Fisheries
NOAA awards $15 million for Kellogg Dam removal to restore fish habitats
The Kellogg Dam removal is expected to enhance critical spawning habitats and reduce environmental hazards for threatened fish species.
Responsibility
The United Nations has endorsed NOAA’s new Guidelines for Sustainable Aquaculture, which develop global aquaculture best practices.
Fisheries
The Kellogg Dam removal is expected to enhance critical spawning habitats and reduce environmental hazards for threatened fish species.
Fisheries
Certain fish species in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic may be more vulnerable or resilient to climate change than others.
Fisheries
Starvation is most likely the cause of a mass mortality event during the eastern Bering Sea marine heatwave, according to NOAA scientists.
Responsibility
New fish passage facilities along hydropower dams allow American eel and other fish to access previously blocked upstream habitats.
Responsibility
A large-scale oyster reef restoration project led by NOAA aims to revitalize more than 2,300 acres in Maryland and Virginia waters.
Fisheries
The report highlights successful fisheries management in the U.S. and the broad economic impact of commercial and recreational fisheries.
Responsibility
Scientists on board a U.S. research vessel are taking samples from a massive, ongoing bloom in the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt.
Fisheries
A NOAA study finds marine heat waves can occur with little evidence of ocean warming at the surface, which impacts fisheries management.
Fisheries
An international group of researchers has recommended incorporating a new Atlantic cod stock structure into fisheries management.
Responsibility
NOAA will help fund a study looking into how stressors related to climate change impact Dungeness crab and marine life off the Pacific coast.
Intelligence
The NOAA Aquaculture Strategic Plan will guide the country's efforts to enhance the growth of sustainable aquaculture.
Innovation & Investment
NOAA awarded $7.5 million to launch a technology incubator with a mandate to “advance innovative ways to control harmful algal blooms."
Innovation & Investment
Maine-based shellfish technology company awarded a $500,000 Small Business Innovation Research grant to expedite innovative shellfish tagging and traceability efforts.
Innovation & Investment
The federal funding will be spread across four strategic areas to improve U.S. aquaculture, informed by science and community needs.
Responsibility
NOAA said that this year's Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” is smaller than expected, with low river discharge identified as a contributing factor.