NOAA Update With Major Fisheries Implications
The ASGA team was briefed by NOAA officials that the Fisheries Effort Survey has been overestimating recreational fishing effort. Our current understanding is that this overestimation is around …
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Search is on for WWII shipwreck that poses environmental dangers off Florida coast
For the second time in two years, ocean explorers are trying to find the elusive wreck of a World War II ship deemed historic and …
Climate Change: Climate, Ecosystems, and Fisheries
Just like people, fish and wildlife need homes so they can thrive. They need healthy habitats where they can eat, rest, grow, and raise their …
Feds announce nearly $40M for projects to help salmon (and steelhead) in WA
Projects to help fish navigate Washington’s rivers could get a boost of nearly $40 million from the federal government. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration …
NMFS Seeks Angler Input on Recreational Fishing Policy
Most anglers probably don’t realize that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has a policy that addresses recreational fisheries management (Recreational Policy). Most anglers have probably never …
NOAA Fisheries needs input from anglers
The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries is asking the recreational fishing community for its guidance as it prepares to revise the 2015 National Saltwater …
$95 Million to reverse the declines of West Coast salmon and steelhead
NOAA Fisheries is recommending more than $95 million in funding for 19 new and continuing programs and projects to support West Coast salmon and steelhead …
Funding needed for climate-ready fisheries
As anglers, we need to advocate for approval of the $6.9 –billion NOAA budget submitted by President Biden for Fiscal Year 2023. Also, the $1.17 …
Status of Stocks 2021
NOAA’s annual Status of Stocks report highlights its work with partners toward the goal of maximizing fishing opportunities while ensuring the sustainability of fisheries and …
“An Era of Surprises”
NOAA Fisheries scientist Nate Mantua discusses why he started studying salmon as well as how climate change and anchovies are threatening salmon on the West …