Impact of COVID-19 on Pacific Island Fishing Values

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The COVID-19 pandemic had global impacts to human health, safety, and livelihoods, including to Pacific Island fisheries. Pacific Islands region fishers share how the pandemic affected their livelihoods and how they adapted.

Fish Life History: An Important Role in Fisheries Management

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Understanding fish life histories—or how a fish ages, grows, and reproduces throughout its life—is key to sustainably managing fisheries. Learn how scientists determine a fish’s life history profile and how we can support healthy fish populations.

Salmon on the High Seas: Unlocking the Mysteries of Salmon in the North Pacific

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Scientists are surveying the Gulf of Alaska to find out more about Pacific salmon (Chinook, Coho, sockeye, chum and pink salmon). The information they gather will help managers plan for changes these populations will face due to climate change.

Feeding fish at the NEFSC Woods Hole Science Aquarium

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Preparing food for the animals at the nation’s oldest public marine aquarium is a gooey and fun process, but watching the fish eat may be the best part of all!

Hawaii's Deep 7 Fishery - Part 3

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This short video describes the Hawaii Deep 7 bottomfish fishery with emphasis on the history, cultural importance, stock assessment, and cooperative development of the Bottomfish fishery-Independent Survey in Hawaii (BFISH). Part 3 of 4.

Hawaii's Deep 7 Fishery - Part 1

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This short video describes the Hawaii Deep 7 bottomfish fishery with emphasis on the history, cultural importance, stock assessment, and cooperative development of the Bottomfish fishery-Independent Survey in Hawaii (BFISH). Part 1 of 4.

Hawaii's Deep 7 Fishery - Part 2

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This short video describes the Hawaii Deep 7 bottomfish fishery with emphasis on the history, cultural importance, stock assessment, and cooperative development of the Bottomfish fishery-Independent Survey in Hawaii (BFISH). Part 2 of 4.

Hawaii's Deep 7 Fishery - Part 4

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This short video describes the Hawaii Deep 7 bottomfish fishery with emphasis on the history, cultural importance, stock assessment, and cooperative development of the Bottomfish fishery-Independent Survey in Hawaii (BFISH). Part 4 of 4.

Avian Predator captures Smolts

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After sixteen hours, it was detected 30 kilometers upstream, leading researchers to believe it was consumed by a bird since it was not detected by any receivers along the way and the final transmitter location was near a cormorant roost.

Slow, Medium, and Fast Migration Paths

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This animation shows selected examples of slow, medium, and fast migration paths of virtual salmon tracks from Penobscot Bay to Halifax Line.

Species in the Spotlight: Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook

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The Sacramento River system is home to the only winter-run Chinook salmon in the world. This unique population is cut off from its historical spawning and rearing habitat, and faces many other threats, but efforts are underway to help it recover.