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Published: January 26, 2012
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In December, 2011, NOAA Fisheries Alaska Region biologists encountered high winds and 30-foot seas while conducting the first-ever winter sablefish research cruise near Kodiak, Alaska.
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Published: August 10, 2011
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According to the latest National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientific assessment, the Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab population indicates significantly more work needs to be done to fully rebuild the stock to sustainable levels.
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Published: July 15, 2011
Updated: July 15, 2011
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21 U.S. fisheries have been rebuilt since 2000, according to a report to Congress from NOAA’s Fisheries Service.
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Published: July 8, 2011
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The University of Rhode Island (URI) Fisheries Center in conjunction with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Northeast Cooperative Research Program (NCRP) will host a two day workshop on July 12 and 13 at the URI Bay Campus, in Narragansett, RI.
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Published: July 8, 2011
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The Gulf of Mexico’s hypoxic zone is predicted to be the largest ever recorded due to extreme flooding of the Mississippi River this spring, according to an annual forecast by a team of NOAA-supported scientists from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Louisiana State University and the University of Michigan.
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Published: June 9, 2011
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On June 17th, a Dock-u-mentary event will highlight current cooperative research projects and celebrate the effort of industry and science to collect the best data possible to help ensure the future of northeast fisheries.
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Published: May 27, 2011
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NOAA finds endangered species listing for Atlantic bluefin tuna not warranted.
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Published: April 19, 2011
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At 460 million crabs, the Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population is at its second highest level since 1997, and nearly double the record low of 249 million in 2007.
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Published: March 1, 2011
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NOAA Fisheries, in cooperation with the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, is soliciting proposals under the 2012 Mid-Atlantic Research Set-Aside Program that address research priorities for the summer flounder, scup, black sea bass, Loligo squid, Illex squid, Atlantic mackerel, butterfish, and bluefish, and tilefish fisheries.
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Published: February 27, 2011
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NOAA Fisheries Service’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center has launched a cooperative initiative to tag spiny dogfish (/Squalus acanthias/) in the Gulf of Maine, Southern New England, and Georges Bank.
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