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NOAA Warns of Continuing Species Shifts Due to Warming Oceans
Changes impact local fishing communities, resource management Scientists using a high-resolution global climate model and historical observations of species distributions on the Northeast U.S. Shelf have found that commercially important species will continue to shift their distribution as ocean waters warm two to three times faster than the global average through the end of this century. Projected increases in surface to bottom waters of 6.6 to 9 degrees F (3.7 to 5.0 degrees Celsius) from current conditions are expected.
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NOAA and States Focus on Red Snapper Enforcement
In order to better protect the red snapper fish stocks in the Southeast, NOAA's Office of Law Enforcement, alongside other state and federal natural resource enforcement agencies, will continue to conduct increased enforcement efforts focused on the commercial and recreational red snapper fisheries in Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic.
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Review of Columbia River Hatcheries completed by NOAA
NOAA Fisheries' West Coast Region has completed a review of fish hatcheries on the Columbia River, clearing the way for the agency to distribute funds under the federal Mitchell Act that will keep the hatcheries operating while reducing impacts to threatened and endangered species.
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Oregon Coast Coho Salmon Habitat Conservation
NOAA Fisheries today released a recovery plan for Oregon Coast coho salmon that calls for public-private partnerships to conserve habitat for the threatened species, positioning coho for possible removal from the federal list of threatened and endangered species within the next 10 years.
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Inflatable Dam in California For Fish Passage on Russian River
Some dams are monumental engineering feats made of steel-reinforced concrete towering hundreds of feet above a streambed. Others are much smaller, constructed with large wood planks, dirt and rock or even rubber.
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NOAA Plan to Restore Pelagic Gulf Fishes
The Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group (TIG) is implementing a project to help restore pelagic fish in the Gulf. This project will benefit the Gulf of Mexico in the short- and long-term and will compensate for impacts from the spill.
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NOAA Seeks Input on Snake River Salmon/Steelhead Plan
NOAA Fisheries is inviting public feedback on a new proposed recovery plan for Snake River spring/summer Chinook salmon and steelhead, two threatened species that once represented close to half of all salmon and steelhead returning to the Columbia River system.
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New NOAA Fisheries Guidelines Should Improve Federal Marine Fisheries Management
The American Sportfishing Association (ASA) today applauded NOAA Fisheries for updating and improving the guidelines it and the regional fishery management councils use for developing fishery management plans for the nation’s federal marine fisheries. The final revisions to National Standard 1 and related guidelines of the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) address several challenges that have arisen in marine fisheries management over the last decade due to requirements in the law and the agency’s interpretation of them.
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NOAA Draft Recovery Plan for Puget Sound/Georgia Basin Yelloweye Rockfsh, Bocaccio
NOAA Fisheries is seeking public comment on its draft recovery plan for yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus) and bocaccio (Sebastes paucispinis) in Puget Sound, the Strait of Georgia, and the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca (generally referred to as Puget Sound/Georgia Basin). These species were listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 2010. Bocaccio are listed as endangered and yelloweye rockfish are listed as threatened.
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NOAA Announces Rule Changes for Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass
NOAA Fisheries is announcing new recreational regulations for summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass for the 2016 fishing year in federal waters.
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NOAA Fisheries Releases Fisheries Allocation Policy
In response to decades of criticism over not examining how the nation’s public marine fisheries resources are divided among fishing stakeholders, NOAA Fisheries released a Fisheries Allocation Review Policy that describes potential criteria for reviewing fisheries allocations. The recreational fishing and boating community expressed appreciation for this long-awaited recognition of the need to have an allocation policy, but also concern about the lack of firm commitments and timelines for initiating allocation reviews.
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NOAA Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee Seeks Nominations for Columbia Basin Partnership
NOAA Fisheries and the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (MAFAC) are pleased to announce we are seeking nominations for the new Columbia Basin Partnership (CBP) Task Force. This Task Force will assist MAFAC in developing recommendations on quantitative goals for all salmon and steelhead in the Columbia Basin – listed and non-listed species – in order to address long term conservation needs, harvest goals, and Tribal/treaty responsibilities for NOAA Fisheries consideration.
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NOAA Killer Whale Patrols to Begin in San Juan Islands
NOAA's Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) will soon begin seasonal summer patrols in Haro Strait around Washington's San Juan Islands. Officers will be enforcing special Federal regulations designed to protect endangered Southern Resident killer whales by keeping boat traffic at a safe distance from the whales.
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NOAA Fisheries Releases Design Guidelines for Nature-like Fish Passages
Fish ladders and other types of fish passage for migratory sea-run fish have been constructed for more than 275 years, with an assortment of attempted designs. In the last 45 years or so, we have learned a great deal about what works and what doesn't when it comes to restoring access to upstream spawning and rearing habitats for our region's 14 diadromous fish species, including three which are listed under the Endangered Species Act.
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Fish Release Mortality Science from NOAA
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NOAA Announces Final Aquaculture Plan for Gulf of Mexico
NOAA Fisheries has published a final rule for the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council's Fishery Management Plan for Regulating Offshore Marine Aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico (Aquaculture Plan). The final rule published in the Federal Register on January 13, 2016 (81 FR 1762).
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NOAA Fisheries Announces Regs for Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass
Flounder limits will decrease by 30 percent, scup will decrease slightly, and the sea bass allowance will increase by more than 1 million pounds
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NOAA Awards More than $8 Million for Coral Reef Restoration
NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program is awarding more than $8.4 million in grants and cooperative agreements, this year, to support conservation projects and scientific studies that benefit coral reef management across seven U.S. states and territories, the Caribbean and Micronesia.
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NOAA study finds ‘living shorelines’ can lessen climate change’s effects
Protected and stabilized shorelines can store carbon, promote coastal resilience, improve water quality, and fish habitats
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Catching Fishermen's Attention with Barbless Circle Hooks
The NOAA Fisheries Big Island monk seal response coordinator and his volunteers rushed out to aid the unfortunate animal, hoping to capture it and carefully remove the hook before the fishing gear could cause any serious damage. But before the volunteers could become rescuers, the monk seal shook its head, easily dislodging the hook in the process.BY JOSEPH BENNINGTON-CASTRO | December 2015
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