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How Oil Affects Fish Populations: 25 Years of Research Since Exxon Valdez

When Exxon Valdez ran aground 25 years ago, spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound, the results were plainly visible on the nightly news: fouled beaches, oiled carcasses, and closed fisheries.
March 24, 2014 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Aerial view of response vessels The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Photo: NOAA Fisheries

Revised Compliance Guide for Cost Recovery in the Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program

Cost Recovery starts January 10, 2014
March 19, 2014 - Document ,
West Coast

Removing Barrier Opens 40 Miles of Habitat to Threatened Steelhead in California Creek

For more than a century, a concrete wall stood in the way of steelhead reaching their prime spawning and rearing habitat in San Francisquito Creek, a tributary to south San Francisco Bay.
February 27, 2014 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Rocky, dry riverbed Bonde Weir before removal and reconstruction. Credit: NOAA

Observers Serve Vital Role for Fisheries

Observers are independent field biologists that are deployed aboard commercial fishing boats and at-sea processing facilities, and their work is vital to NOAA's mission of ensuring the economic and ecological sustainability of US fisheries.
February 26, 2014 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Standard equipment that observers take on each trip, approximately $13,000 worth of supplies. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Proposed Rule to Revise Pacific Coast Groundfish Regulations Pertaining to Certified Catch Monitors and Certified Observers Required for Vessels in

This action would revise Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery regulations pertaining to certified catch monitors and certified observers required for vessels in the Shorebased Individual Fishery Quota Program, the Mothership Coop Program, the Catcher…
Proposed Rule,
West Coast
Published
05/15/2025

Heart Failure in Fish Exposed to Oil Spills

Even low levels of oil pollution can damage the developing hearts of fish embryos and larvae, reducing the likelihood that those fish will survive.
February 13, 2014 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Image from May 25, approximately 12 miles east of Pass a Loutre, Louisiana, showing dark brown and red emulsion. Credit: NOAA

How Many Cowcod Rockfish Populations Are Out There?

Since being declared overfished in 2000, cowcod (Sebastes levis) has been managed for recovery as a continuous population throughout its range, from the U.S.–Mexico border to just north of Cape Mendocino, California. But what if it’s more than one population?
January 27, 2014 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Deckhand Paul Hansen displays cowcod specimens caught aboard the F/V Aggressor during the 2007 Hook and Line Survey

Supplemental Consultation on Remand for Operation of the Federal Columbia River Power System

Endangered Species Act Section 7(a)(2) Biological Opinion
January 17, 2014 - Biological Opinion ,
West Coast

Consultation on Remand for Operation of the Federal Columbia River Power System

Endangered Species Act Section 7(a)(2) Supplemental Biological Opinion
January 17, 2014 - Biological Opinion ,
West Coast

NOAA Fisheries Publishes a Final Rule Implementing a Cost Recovery Program for the Trawl Rationalization Program, Effective January 10, 2014

This action implements a cost recovery program for the Pacific coast groundfish trawl rationalization program, as required by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA). This action includes regulations that affect all trawl…
Final Rule,
West Coast
Effective
05/15/2025