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Recommended 2024 Species Recovery Grants Projects

NOAA Fisheries has recommended roughly $5.5 million in funding for six new projects and 16 ongoing projects.
May 07, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
National
An adult orca is swimming underwater, and a calf is next to its dorsal fin. The calf is surfacing from the water. Southern Resident killer whale swimming with calf. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Hawaiʻi Shallow-set Longline Fishery Interactions with Leatherback Sea Turtles

A summary of current and historical fishery interactions with leatherback sea turtles.
Pacific Islands

Species and Habitat App

Web mapping app that displays and queries spatial data in the West Coast Region for Endangered Species Act ranges, critical habitat designations, and Magnuson-Stevens Act essential fish habitat. Users can generate a printable spatial query report.
April 28, 2024 - Map ,
West Coast

Where the Leatherbacks Roam

Scientists find evidence of critical feeding grounds for endangered leatherback turtles along the U.S. Atlantic coast by studying movement behavior with satellite tags.
March 26, 2024 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
A team of four scientists in personal floatation devices on a boat handle a very large leatherback sea turtle for tagging The tagging team, Emily Christiansen, Samir Patel, Mike Judge, and Chris Sasso handling a leatherback sea turtle to be tagged. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Heather Haas (Permit #21233)

Where the Leatherbacks Roam: Movement Behavior Analyses Reveal Novel Foraging Locations Along the Northwest Atlantic Shelf

Research results on leatherback movement behavior from satellite tags applied off the coasts of Massachusetts and North Carolina.
February 27, 2024 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast

Leatherback Turtles in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico: Foraging and Migration Behavior During the Autumn and Winter

Satellite tagged leatherback sea turtles from the northeastern Gulf of Mexico provide information on foraging and migration behaviors.
February 27, 2024 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Southeast

Potential of Dynamic Ocean Management Strategies for Western Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtle Bycatch Mitigation in New Zealand

We explore the potential for dynamic ocean management in an emerging hotspot of leatherback sea turtle bycatch in the New Zealand pelagic longline fishery.
February 19, 2024 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Recovering Threatened and Endangered Species Report to Congress (FY 2021-2022)

This Report to Congress summarizes efforts to recover all transnational and domestic species under NOAA Fisheries’ jurisdiction from October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2022.
December 21, 2023 - Report to Congress ,
National

Final Annual Determination for 2024

NOAA Fisheries will not identify additional fisheries to observe on the 2024 Annual Determination (AD), pursuant to its authority under the Endangered Species Act. Through the AD, NOAA Fisheries identifies U.S. fisheries operating in the Atlantic Ocean,…
Notice
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National
Published
05/08/2024

Pacific Islands Protected Species Workshops

NOAA Fisheries offers protected species workshops for owners and operators of Hawai‘i and American Samoa permitted longline vessels. These workshops cover the safe handling, release, and identification of protected species in the Pacific Islands region.
Pacific Islands