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Winter 2017 California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Survey

California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Survey Logs

The 2017 Winter CalCOFI survey is scheduled for January 5-29, 2017, aboard the NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker.
January 05, 2017 - Survey ,
West Coast

Scientists Improve Predictions of How Temperature Affects the Survival of Fish Embryos

A combination of laboratory and field data leads to a broad understanding of temperature impacts to developing Chinook salmon eggs.
December 05, 2016 - News ,
West Coast

New Forecast Tool Helps Ships Avoid Blue Whale Hotspots

Scientists have long used satellite tags to track blue whales along the West Coast, learning how the largest animals on the planet find enough small krill to feed on to support their enormous size.
November 29, 2016 - News ,
West Coast
720x411-News-Whale-SWFSC.png A blue whale surfaces near shipping traffic off Southern California. Credit: John Calambokidis, Cascadia Research Collective.

Toxic Killer Whales

The ocean’s top predators are exposed to dangerous chemical mixtures in their food and environment
October 20, 2016 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
killer whale in the waters and large ship docked in the background

Crude Oil Causes Heart and Skull Deformities in Haddock

Even brief exposures of the eggs of Atlantic haddock to low concentrations of dispersed crude oil can cause severe and usually deadly deformities in developing fish, an international research team has found.
August 10, 2016 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Exposure of Atlantic haddock embryos to crude oil caused four distinct deformities of the skull and face. Photo: NOAA Fisheries

NOAA Scientists Search for Endangered White Abalone

A remotely operated vehicle gives scientists an up-close look at a severely depleted seafloor species.
August 01, 2016 - Feature Story ,
West Coast

International Search Reveals Genetic Evidence for New Species of Beaked Whale

An international team of scientists who searched out specimens from museums and remote Arctic islands has identified genetic evidence of a rare new species of beaked whale ranging from northern Japan across the Pacific Ocean to Alaska’s Aleutian Islands.
July 22, 2016 - News ,
West Coast

‘The Blob’ Overshadows El Niño

Research identifies earlier ocean warming as the dominant effect off the West Coast.
July 18, 2016 - News ,
West Coast
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Oregon Beavers Engineer Better Fish Habitat, More Fish

An ecological experiment that employed beavers to restore streams in Central Oregon found that the streams produced nearly twice as many juvenile steelhead within a few years after the beavers went to work.
July 14, 2016 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Riparian vegetation flourishes along Bridge Creek after increased numbers of beaver dams slowed the creek down and allowed vegetation to reestablish itself. (Photo credit: Nick Bouwes)

Alaska Sablefish Longline Survey Reports

Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) are a commercially important fish species in the northeast Pacific Ocean. Found along the upper continental slope, in Alaska they are caught primarily by longlines. Catches in the Alaskan EEZ have averaged 15,000 mt in recent years with an annual value of about $100 million.
Alaska
Action shot of sablefish caught during a longline survey