David Packer, a marine ecologist from NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Sandy Hook, New Jersey, reviews his decades of work to build awareness of essential fish habitat.
Strange sea creatures and unwanted material filling fishing nets may frustrate fishermen who only want to catch certain fish. But these unwelcome catches also challenge marine scientists and managers. In Alaska, fishermen and scientists have been uniting to address their related concerns.
NOAA is recommending $4.5 million in funding for 10 new projects through the 2017 Community-based Restoration Program Coastal and Marine Habitat Restoration Grants competition.
The Eel River watershed was once the third largest producer of Pacific salmon and steelhead in California, where fish populations have declined rapidly since the 1950s. The longest salmon run in the state, the Eel watershed is a high priority for successfully rebuilding salmon stocks.
Multiple partner agencies provided assistance to salmon & steelhead stranded as a result of the deteriorating Oroville Dam spillway, as well as to fish in the Feather River hatchery downstream.
After five years of drought, southern California has finally received some much-needed rain. Many creeks have been dry and disconnected from their estuaries and the ocean this year due to drought. Now, the water is flowing again! This is a welcome repriev
