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Issuance of Final EIS for exempted fishing permits for certain highly migratory species off the U.S. West Coast

Final EIS on proposed issuance of exempted fishing permits for alternative practices to harvest swordfish and other marketable highly migratory species off the U.S. West Coast
March 14, 2025 -

From Krill to Elephant Seals, Sentinel Species Detect Hidden Ocean Shifts that Forecast Change

New research identifies species that signal changes in ocean ecosystems.
March 13, 2025 - Feature Story ,
A large male northern elephant seal lies on a sandy beach, looking at the camera. Other elephant seals are in the background. A male northern elephant seal. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Mark Lowry

Japanese Sardines in California? A Shocking Discovery in the Pacific

We hear from the scientist who discovered Japanese sardines off the coast of California for the first time and discuss what it means for the future.
March 13, 2025 - Podcast ,
School of pacific sardine A school of Pacific sardines. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Dale Sweetman

MMPA Section 101(a)(5)(E) Authorization for California Drift Gillnet Fishery

NOAA Fisheries is proposing to issue a permit to authorize the incidental, but not intentional, take of specific Endangered Species Act-listed marine mammal species or stocks under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, in the California drift gillnet…
Published
05/02/2025

Incidental Take Authorization: Interstate Bridge Replacement Program's Interstate Bridge Replacement Project on Interstate 5 between Portland, Oregon,

NOAA Fisheries has received a request from the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program for authorization to take small numbers of marine mammals incidental to the Interstate Bridge Replacement Project on Interstate 5 between Portland, Oregon, and…
Published
05/02/2025

Amendment 23 to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan

NOAA Fisheries announces that the Pacific Fishery Management Council has submitted Amendment 23 to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan for review by the Secretary of Commerce. Amendment 23 would implement a revised rebuilding plan for…
Comments Close
05/12/2025

Final EIS: Consideration of Exempted Fishing Permits for Testing Fishing Practices to Target Swordfish and Other Marketable Highly Migratory Species in the United States West Coast Exclusive Economic Zone

Final EIS on issuance of certain exempted fishing permits for harvest of swordfish and other marketable highly migratory species in Federal waters off the U.S. West Coast
March 11, 2025 - NEPA ,

Reward For Up to $20,000 Offered for Information About Decapitated Sea Lion at Doran Beach

Reward offered for information leading to a civil penalty or criminal conviction.
March 11, 2025 - Feature Story ,
California Sea Lion laying on large rocks California Sea Lion. Credit: NOAA/Kristin Wilkinson

2024-25 South Shetland Islands Survey

This year, the science team at Cape Shirreff completed a survey of the South Shetland Islands to assess the population statuses of South Shetland Antarctic fur seals and penguins that breed on the islands
The ocean is in the foreground. In the mid-ground to the left is a large research vessel. In the mid-ground to the right is a large iceberg. They sky is dark grey and cloudy.

Inseason Actions #17-18 in Ocean Salmon Fisheries, South of Cape Falcon, OR, to the U.S./Mexico border; Commercial and Recreational

Inseason action in the commercial and recreational salmon fisheries south of Cape Falcon, 2025
March 10, 2025 -