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2019–2020 Sea Scallop Research Set-Aside Awards Announced

The sea scallop Research Set-Aside awards play an integral role in one of our nation’s most successful and valuable fisheries. Successful applicants partner with the fishing industry to conduct research and to harvest their set-aside award, generating funds for the research. There are active research set-aside programs for Atlantic sea scallops, Atlantic herring, and monkfish.
May 07, 2019 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Scallops being sorted on conveyer, blue gloved hands visible on each side.

Checking in on Chesapeake Bay Striped Bass

Anglers up and down the Chesapeake are eager to wet a line and land a striped bass, but concern about population levels is altering plans
May 06, 2019 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
On a boat, a woman wearing a camouflage jacket and thick orange gloves holds a large striped bass

How We Safeguard Atlantic Tunas

Our robust management system helps conserve these in-demand species while providing fishing opportunities.
May 02, 2019 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
School of yellowfin tuna School of yellowfin tuna. Credit: Jeff Muir

The Surprising Story of Swordfish You May Not Know

Today’s North Atlantic swordfish stock is fully rebuilt and maintaining above-target population levels. But there’s work to be done to ensure management measures better support the fishing industry.
April 30, 2019 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
Swordfish with distinguishing long, flattened bill swimming alone in deep blue ocean waters.

NOAA Announces Great Lakes Restoration Funding to Michigan Partners

More than $7 million will support partners’ continued work on next phases of projects restoring Great Lakes habitats.
April 26, 2019 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Team Reaches Nearly Unanimous Consensus on Right Whale Survival Measures

The Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team met to develop additional measures to reduce impacts from fishing gear in Providence between April 23-26, 2019.
April 26, 2019 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Atlantic Herring Research Set-Aside Award to Focus on River Herring Catch Reduction

The Northeast Fisheries Science Center, in coordination with the New England Fishery Management Council, announce that one project has been selected for support through the 2019-2021 Atlantic Herring Research Set-Aside Program.
April 25, 2019 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Atlantic Herring, they are silvery in color, with a bluish or greenish-blue back.

Whale Season Is Here!

Right whales have been seen in high numbers south of Cape Cod, in Cape Cod Bay.
April 23, 2019 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Right whale near surface, the vapors from the blow are on the left of whale.

Decades of Dam Removals Help Fish Reach their Homes in Historic Plymouth

Take a virtual walk along Town Brook in Massachusetts to see fish passage projects that have reopened the stream, giving migrating herring and eel new access to restored habitats.
April 22, 2019 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
River Herring

Social Scientists Rev Up for 2019 Crew Survey

Social scientists from NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center are coming to a port near you! The team is visiting fishing ports in the region to collect information that can help improve our understanding of how fishery actions and conditions affect the lives of fishermen, their families, and communities.
April 19, 2019 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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