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Reddit "Ask Me Anything" with NOAA Scientist Peter Dutton

#SeaTurtleWeek2016
June 10, 2016 - Feature Story ,
National
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A Missing Ingredient in the Recipe for Healthy Ecosystems

NOAA Fisheries social scientists stress the importance of human dimensions in environmental management.
June 09, 2016 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
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Humpback Whales: An Endangered Species Act Success Story?

Are humpback whales still endangered, or have their populations recovered enough since whaling ended that they can now be taken off the Endangered Species List? NOAA Fisheries scientists have spent several years researching this question, and their answer is not a simple yes or no.
April 20, 2016 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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The Governance of Fish: Forty Years under the Magnuson-Stevens Act

The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) has helped us end chronic overfishing and establish sustainable fisheries in the U.S.
April 11, 2016 - Leadership Message ,
National

Tracking El Nino and its Effects on Life in the Ocean

An interview with NOAA Fisheries’ two top scientists on the West Coast.
March 30, 2016 - Podcast ,
West Coast
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Ghostly Octopod Highlights How Little We Know About Life on Earth

In this interview, NOAA Fisheries zoologist Mike Vecchione says that of all the space on Earth that contains multicellular life, more than 95 percent of that is in the deep sea. And we know almost nothing about it.
March 11, 2016 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
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Can the Vaquita Be Saved from Extinction?

Fewer than 100 vaquita remain, making this species of porpoise the most endangered marine mammal in the world.
March 10, 2016 - Podcast ,
West Coast
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Electronic Monitoring: Different Fisheries Require Different Solutions

Scientists and fishermen are working together to design electronic monitoring systems, but there’s no one-size-fits-all solution.
February 16, 2016 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
West Coast
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The Sound of Endangered Salmon Surviving

In drought-stricken California, scientists track migrating Chinook salmon to make the most efficient use of scarce water resources.
February 01, 2016 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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Forty Years after Its Passage, Federal Fisheries Law Continues to Propel Our Science Forward

A team of researchers from the Alaska Fisheries Science Center lowered a 3D camera into Pribilof Canyon in the Bering Sea to map deep-water coral habitats.
February 01, 2016 - Leadership Message