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NOAA Fisheries, in partnership with the North Carolina Sea Grant, is providing competitive funding research in support of the Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan (BDTRP) and the Pelagic Longline Take Reduction Plan (PLTRP). The research will focus on innovative and … Continued
In February, Professor Ray Hilborn of the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, and author of Overfishing: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press), in Honolulu addressed the topic of “Sustainability of World Fisheries: Getting good … Continued
New studies on the effects of ocean acidification due to climate change support a growing body of evidence that the future for Tanner and blue king crab stocks in Alaska waters is, at best, uncertain. “A lot has to do … Continued
Depending on the availability of funds, NOAA Sea Grant expects to have up to $3,000,000 available for a national competition to fund new FY 2016 aquaculture research projects. The grants are part of a U.S. plan to support the development … Continued
In a new study by NOAA Fisheries, scientists looked at 347 Alaska communities to assess their dependence on marine resources and socio-economic well-being. This is the first time that NOAA Fisheries has used “quantitative” indicators for this type of assessment … Continued
Inland capture fisheries are much more crucial to global food security than realized, according to the first global review of the value of inland fish and fisheries. The article, published recently in Environmental Reviews, showed that although aquaculture and inland … Continued