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NOAA Fisheries Awards $2.3 Million for Bycatch Reduction Research

The funding will support 13 innovative bycatch reduction research projects.
September 08, 2022 - Feature Story ,
National
Closeup of Bluefin Tuna Close-up of an Atlantic bluefin tuna. Credit: iStock.

Reducing Bycatch Through Innovation

Innovations in gear help reduce bycatch across the country.
August 25, 2022 - Podcast ,
Alaska
Pacific Islands
Southeast
National
Oceanic whitetip shark swimming in deep ocean waters. Oceanic whitetip shark. Hawaiʻi longline fishermen use leaders to connect weighed branch lines and baited hooks. A new rule prohibits steel wire leaders in the Hawaiʻi deep-set longline fishery, starting May 31, 2022. The rule aims to increase the survival of hooked oceanic whitetip sharks caught as bycatch in the Pacific Islands region. Credit: Andy Mann

Reducing Bycatch Through Decades of Research and Innovation

NOAA researchers are recognized internationally for their expertise in reducing sea turtle bycatch using real time turtle excluder device testing.
August 24, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
Gear team making real time adjustments to a turtle excluder device being tested. Southeast Fisheries Science Center gear team members, Dan Foster (left) and Nick Hopkins, make real time adjustments to the TED they are testing. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

What’s Behind Chinook and Chum Salmon Declines in Alaska?

NOAA science provides insights on poor salmon runs on Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers in 2020 and 2021.
August 23, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Juvenile Chinook salmon.

Bycatch Reduction Week

Bycatch—the catch of non-target species—is a complex, global issue that threatens the sustainability of our fishing communities, economies, and ocean ecosystems. Learn how we work to develop, test, and adopt gears that reduce bycatch in U.S. fisheries.
August 22, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
National
Red snapper with a monitor device to track post-release health and behavior Red snapper with a monitor device to track post-release health and behavior. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Modifying Fishing Gear Reduces Shark Bycatch in the Pacific

Using monofilament leaders instead of wire leaders reduced bycatch by roughly 40 percent.
August 16, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
Oceanic whitetip shark is carrying trailing gear from a longline vessel and has damage to its pectoral fin. Oceanic whitetip shark photographed off Kona, Big Island. The individual is carrying trailing gear from a longline vessel and has damage to its pectoral fin, likely from the trailing gear including wire leader and weight. Photo: Deron Verbeck

NOAA Releases 85 Florida Loggerhead Sea Turtles into the Wild

Juvenile sea turtles returned to the wild after study to reduce bycatch.
June 16, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
NOAA staff, with support from U.S. Coast Guard Station Fort Pierce, released 85 juvenile loggerhead sea turtles off of Florida's east coast. NOAA staff, with support from U.S. Coast Guard Station Fort Pierce, released 85 juvenile loggerhead sea turtles off of Florida's east coast. Photo: NOAA Fisheries/NMFS Permit No. 20339-03

Observing for the Long Haul

Pacific Islands fisheries observer Mario Esera builds a career in conservation on the seas.
May 18, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
Esera examines some bigeye tuna Esera examines some bigeye tuna

Smaller Female North Atlantic Right Whales Have Fewer Calves: Declining Body Size May Contribute to Low Birth Rates

Aerial photos reveal that body size of North Atlantic right whales is related to the number of calves they produce.
May 12, 2022 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
Photograph from the North Atlantic right whale Catalog #3560 of "Snow Cone," a North Atlantic right whale sighted December 2, 2021 that was entangled in gear and with a new calf. Photo credit: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission taken under NOAA permit 20556. North Atlantic right whale Catalog #3560 ‘Snow Cone’ sighted December 2, 2021 entangled and with a new calf. Photo credit: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission taken under NOAA permit 20556.

Endangered Vaquita Porpoise Not Doomed to Extinction by Inbreeding Depression

Study finds vaquitas are unlikely to be heavily impacted by inbreeding depression that can often undermine the survival of small populations, and have a high probability to recover if deaths in gillnets are immediately halted.
May 05, 2022 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
International
Photograph of a mother vaquita and her calf surfacing in the waters off San Felipe, Mexico. As recently as Fall 2021 vaquitas were seen with calves. Credit: Paula Olson, 2008. A mother and calf vaquita surface in the waters off San Felipe, Mexico. As recently as Fall 2021 vaquitas were seen with calves. Credit: Paula Olson, 2008