NOAA Fisheries FishNews – August 27, 2020

AUGUST 27, 2020

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Highlights NOAA Announces Regions for First Two Aquaculture Opportunity Areas under Executive Order on Seafood Efforts to improve seafood security and aquaculture opportunities in the United States are moving forward. NOAA Fisheries recently announced federal waters off southern California and in the Gulf of Mexico as the first two regions to host Aquaculture Opportunity Areas. The selection of these regions is the first step in a process designed to establish 10 AOAs nationwide by 2025.

Alaska Enhancing Ocean Models to Predict Future Fish Stock Sizes Scientists will conduct a 3-year project using 60+ years of field observations to improve biological, oceanographic, and climate models to help resource managers and fishermen better plan for the future. Fishing Families and Women in Alaska’s Fisheries Over recent decades, Alaska’s fisheries have undergone many regulatory, environmental, social, and economic changes that have affected the dynamics in fishing families. Researchers from the Alaska Fisheries Science Center explored these changes and their effects on families in a series of focus groups held throughout Gulf of Alaska fishing communities in 2017 and 2018.

Southeast NOAA Fisheries Cancels 2020 Spring/Summer Reef Fish Video Survey Due to the uncertainties created by the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting changes in ship schedules, and the unique challenges those are creating for NOAA Fisheries, we are cancelling the Southeast Fisheries Science Centers’ 2020 Spring/Summer Reef Fish Video Survey.

Greater Atlantic The Work Must Go On: Back-Up Plans Keep Longline Survey Improvements Moving Scientists will install and test a new data collection system on two Massachusetts fishing vessels for the twice-yearly Gulf of Maine Bottom Longline survey. It’s a story of perseverance and flexibility in the face of difficult challenges.

Federal Register Actions Visit NOAA Fisheries' Rules & Regulations web page to learn more about recently proposed and finalized regulations in your region.

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