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NOAA Fisheries Recent Actions in Wild Fish Conservancy v. Quan

NOAA Fisheries has recently taken several actions in Wild Fish Conservancy v. Quan (the Southeast Alaska salmon fishery case).

May 20, 2024 - Agency Statement ,

Alaska

West Coast

Alaska salmon troller Bay of Pillars in Chatham Strait. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Restoring the Klamath River Basin: The Largest Dam Removal Project in the World

How the restoration of the Klamath watershed, the largest dam removal project in the world, will reopen access to habitat for the threatened and endangered native fish of the area.

May 20, 2024 - Podcast ,

West Coast

The Klamath River mouth. Credit: Thomas Dunklin

Diverse Habitats Help Salmon Weather Unpredictable Climate Changes

Chinook in three creeks may be vulnerable alone, but resilient together.

March 13, 2024 - Feature Story ,

West Coast

Spring-run Chinook salmon in California’s Central Valley were once the backbone of California’s commercial salmon fishery, but are now a threatened species that remain in a few tributaries of the Sacramento River. Photo: Carson Jeffres / University of California, Davis

Cold Water Connection Campaign Reopens Rivers for Olympic Peninsula Salmon and Steelhead

With $19 million in NOAA funds, nonprofit and tribal partners plan to remove 17 barriers blocking fish passage on critical spawning rivers originating in Olympic National Park, Washington.

February 21, 2024 - Feature Story ,

West Coast

Washington coast coho migration (Photo: Paul Jeffrey/Wild Salmon Center)

Cracking the Code: Scientists Use DNA to Examine Differences between Hatchery and Wild Chinook Salmon in Southeast Alaska

Hatchery-reared salmon show genetic differences from wild populations in only a few generations, but those differences vary among hatcheries.

February 14, 2024 - Feature Story ,

Alaska

Large school of fish swimming in greenish water

Public Input Helps Improve our Understanding of Marine Ecological Relationships in Alaska

Critical links identified between young pollock survival and changes in habitat and prey availability over a 60-year timeframe.

February 13, 2024 - Feature Story ,

Alaska

food web for Bering Sea fish and other species, graphic showing connections between species

This is a path diagram for the Bering Sea and Aleutians Islands marine ecosystem. It shows linkages between ecosystem variables. Arrows correspond to suspected relationships. An arrow pointing from X to Y indicates that a change in X is estimated to cause a change in Y. The number next to each arrow shows the estimated magnitude of the change (red arrows indicate a negative change and blue arrows indicate a positive change).

Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon Remain Endangered, Review Finds

Recent progress offers hope for recovery but serious threats continue to affect species.

February 02, 2024 - Feature Story ,

West Coast

Matt Johnson and Jennifer Quan standing in front of a brick wall with signage that says "California Department of Fish and Wildlife"

Regional Administrator Jennifer Quan of NOAA Fisheries' West Coast Region presents a "Partner in the Spotlight" award to Matt Johnson, a biologist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Johnson led efforts to move winter-run Chinook eggs into the original spawning habitat of the species on the McCloud River.

10 Projects Will Support Urban Fish Restoration around Portland, Oregon

With $3.8 million in funding from NOAA’s Office of Habitat Conservation, the Clackamas Partnership is removing fish passage barriers and restoring habitat to benefit threatened Chinook salmon and steelhead.

February 01, 2024 - Feature Story ,

West Coast