In 2015 some of the sea pens sampled were found to harbor larval redfish. Because there were also adult redfish in the shrimp survey tows, it was difficult to verify that larval fish were there because of an important biological phenomena or from spawning adults in the haul.
Scientists have reported the first dive depths for Gervais' and True's beaked whales, two of the least known beaked whale species known as mesoplodonts.
NOAA Fisheries adjusts the northern albacore annual baseline quota for 2017 with available underharvest of the 2016 adjusted U.S. northern albacore quota, adjusts the North and South Atlantic swordfish baseline quotas for 2017 based on available underharv
The new stock assessment for butterfish accounted for the effects of ocean temperatures on the distribution of the stock, something that will become increasingly important as the climate changes and the oceans warm.
