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NOAA Announces Partnership to Restore Habitats Damaged by Oil and Hazardous Waste

Five-year partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation has an initial recommendation of $1.5 million to restore kelp forests and rocky reef off the California coast.
May 22, 2018 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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All In The Family: White Abalone’s Cousin Helps Researchers Recover Its Endangered Relative

NOAA Fisheries researchers working to recover the critically endangered white abalone need to answer one basic question: How does a healthy abalone population behave in the wild?
May 18, 2018 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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NOAA Fisheries Begins Management Of Fish Aggregating Devices In The Eastern Pacific Ocean

FADs attract fish so vessels can more easily catch them. New international standards will monitor and control FADs, reducing entangled marine life, and ensuring that FAD use remains sustainable.
May 16, 2018 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
FAD seen from underwater Example of a Fish Aggregating Device (FAD) in the ocean. Currently, most FADs are equipped with satellite tracking devices to allow vessels to track them at sea. About 75 percent are also equipped with sonar buoys that help measure the volume of fish congregated underneath the FAD. Photo: International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISFF)

Remote Camera Network Tracks Antarctic Species at Low Cost

An international research team has developed a simple method for using autonomous time-lapse cameras to track the breeding and population dynamics of Antarctic penguins, providing a new, low-cost window into the health and productivity of their ecosystem.
May 16, 2018 - News ,
West Coast
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Ice Age Confined Sperm Whales to Pacific Ocean 100,000 Years Ago, Genetics Show

According to new research, an ice age that ended over 100,000 years ago confined the world’s sperm whales to a single population in the Pacific Ocean, creating a genetic bottleneck.
May 15, 2018 - News ,
West Coast

West Coast Veterans Give Fish New Upstream Habitat Connections

Veterans Corps programs in Washington and California provide former service members with valuable skills and job experiences while helping improve endangered and threatened fish populations.
April 20, 2018 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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NOAA Works with Partners to Develop State-of-the-Art Fish Passage

Oregon’s Clackamas River hydroelectric project benefits fish and communities.
April 19, 2018 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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Entangled Puget Sound Whale Largely Freed After Unusual Chain of Events

NOAA Fisheries seeks help from public in spotting the gray whale and assessing its condition following entanglement.
April 18, 2018 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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Killer Whale Genetics Raise Inbreeding Questions

A new genetic analysis of Southern Resident killer whales found that two male whales fathered more than half of the calves born since 1990 that scientists have samples from, a sign of inbreeding in the small killer whale population that frequents Washington’s Salish Sea and Puget Sound.
April 18, 2018 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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New Study Reveals Cost of 2017 Salmon Fisheries Closure

Last year’s closure of the commercial ocean salmon troll fishery off the West Coast is estimated to have cost $5.8 million to $8.9 million in lost income for fishermen.
April 03, 2018 - Feature Story ,
West Coast