Pacific cod fishing communities with few alternative job opportunities and high unemployment are more vulnerable when Pacific cod are less accessible. This is especially true for communities in the southeastern Bering Sea.
NOAA Senior Scientist Dr. Jason Link was recently honored by the American Fisheries Society with the 2025 Award for Excellence. We sat down with him for a conversation about his career.
With funding from NOAA Fisheries, The Nature Conservancy and its partners are raising sunflower sea stars in hopes of reintroducing them to the wild. This keystone species is critical to kelp forest health.
New study provides critical insights into the Bering Sea snow crab population collapse in 2018–2019, offers hope for recovery, and provides a new tool for fisheries management.
The NOAA-funded restoration of Resurrection Creek on the Kenai Peninsula is reviving salmon habitat, boosting the local economy, and uniting conservationists and miners in an unprecedented partnership.
After years of erosion and storm damage, we are restoring Robinson and Walker Islands to protect fish and bird habitat and strengthen natural defenses along the coast.
A new analysis evaluates the impact of community-led habitat restoration projects in Florida. It finds that 12 projects are estimated to support more than 1,000 jobs and increase economic activity.
