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Innovative Partnerships Fast Track Polluted Portland Harbor Toward Restoration

Through public-private partnerships, restoration banking restores resources affected by pollution in Oregon and helps habitats recover faster.
July 28, 2022 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Creek flows between vegetated stream banks The Alder Creek Restoration Project, shown here several years after project construction, is a restoration banking project along Oregon’s Willamette River. Credit: NOAA.

Two Fish Passage Funding Opportunities Open Under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, One Focused on Indian Tribes

NOAA is seeking proposals for fish passage projects that will remove in-stream barriers to reopen migratory pathways and restore access to healthy habitat for fish around the country.
July 24, 2022 - Feature Story ,
National
Aerial view of construction equipment removing a dam from a stream Removal of Holmes Dam on Town Brook in Plymouth, Massachusetts. (Credit: Hawk Visuals)

Ocean Models Help Link Environmental Conditions to a Fishery Stock Assessment

We are one step closer to using ocean and climate information to improve stock assessments and management measures.
July 22, 2022 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A flat, diamond-shaped fish lying on a sandy ocean bottom. Both eyes are on one side of the head, looking up at the camera. Caption: Yellowtail flounder on a sandy bottom photographed by a towed sampling array called HabCam. Photo Courtesy Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Meet Tauna Rankin, Coral Reef Conservation Program Specialist

Tauna is a Coral Reef Conservation Program Specialist for NOAA Fisheries Office of Habitat Conservation in Silver Spring, Maryland.
July 15, 2022 - Feature Story ,
National
A headshot of Tauna Rankin standing on the beach Florida Tauna at the beach in Florida. Credit: Tauna Rankin

$95 Million in NOAA Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Funding Recommended to Reverse the Declines of West Coast Salmon and Steelhead

Funding for 19 new and continuing programs and projects will support conservation efforts in California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alaska.
July 14, 2022 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Chinook salmon swimming in a river Chinook salmon in the Elwha River. Credit: John McMillan/NOAA Fisheries

New Research Addresses Need for Bottom Trawl Survey Gear Standardization

Fishermen and researchers collaborate on a new study that evaluates the use of a restrictor rope on bottom trawl surveys and its impacts on catch.
July 13, 2022 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
hree people standing on deck of a trawl fishing vessel posing for a picture as they sort catch on a sorting table.

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

Zero Atlantic Shortfin Mako Shark Retention Limit

No shortfin mako sharks may be landed or retained in any U.S. Atlantic highly migratory species fishery until further notice.
June 30, 2022 - Feature Story ,
National
750x500-sharks-SWFSC.jpg Two mako sharks swimming. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.

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 ,
Alaska
Pacific Islands
Southeast
National
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.