Join us for Sea Turtle Week 2019 and find out how our innovative science supports the conservation and recovery of threatened and endangered sea turtles.
A message from Donna Wieting, director of the NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources, kicks off Sea Turtle Week by highlighting our recent conservation efforts.
In an effort to restore sea turtle populations in the Gulf of Mexico, two new monitoring teams are working closely with fishermen to ensure that their sea turtle excluder devices are installed properly.
“Cold-stunned” sea turtles rescued and rehabilitated in the Northeast return to warmer southern waters for release with help from an unlikely place: the general aviation community.
June 5 was the second annual International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing. We highlight the NOAA Office of Law Enforcement’s strategies and collaborative efforts to combat both domestic and international IUU fishing.
NOAA is pleased to highlight a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine titled A Decision Framework for Interventions to Increase the Resilience of Coral Reefs. NOAA commissioned the study to help focus research and manage coral recovery efforts in response to the urgent threats corals face today.
Through the Restoration Webinar Series, NOAA, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Society for Ecological Restoration showcase innovative techniques and best practices to a broad audience. Topics for the 2019 webinar series are scheduled through October. You can register for upcoming webinars or view recordings of past presentations online.
NOAA surveyed more than 6,000 California anglers and found that a large majority would be interested in new salmon fishing opportunities upstream of dams if fish passage was improved. NOAA’s Office of Habitat Conservation is working with partners to recover Central Valley fish populations and provide healthy habitat for recreational fisheries.
Under a proposed settlement in the hazardous waste case in the Port Gardner Bay Area in Everett, Washington, the two responsible parties will contribute to habitat restoration at the Blue Heron Slough Restoration Project in the Snohomish River Estuary. The estuary provides important spawning, rearing, and feeding areas for many fish and wildlife species, including protected salmon.
By June 21, please submit your comments on proposed 2019 catch limits for longline-caught bigeye tuna for each of the U.S. Pacific territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands). The proposed 2019 measures are identical to those implemented annually in the three territories since 2014.
The West Hawaii Habitat Focus Area Map Viewer is now available on the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System website. This map viewer provides a platform to explore the types of scientific data collected in the Habitat Focus Area—project boundaries, protected areas, land and seafloor features, navigation areas, and more.
NOAA scientists are forecasting that this summer’s hypoxic zone or “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico (an area of little to no dissolved oxygen for fish and other marine life) will be quite large—approximately 7,829 square miles, or roughly the size of Massachusetts. High spring rainfall and river discharge, which brought excess nutrients into the Gulf, are major contributors to the size of the dead zone this year.
By June 18, please submit your comments on an application for an exempted fishing permit for a project testing the acceptance of an experimental bycatch reduction device. The project would provide the device to cooperating Gulf shrimp fishermen to test alongside older devices.
The Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group for the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment seeks input on natural resource restoration opportunities in Terrebonne, Lafourche, Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, and St. Bernard Parishes. Please submit ideas for restoration projects by July 5.
The Alabama Trustee Implementation Group for the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment has started drafting a Restoration Plan III/Environmental Assessment. The newest plan will consider restoration projects aimed at enhancing recreational opportunities and benefiting bird populations.
In early June, biologists from a Florida Marine Mammal Stranding Network responded to a dead whale reported off Ft. Pierce. A necropsy revealed that the young female beaked whale died of starvation after swallowing a plastic bag.
By July 8, please submit your comments on proposed measures to approve and implement Framework Adjustment 13 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan. This action would establish a 5-year rebuilding program for Atlantic mackerel, set 2019–2021 specifications for the fishery, and implement or modify other management measures.
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Upcoming Deadlines
June 21: Applications due for the position of Executive Director of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council.
July 30: Pre-proposals due for 2020 Saltonstall-Kennedy Grants.
Upcoming Events
June 13: Last day of the New England Fishery Management Council meeting in Portland, Maine.
June 13: Public webinar on the Open Ocean Trustees’ Draft Restoration Plan 2.
June 13–14: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council meeting in Stuart, Florida.
June 18–July 30: Public scoping meetings for three Atlantic Highly Migratory Species actions.
June 19: Webinar on proposed Atlantic Highly Migratory Species spatial management research.
June 19–25: Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting in San Diego.
June 20: Free Atlantic Shark Identification workshop in Manahawkin, New Jersey.
June 24–27: Western Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting in Honolulu.
July 2 and 10: Two free Protected Species Safe Handling, Release, and Identification workshops in Texas and New York.
July 25: Free Atlantic Shark Identification workshop in Rosenberg, Texas.
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