 Electronic monitoring is a tool used to collect fishing data that support and improve stock assessments and ensure that catch limits are sustainable in the long term. In this new 3-part podcast, hear about the ins and outs of electronic monitoring and how NOAA Fisheries is investing in technology fishermen can use to track their catch to assist in making data collection more timely, accurate, and cost-efficient. |
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Highlights NOAA Fisheries has released nine new Species in the Spotlight Priority Action Plans. These plans highlight the most vital actions that NOAA Fisheries and our partners can take to reverse the declining populations of nine endangered marine species that are most at risk of extinction. Building on the successes of the past five years, NOAA Fisheries is renewing the initiative through 2025 to sustain momentum toward recovery. |
 How cameras, sensors, and other advances are improving the science-based management of commercial fisheries. |
 Brett Alger, NOAA Fisheries’ National Electronic Technologies Coordinator, is back for our second installment in the electronic monitoring series to look at how we address privacy and confidentiality concerns, costs associated with setup and video review, and agency guidance designed to help provide certainty and expectations for the fishing industry. |
 Catch up with Brett Alger in the final installment of our electronic monitoring podcast series to take a a look at the what the future holds for this industry. |
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Alaska The sea surface temperature conditions in the Central Gulf of Alaska dropped substantially during the past month to at-or-below the 1982-2012 mean conditions. |
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West Coast Recovering salmon populations takes habitat, hard work, and partnerships. |
 NOAA Fisheries scientists have published one of the largest studies of how wildlife respond to unoccupied aerial systems, also known as drones. They analyzed the behavioral responses of three species of Antarctic predators—leopard seals, Antarctic fur seals, and chinstrap penguins—to drone surveys. Despite large differences in the size and ecology of these species, all three reacted similarly; reactions to drones at survey altitudes could not be detected. However, all species did react to humans conducting traditional ground-based surveys. |
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Pacific Islands A group of NOAA scientists has published a new paper in Marine Mammal Science that improves their estimations of reproductive rates in Hawaiian monk seals. Sighting patterns reveal unobserved pupping events, which revises reproductive rate estimates for Hawaiian monk seals in the main Hawaiian Islands. And they couldn’t have done it without the help of citizen scientists. |
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Greater Atlantic In 2016, NOAA and partners completed a project to restore fast-flowing rapids on the St. Marys River in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The work has helped increase the number of juvenile fish in the area, according to a recent study published in Restoration Ecology. |
 Scientific whale surveys are key to monitoring changes in when and where right whales are found. Changes include increased use of areas off southern New England slated for wind energy development. |
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Upcoming EventsApril 29: Deepwater Horizon Open Ocean partner agencies public engagement webinar, April 29 at noon CT May 4: Aquaculture Opportunity Area Update Webinar on May 4 View more events. |
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