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Underwater Camera Technology Improves Pacific Islands Population Assessments

NOAA Fisheries scientists are pairing underwater camera technology with bait bags to improve assessments of reef fish and shark populations across the Hawaiian archipelago.
November 06, 2017 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
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Enforcement Focusing on Subsistence Fishing Violations

Subsistence halibut fishing is important for rural Alaskans. NOAA's Office of Law Enforcement personnel is increasing outreach efforts about the program.
November 06, 2017 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
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NOAA Enforcement works with partners to prevent lethal interactions between whales and fishing gear

Regulations have been put in place to reduce the risk of serious injury and death of large whales caused by entanglement in U.S. commercial trap/pot and gillnet fishing gear.
November 06, 2017 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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New Technology Examines Oyster Aquaculture Ecological Services

An important aspect of sustainable aquaculture is understanding the interaction between the local environment and an aquatic farm.
November 03, 2017 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Exploring Ecosystem Dynamics to Explain Trends in Hawaiian Monk Seal Populations

Why are the numbers of Hawaiian monk seals decreasing in certain locations while they stay stable in others? What drives their population trends? Is it changes in plankton abundance, prey availability, predators, or something else? Using an ecosystem mode
November 03, 2017 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
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NOAA Fisheries Issuance of an Exempted Fishing Permit to the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance to Retain Bluefin Tuna

NOAA Fisheries announces issuance of an exempted fishing permit (EFP) to the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen's Alliance (CCCFA) to use electronic monitoring (EM) to verify authorized gear use when fishing for, retaining, and possessing bluefin tuna during a
November 03, 2017 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Technology Week 2017

Exploring the wide range of technologies we use in our mission.
November 02, 2017 - Feature Story ,
National
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Meet NOAA’s new National Observer Program Coordinator and Electronic Technologies Coordinator

NOAA Fisheries’ National Observer Program (NOP) added two critical new staff members during the summer of 2017.
November 01, 2017 - Feature Story ,
National
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New England, Mid-Atlantic States Lead Nation in Volume and Value of Several Key Fisheries

NOAA Fisheries has released the Fisheries of the U. S. 2016 report, and once again New Bedford, Mass. was the leading U.S. port by value and American lobsters were the nation's most valuable landed species.
November 01, 2017 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Implications Of Less Sea Ice On Fish Production In The Waters Off Alaska

Less Sea Ice in the Waters off Alaska.
October 31, 2017 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
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