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U.S. Department of Commerce Allocates More Than $12M in Fishery Resource Disaster Funding

Funds will support fisheries in Alaska and the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe.
June 21, 2024 - Media Release ,
Alaska
West Coast
Fisherman holding a coho salmon with its mouth open. A fisherman in Washington state holds a coho salmon. Credit: iStock

NOAA Fisheries Authorizes Makah Tribe to Resume Gray Whale Hunt

Decision will allow limited ceremonial and subsistence hunting by the Tribe in accordance with long-standing treaty rights, international quotas
June 13, 2024 - Media Release ,
West Coast
Makah Tribe in hand-carved canoes The Makah Tribe long hunted whales in hand-carved canoes, such as this one landing at Neah Bay on the Olympic Peninsula about 1900. They voluntarily stopped hunting gray whales in 1928 as commercial whaling depleted the species, which has since recovered in the eastern Pacific. Photo courtesy Museum of History and Industry, Negative Number 88.33.122.

Biden-Harris Administration Publishes Final Management Plan for Mariana Trench Marine National Monument

Plan advances administration’s goal to conserve and restore 30 percent of nation’s lands and waters by 2030.
June 06, 2024 - Media Release ,
Pacific Islands
Various colored fish swim amongst corals at Mariana Trench. Soft corals and tropical fish from the summit of the East Diamante submarine volcano in the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument. Credit: NOAA Office of Exploration & Research (OER), 2004 Submarine Ring of Fire exploration

Final Rule to Remove Effort Control Measures for the American Lobster Fishery: Small Entity Compliance Guide

NOAA Fisheries Eliminates Lobster Area 2 and 3 ownership caps and Area 3 maximum trap cap reductions.
May 29, 2024 - Press Release ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $240 Million for New Fish Passage Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

New investments will support fish conservation efforts.
May 22, 2024 - Media Release ,
National
A coho salmon swims up the Sol Duc river on the Olympic Peninsula. A coho salmon swims up the Sol Duc river on the Olympic Peninsula. Credit: Adobe Stock.

Biden-Harris Administration Awards $20 Million for Regional Fishery Management Council Projects as Part of Investing In America Agenda

Projects funded by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act will support efforts to better manage fisheries in a changing climate.
May 21, 2024 - Media Release ,
National
Commercial fishing in the Valdez, Alaska harbor. Commercial fishing in Valdez, Alaska. Credit: iStock

Status of the Stocks: Record-Low Number of Stocks On Overfishing List In 2023

Ongoing positive trends continued into last year.
May 02, 2024 - Media Release ,
National
Image of young coho salmon Image of young coho salmon used on the cover of the 2023 Status of the Stocks Report. (Credit: Getty Images)

U.S. Department of Commerce Allocates $206K In Funding for Puget Sound Fishery Disaster

Funds will support the Squaxin Island Tribe’s fall chum salmon fishery.
April 17, 2024 - Media Release ,
West Coast
Close-up of two chum salmon at the bottom of murky water. Can see rocks below the fish. Chum salmon. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $60 Million to Advance Tribal Priorities and Address Climate Change Impacts on Pacific Salmon and Steelhead in the Columbia River

Funding from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act will support Columbia Basin hatchery facilities.
March 22, 2024 - Media Release ,
West Coast
National
Coho Salmon being held my a hatcheries worker by the Nez Perce Tribe Hatcheries operated by the Nez Perce Tribe, with Mitchell Act funding, supported the reintroduction of Coho salmon to the Lostine River in Oregon in 2020. Credit: Nez Perce Tribe.

Biden-Harris Administration Announces New NOAA-NASA Agreement to Advance North Atlantic Right Whale Conservation Technologies as Part of Investing In America Agenda

Inflation Reduction Act makes new funding available through NOAA Fisheries to conserve and recover endangered species.
March 04, 2024 - Media Release ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
National
NARW #3720 and calf North Atlantic right whale #3720 and calf were first spotted off Wassaw Island, Georgia, on January 19, 2021. NOAA Fisheries will partner with NASA and the private sector to develop satellite tags that improve whale detection and reduce the risk of vessel strikes. Credit: Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, taken under NOAA permit #20556-01.