NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
NOAA National Marine Fisheries (NMFS) is a federal agency and a division of the Department of Commerce. NMFS is charged with the responsibility of management, conservation and protection of living marine resources within the USA Exclusive Economic Zone (water 3 to 200 miles off-shore). NMFS predicts the status of fish stock, ensures compliance with conservation regulations and promotes sustainable fisheries. NMFS welcomes public inquires and media inquiries about their work and Web site.
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NOAA Fisheries Service,Partnerships &Communication, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Springs, MD 20910
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Cyber [dot] Fish [at] noaa [dot] gov
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(301) 713-2334 Ext. 173
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"NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service" in the news:
Researchers Survey Mid-Atlantic Ridge Looking For New Forms of Marine Life, Clues to Deep-Sea Communities
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Jun 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of researchers is surveying the Mid-Atlantic Ridge halfway between Iceland and the Azores to determine its biodiversity and perhaps discover new species and clues to ...
Blue whales re-establishing former migration patterns: research (w/Video)
May 11, 2009 |
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Scientists have documented the first known migration of blue whales from the coast of California to areas off British Columbia and the Gulf of Alaska since the end of commercial whaling in 1965.
Unfavorable ocean conditions likely cause of low 2007 salmon returns along West Coast
Mar 03, 2008 |
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NOAA scientists are reviewing unusual environmental conditions in the Pacific Ocean as the likely culprit for the dramatically low returns of Chinook and coho salmon to rivers and streams along the West Coast of the United ...
Scientists fear rare dolphin driven to extinction by human activities
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Sep 11, 2007 |
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An international research team, including biologists from NOAA Fisheries Service, has reported in an online scientific journal that it had failed to find a single Yangtze River dolphin, or baiji, during a six-week survey ...
Study shows eastern tropical pacific ocean dolphin populations improving
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Jun 05, 2008 |
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The numbers of Northeastern offshore spotted and eastern spinner dolphins in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean are increasing after being severely depleted because of accidental death in the tuna purse-seine ...
New study finds most North Pacific humpback whale populations rebounding
May 21, 2008 |
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The number of humpback whales in the North Pacific Ocean has increased since international and federal protections were enacted in the 1960s and 70s, according to a new study funded primarily by NOAA and conducted ...
Researchers Find Aquaculture Promising Method to Grow Black Sea Bass
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Mar 10, 2008 |
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Black sea bass is an important recreational and commercial fishery along the Atlantic coast of the US, but landings have decreased in recent decades as the demand for this tasty fish in seafood and sushi markets ...
Can certain metals repel sharks from fishing gear?
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Apr 22, 2008 |
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Sharks in captivity avoid metals that react with seawater to produce an electric field, a behavior that may help fishery biologists develop a strategy to reduce the bycatch of sharks in longline gear. Shark bycatch is an ...
Marine scientists monitor longest mammal migration
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Apr 10, 2007 |
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Marine scientists recently published a research paper in the science journal, Biology Letters, that found humpback whales migrate over 5,100 miles from Central America to their feeding grounds off Antarctica; a record distan ...
Researchers to Develop Ocean Sanctuary 'Noise Budget' to Identify Sources and Evaluate Potential Impact on Marine Mammal
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Apr 01, 2008 |
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Like sentinels at their posts, an array of buoys equipped with underwater microphones and other sensors will be on duty in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary off the coast of Massachusetts for the ...
Study: Illegal fishing harming present and future New England groundfish fisheries
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Weak enforcement combined with fishermen facing serious economic hardships are leading to widespread violations of fisheries regulations along the Northeastern United States coast. This pattern of noncompliance threatens ...
High numbers of right whales seen in Gulf of Maine
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Jan 02, 2009 |
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A large number of North Atlantic right whales have been seen in the Gulf of Maine in recent days, leading right whale researchers at NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) to believe they have identified ...
Timing is Everything for Northern Shrimp Populations in the North Atlantic
May 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Even for Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis), which support commercial fisheries worldwide, timing is everything in life. The tiny creatures, eaten in shrimp rolls and shrimp salad, occupy ...
Northern right whales head south to give birth, leave genetic 'fingerprints' with NOAA researchers
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Mar 03, 2008 |
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Like many northerners who head south to warmer climates for the winter, many Northern right whales also head south in November and stay into April. Their destination is the only known calving ground for this rare and endangered ...
Scientists integrate data in three dimensions to study climate effects on young fish
Jul 07, 2008 |
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From the surface, the two areas of ocean off the coasts of northern New Jersey and Long Island, New York look the same. But to NOAA scientists, the four-square-mile patches could not be more different as they view real-time ...
