NOAA Fisheries adjusts the northern albacore annual baseline quota for 2017 with available underharvest of the 2016 adjusted U.S. northern albacore quota, adjusts the North and South Atlantic swordfish baseline quotas for 2017 based on available underharv
Eulachon returned to spawn when other food was scarce and was known to tribes as “savior” or “salvation” fish. A new plan outlines a combination of strategies for eulachon recovery.
Ocean conditions for salmon headed to sea this year are very poor, with a high likelihood of depressing salmon returns to the Columbia River in the next few years.
When the 60-foot fishing vessel Timmy Boy returned to Newport, Oregon, it had no fish in the hold. Instead, the vessel and its crew brought back lots of data, research samples and knowledge of the latest ocean conditions off the Pacific Northwest.
The 2016-2017 roundtable meetings are the latest in a series of Agency efforts taken over the last seven years to enrich its Saltwater Recreational Fisheries Initiative. A similar set of meetings conducted in 2013 was well received by recreational f
