florida A&M University, which leads the NOAA Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems, will provide two scholarships each year to expand GulfCorps graduates’ opportunity to be a new generation of stewards for coastal environments, economies, and communities in the Gulf of Mexico.

October 03, 2018 - Feature Story ,

Southeast

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U.S. Signs Agreement to Prevent Unregulated Commercial Fishing on the High Seas of the Central Arctic Ocean

The historic agreement represents a collaborative and precautionary approach by ten countries to the management of high seas fish stocks in the Central Arctic Ocean.

October 03, 2018 - Feature Story ,

Alaska

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