NOAA Fisheries FishNews – July 1, 2021

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JULY 1, 2021

Cool Recipes to Beat the Summer Heat Summer is salad season, but you can still Eat Seafood, America! When you're planning your next meal, why not add some high-protein, low-fat U.S. seafood to your favorite salad? And for more information about the seafood you love, visit FishWatch.

Highlights NOAA Fisheries: Celebrating 150 Years of Service At NOAA Fisheries, we’ve been working for the past 150 years to carry out our mission: supporting sustainable fisheries and safe sources of seafood, protecting marine life, and conserving healthy ecosystems. Department of Commerce Announces 2021 Appointments to the Regional Fishery Management Councils The U.S. Department of Commerce today announced the appointment of 31 members to the regional fishery management councils that partner with NOAA Fisheries to manage marine fishery resources. Secretary of Commerce Approves Disaster Declarations in Four U.S. Commercial Fisheries Secretary Raimondo announced today her determination that fishery disasters occurred in four fisheries in 2018, 2019, and 2020—for two states, Alaska and New York, and for two tribes, Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe and the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis, in Washington State. Digging Up Diversity Opportunities on Shellfish Farms A growing diversity of aquaculture producers is bringing knowledge of farming, farm practices, and food cultures from around the world to help meet our growing demand for seafood. Male managers and employees have traditionally dominated seafood harvesting around the nation. However, Totten Inlet and Skookum Inlet farm manager Aisha Prohim is challenging this stereotype as she enters her 13th year at Taylor Shellfish in Olympia, Washington. Primary Production Limits Fisheries Economic Performance NOAA researchers published a study in Nature Scientific Reports documenting primary production as the limiting factor on fisheries economic performance. Primary production is the growth of aquatic plants or organisms that conduct photosynthesis. These organisms serve as the base of the food web for most marine life.

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