Prescott Grants support a core mission of NOAA Fisheries – the conservation and recovery of protected marine species – by helping to improve our national marine mammal stranding response capabilities.

Partnerships and collaborations with our region’s commercial fishing industry help us better understand ocean ecosystems and improve fisheries management. Meet a few of our cooperative research partners making that happen.

Fish Passage and Salmon Reintroductions

Effective Date: April 9, 2018

Answers to frequently asked questions and general information about and for North Pacific observer vessel and plant operators.

The tables below, organized by fiscal year, list the recipients of BTRP projects, project title, synopsis, principal investigator, award number, and funding amount awarded. For copies of the final report please contact the Fisheries Grants Program Officer

The 2019 California Current Ecosystem Survey will be conducted from June 13 through September 9, 2019.

A list of historic rulemakings to the Fishery Management Plan for Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic.

Our research supports NOAA Fisheries’ stewardship mission to protect and provide sustainable use of Alaska living marine resources.

We are announcing groundfish management measures that will be effective May 1, 2019, and providing updates on other management measures.

New measures for Limited Access vessels implemented through Framework Adjustment 34 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan and a summary of how they may affect fishing plans and activities for the 2022 fishing year. Effective April 1, 2022.

List of species ESA -listings, recovery plans, and literature cited.

Over half of all federally managed fishery resources in the US are harvested from waters off Alaska. NOAA Fisheries partners with the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, the State of Alaska, the International Pacific Halibut Commission, and others.

The following are links to Federal Register rules and notices for Pacific salmon and steelhead from 2003 to July 2019.

Full Text of the Marine Mammal Protection Act