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  • New Research to Reduce Rockfish Barotrauma Injury

    Nov 28: See how our research on barotrauma—an injury that occurs when a hooked fish is brought too rapidly to the surface—is helping put rockfish back where they belong.

  • Migrating Gray Whales Slowly Reveal Their Secrets This is the Exit Disclaimer Icon

    Oct 17: Recently scientists were surprised to discover that some gray whales from a critically endangered population cross the Pacific every year to winter off the coast of North America.

  • Aerial Drones Give Scientists a New Perspective This is the Exit Disclaimer Icon

    Oct 3: What will help launch a whole new era of marine mammal research? Aerial drones help biologist Wayne Perryman and other NOAA scientists study animals and ecosystems in a whole new way.

  • New Research: Climate Impacts on Marine Predators This is the Exit Disclaimer Icon

    Sept 24: What happens when marine animals at the top of the food chain start to feel the impacts of climate change? This week Nature Climate Change features the results of research led by NOAA Fisheries scientist Elliott Hazen.

  • The Science Behind What Sharks Eat

    Sept 14: Scientists examine the stomach contents of shortfin mako, blue, and common thresher sharks to identify differences in foraging preferences across species and better understand impacts of environmental conditions based on these differences.

  • From Gravel Pits to Salmon Habitat This is the Exit Disclaimer Icon

    Sept 6: California is looking at an innovative restoration method: reclaiming abandoned gravel pits as habitat for salmon.

  • Aquaculture Techniques Help Conserve White Abalone

    Aug 27: A captive breeding program for endangered white abalone uses aquaculture techniques to establish a self-sustaining white abalone population in the wild.

  • Circle Hooks: The Preferred Thresher Catcher? This is the Exit Disclaimer Icon

    Aug 15: NOAA scientists, anglers, and other institutions observe how thresher sharks are caught and released in Southern California—the key to long term conservation of the common thresher shark.

  • Turtle Bycatch Experiments Empower Students This is the Exit Disclaimer Icon

    May 29: Students have unique opportunity to work with NOAA Fisheries scientists to protect turtles from the impacts of fishing gear in Baja California, Mexico.

  • Fishermen and Scientists Work Toward Common Goal This is the Exit Disclaimer Icon

    April 22: NOAA Scientists and San Diego fishermen combine expertise and innovative tools to better understand depleted groundfish in the Southern California Bight.

  • Meet Phil Harris, Black Cod Fisherman This is the Exit Disclaimer Icon

    Mar 9: This month, as part of NOAA’s Voices from the Waterfront series, we feature Phil Harris in Southern California Bight. Take a look at how this commercial fisherman delivers fresh sustainable fish to the public.

  • Final Recovery Plan Issued for Steelhead Trout This is the Exit Disclaimer Icon

    Jan. 12: NOAA Fisheries Service issued a final Recovery Plan designed to stabilize and eventually restore steelhead trout numbers in coastal streams from the Santa Maria River in Santa Barbara County south to the United States and Mexico border.

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