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Engineering Safer Boats for Seabirds

Scientists and industry collaborate to protect albatross from trawl vessel cables
July 23, 2018 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Looking aft of a vessel at sea in the west coast hake fishery, a plume of offal attracts hungry seabirds. Trawl warps (left and right) hold the net open, while the data cable (or “third wire”) relays information from an underwater unit on the net to the wheelhouse.

Meet National Electronic Technologies Coordinator Brett Alger

We are working with fishermen, the regional fishery management councils, and other partners to integrate technology into data collections and observations to improve the timeliness, quality, cost effectiveness, and accessibility of fishery-dependent data.
July 16, 2018 - Feature Story ,
National
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New Oceanographic Insight Pinpoints Marine ‘Hotspots of Risk’

Real-time tracking of eddies and currents could help fishermen avoid protected species
June 26, 2018 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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New Tool Helps Fisheries Avoid Protected Species In Near Real Time

Learn more about EcoCast—a dynamic ocean management tool that aims to minimize fisheries bycatch and maximize fisheries target catch in near real time.
May 31, 2018 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
National
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NOAA and Partners Are Helping Restore Tuna and Swordfish in the Gulf after Deepwater Horizon

Small group of pelagic longline fishing vessel owners will take a six-month voluntary repose, can continue to fish with alternative gear, improving populations and supporting supply chains.
January 08, 2018 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
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Implementing Electronic Monitoring in Alaska Fisheries

Camera view of skate bycatch on halibut fishing vessel. Credit: NOAA. Electronic monitoring involves the use of cameras or other electronic systems on fishing vessels to collect catch data and ensure that vessels comply with current regulations. S
November 10, 2017 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
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2017 Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program Awards

NOAA Fisheries has awarded more than $2.3 million to partners around the country to support innovative bycatch reduction research projects through its Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program.
August 29, 2017 - Feature Story ,
National
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Revealing the Unknowns of an Unusual Catch

An observer brought in an unusual, unidentified shark that was caught on a longline. Find out what scientists learned from it.
March 21, 2017 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
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Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology Final Rule

Final rule to implement a standardized reporting methodology to assess the amount and type of bycatch occurring in a fishery.
January 18, 2017 - Feature Story ,
National
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The Cost of Saving Sea Turtles from Gillnets

In small-scale fisheries around the world, gillnets are helping individual fishermen put food on the table day in and day out. But at the same time, this non-selective fishing gear is inadvertently catching bycatch.
April 26, 2016 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
In the left foreground, a set of hands hold a gillnet with green LED sticks attached. In the background the sunsets in an array of pinks, purples, yellows and oranges in the clouds over the water.