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More Than $770,000 Awarded for Ruth Gates Coral Restoration Innovation Grants Projects

Projects will develop novel coral restoration and intervention methods to restore resilient coral ecosystems.
August 10, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
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White corals releasing a shimmering cloud into the water as they spawn. Credit: Johnston Applied Marine Science. Coral spawning in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, captured during work initiated under the Ruth Gates Restoration Innovation Grants in 2020. Credit: Johnston Applied Marine Science.

Dodging the Dead Zone: Finding Shrimp During Low-Oxygen Conditions

Seasonal hypoxic conditions in the Gulf of Mexico force many shrimp to relocate. Scientists from NOAA and North Carolina State University are trying to make these shrimp easier to find.
August 02, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
Penaeid shrimp, which is a white, semi-transparent shrimp are one of the most valued species in the Gulf of Mexico. Credit: NOAA Fisheries Penaeid shrimp (white shrimp pictured here) are one of the most valued species in the Gulf of Mexico. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Celebrating 50 Years of the Marine Mammal Protection Act

NOAA Fisheries marks 50 years of marine mammal science, conservation, and recovery under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
July 30, 2022 - Feature Story ,
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Gray whales swimming Gray whales were nearly hunted to extinction by commercial whaling. Protections under the MMPA, ESA, and the end of commercial whaling have allowed the species to recover. Credit: NOAA Fisheries (Permit #19091).

NOAA Seeks Input on Draft Ropeless Roadmap and Proposes New Vessel Speed Regulations to Protect North Atlantic Right Whales

The North Atlantic Right Whale Road to Recovery describes NOAA Fisheries’ efforts to halt the current population decline and recover the species, including new vessel speed regulations and a “roadmap” for use of ropeless gear.
July 29, 2022 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
North Atlantic right whale #4180 and new calf North Atlantic right whale #4180 and new calf. Credit: Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (NOAA permit #20556-01)

Oyster Reef Habitat Restoration to Protect Georgia’s Coast

Two projects assisting oyster reef habitat restoration that will protect Georgia’s saltwater marshes and coastline.
July 27, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
Volunteers bagging oyster cultch, a substrate that helps oysters grow, at the Savannah State University Marine Science Research Center. Volunteers bagging oyster cultch, a substrate that helps oysters grow, at the Savannah State University Marine Science Research Center. Credit: Savannah State University/Cameron Atkinson.

Long-Term Monitoring Highlights Continued Recovery of Roanoke River Fish and Mussel Populations

Eighteen years after restoring flow to an important section of the Roanoke River, populations of key species—including the American eel and beneficial freshwater mussels—are growing.
July 07, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
Young American eels in a handheld net suspended over a holding tank. There are about 50 eels, and each one is between 100 and 200 millimeters in length. Credit: Dominion Energy American eels captured in the bypassed reach downstream of Roanoke Rapids Dam. Almost all of the migrating eels at the dam first pass through the bypassed reach, which has become an important migration corridor since flow was restored to this area. Credit: Dominion Energy

NOAA Announces 2019 and 2020 Confirmed Large Whale Entanglement Numbers

Seventy five large whale entanglement cases in 2019 and 53 cases in 2020 were confirmed nationally, fewer than in 2018.
June 28, 2022 - Feature Story ,
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large whale entanglement Responders from the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown, Massachusetts, attempt to disentangle a North Atlantic right whale. Entanglements such as this one that involve the whale’s mouth and damage the whale’s baleen are particularly problematic, as they may prevent the animal from effectively feeding and the whale may ultimately starve, even if all of the entangling gear can be successfully removed by the response team. Credit: CCS; Permit No. 18986-04.

NOAA Releases 85 Florida Loggerhead Sea Turtles into the Wild

Juvenile sea turtles returned to the wild after study to reduce bycatch.
June 16, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
NOAA staff, with support from U.S. Coast Guard Station Fort Pierce, released 85 juvenile loggerhead sea turtles off of Florida's east coast. NOAA staff, with support from U.S. Coast Guard Station Fort Pierce, released 85 juvenile loggerhead sea turtles off of Florida's east coast. Photo: NOAA Fisheries/NMFS Permit No. 20339-03

Return 'Em Right: Empowering Anglers to Save Fish from Barotrauma

Hear how a federal program is providing free gear and training to anglers to reduce barotrauma in Gulf of Mexico reef fisheries.
June 09, 2022 - Podcast ,
Southeast
An angler holds a fish, its mouth open and air bladder inflated from barotrauma. Barotrauma expands gasses in a fish causing the air bladder and other organs to expand as well, making it difficult for fish to swim after release. Credit: NOAA Fisheries, Florida SeaGrant

National Fish Habitat Partnership Projects to Engage Recreational Fishing Partners and Restore Habitat

Nearly $150,000 will support habitat restoration and angler engagement in Hawai’i, South Carolina, and Alaska.
June 07, 2022 - Feature Story ,
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Pacific Islands
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An adult with Kuleana Coral Reefs teaching a group of children in an outdoor classroom. Credit: Kuleana Coral Reefs/Blake Nowack. Kuleana Coral Reefs staff teaches future anglers about coral as critical fish habitat in Hawaiʻi. Credit: Kuleana Coral Reefs/Blake Nowack.