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A Mother Right Whale’s Perilous Odyssey

Snow Cone, one of the few breeding female North Atlantic right whales…
December 10, 2021 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
National
Snow Cone, an North Atlantic right whale, entangled in fishing rope with her newborn calf Snow Cone with her newborn calf in waters near Cumberland Island, Georgia on December 2, 2021. Snow Cone is an endangered North Atlantic right whale and is entangled in fishing rope. Credit: Georgia Department of Natural Resources/NOAA Permit #20556.

The U.S. South Atlantic Marine Ecosystem: An Ecosystem In Transition

According to a new report from NOAA Fisheries, the U.S. South Atlantic…
December 10, 2021 - News ,
Southeast
The sun setting over the ocean. Sunset at a North Carolina beach. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Todd Kellison.

New Online Workshops Will Save Fishermen and Dealers Time and Money

New online training workshops can eliminate the need to travel to in…
December 08, 2021 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
A lemon shark swimming as seen from above. Lemon shark. Credit: iStock

Study Assesses Vulnerability of Coastal Habitats to Climate Change in the Northeast United States

Salt marshes, shellfish reefs, deep-sea corals, seagrasses, kelp, and…
December 08, 2021 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
National
Coastal marsh within the Sandy Hook Bay estuary. Coastal marsh within the Sandy Hook Bay estuary. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jessie Murray

Implementation Plan Update Outlines 2022 Recreational Fishing Data Priorities

The Marine Recreational Information Program’s upcoming actions include…
December 07, 2021 - Feature Story ,
National
A smiling child reels in his catch while seated on a fishing boat.

United States Wins New Conservation Measures for Pacific Tuna and Backs Inspections to Curb Illegal Fishing

Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission also adopts controls on floating…
December 06, 2021 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Yellowfin tuna underwater The IATTC adopted new three-year management measures for tropical tunas including yellowfin caught by purse seine and longline vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Credit: Shutterstock/Al McGlashan

Study Finds Melting Glaciers Could Produce Thousands of Kilometers of New Pacific Salmon Habitat by 2100

Melting glaciers could produce new Pacific salmon habitat in Alaska and…
December 06, 2021 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
arctic landscape of a glacier in the background and rocky earth cut by a gray-colored stream of whitewater in the foreground Melting glaciers could produce new Pacific salmon habitat in Alaska and British Columbia. Credit: Jonathan Moore/Simon Fraser University

2021 Fall Bottom Trawl Survey Completed in Northeast

This long-running, fishery-independent survey monitors abundance and…
December 06, 2021 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A color image taken at a fish sampling station on the NOAA Ship Henry Bigelow. The board is light-colored. The fish is on its belly, wing-like side fins fanned outward and its trademark spines sticking up along its backbone. A brilliantly red sea raven, Hemitripterus americanus. Sea ravens come in many shapes and colors, but this one is among the most striking. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

2021 Northeast Fall Ecosystem Monitoring Cruise Completed

The 2021 Northeast fall ecosystem monitoring survey aboard NOAA Ship…
December 04, 2021 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A color image taken in daylight. Two plankton nets suspended over the side of a research vessel. The smaller net is attached to the tow cable above the larger net, and an instrument that measures the conductivity,temperature, and depth of the nets while they are deployed is attached to the wire in between them. A bongo net is deployed off the NOAA Ship Pisces. Bongo nets collect plankton and other tiny marine life. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Harvey Walsh

Aquaculture Holds Connection and Resilience Opportunities for Skokomish Tribal Communities

The Skokomish Tribe practice aquaculture for economic diversity, climate…
December 03, 2021 - Feature Story
Blair Paul and two colleagues stand in front of derelict nets prior following a beach clean up. Blair Paul, Jeff Moore, and Skokomish tribal member Josh Hermann stand on a beach following removal of derelict nets prior to clam seeding for tribal harvest. Photo courtesy of: Chris Eardley