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Researchers Demonstrate Key Benefits of Marine Protected Areas in California

Research group shows that kelp rockfish born in marine protected areas around the Monterey Peninsula in central California recruit to areas outside of protected areas, including conservation areas where some recreational fishing is allowed, and non-protected areas where commercial and recreational harvest is allowed.
May 09, 2019 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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Floods Reshaped Carmel River Following 2015 Dam Removal, New Research Shows

Removal of the dam improved passage for the endangered steelhead native to the river and restored the physical and ecological processes that help create and maintain habitat for the fish in the long term.
October 15, 2018 - News ,
West Coast
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Baby Endangered California Salmon Use Different Rivers Than Expected, Research Shows

Research may have implications in how Sacramento Valley waterways are managed to protect critically endangered fish.
December 04, 2017 - Feature Story ,
West Coast

Scientists Call for Improved Technologies to Save Imperiled California Salmon

Genetic identification and real-time monitoring would improve the management of salmon and water.
December 01, 2017 - News ,
West Coast
IEP Delta Juvenile Fish Monitoring Program biologists count, measure, and collect tissue samples from juvenile salmon.

New NOAA Fisheries Research Reveals Ecosystem Cascades Affecting Salmon

Interpreting relationships between species and their environments is crucial to inform ecosystem-based management (EBM), a priority for NOAA Fisheries.
July 28, 2017 - News ,
West Coast
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Scientists Improve Predictions of How Temperature Affects the Survival of Fish Embryos

A combination of laboratory and field data leads to a broad understanding of temperature impacts to developing Chinook salmon eggs.
December 05, 2016 - News ,
West Coast

El Niño Patterns Contributed to Long-lived Marine Heatwave in North Pacific

The new research found that the known climate patterns linked the tropical and temperate latitudes of the North Pacific Ocean, helping to fuel an extreme marine heatwave.
July 07, 2016 - News ,
West Coast

The Sound of Endangered Salmon Surviving

In drought-stricken California, scientists track migrating Chinook salmon to make the most efficient use of scarce water resources.
February 01, 2016 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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To Save Its Salmon, California Calls In the Fish Matchmaker

Biologists are using genetic techniques to reduce inbreeding.
January 15, 2016 - Feature Story ,
West Coast

November Takes a Bite Out of 'the Blob'

Warm expanse that heated up West Coast waters is beaten, but not yet broken.
December 10, 2015 - News ,
West Coast