NOAA Fisheries issued a no-jeopardy supplemental biological opinion in March 2024 on the agency’s authorization of the Hawaiʻi shallow-set longline fishery as currently managed for North Pacific loggerhead sea turtles.
Competitive grants to non-Federal entities to support collaboration with Indigenous Knowledge holders to develop bi-directional and parallel knowledge pathways to support climate-informed studies and ecosystem policies regionally and internationally.
An Aquaculture Opportunity Area (AOA) is a small, defined geographic area that has been evaluated to determine its potential suitability for commercial aquaculture.