NOAA Fisheries 2011 Web Story Archive

December 2011

12/06: NOAA Releases Regional Recreational Fishing Plans

12/06: Scientists, Anglers Work Together to Prevent Thresher Shark Tailspin

12/08: Voices from the Waterfront - Meet Bill Dewey, Shellfish Farmer

12/09: National Shellfish Initiative Inspires Washington State Effort

12/09: NOAA researcher collaborates on important study of how ocean dead zones are shrinking habitat for blue marlins, other tropical billfish and tunas

12/27: Teacher at Sea Alumni Share Ocean-Going Adventures

12/30: Interview: Schwaab Stands Ready for New Challenges in 2012

Blue marlins and many other billfish are high energy fish that need large amounts of dissolved oxygen. By comparing the movement of the blue marlins and the location of low-oxygen areas, the study shows that blue marlins venture deeper when dissolved oxygen levels are higher and remain in shallower surface waters when low dissolved oxygen areas encroach on their habitat from below, squeezing them into surface waters.

November 2011

11/15: Fisheries Tweetchat

11/18: Fishermen ‘Get Smart’ about Reducing Bycatch

11/21: Statement About the Annual Meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas from Russell F. Smith III, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Fisheries

11/22: NOAA Reminder on Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Regulations

October 2011

10/06: Voices from the Waterfront: Local Ocean Meet Seafood Restaurant Owner Laura Anderson

10/06: Celebrating National Seafood Month

10/07: Porpoise Bycatch Prevented with Proper Pinger Use

10/13: NOAA Fisheries funds research to restore abalone populations in the Pacific Northwest

10/20: Scientists Track the Gulf Sturgeon Stampede

10/20: Art of the Monterey Bay Life Cycle

10/24: 'Top Chef' Contestant Cooks Up Sustainable Seafood

10/26: Antarctic Killer Whales May Seek Spa-like Relief in the Tropics

10/27: NOAA finds bacterial infection as cause of death for five northern Gulf dolphins; investigation continues

NOAA is working with a team of marine mammal health experts, including veterinarians, epidemiologists, biologists and toxicologists, to investigate the cause of death for as many of the 580 dolphins as possible.

September 2011

09/01: Finding balance for salmon, people and whales

09/07: Liberian fishery observer from NOAA program helps Liberia apprehend alleged illegal fishing vessel

09/08: Announcing the new Chief Science Advisor for NOAA Fisheries

09/14: NOAA Fisheries scientists work to bring back a historic salmon run in Southern California

09/16: NOAA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service revise loggerhead sea turtle listing

09/22: Agencies partner to help save endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles

09/22: Bycatch Splashpage

09/22: Seal pups stranded or just learning the ropes?

August 2011

08/03: It's Always Sharkweek for NOAA

08/03: A Day in the Life of a Basking Shark

08/04: Great American Seafood Cookoff

08/09: NOAA’s Juneau lab determines mysterious orange goo is mass of microscopic eggs

08/10: Teachers at Sea bring the Ocean to the Classroom

08/16: Despite attempts to save her, Whale in Klamath Dies 

08/22: NOAA conducts dolphin health assessment in Barataria Bay, Louisiana

08/29: Federal and State Agencies Team up to Collect Information on Fish Habitat in New England Coastal Waters

08/29: Hurricane Irene: A Message from NOAA Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, Eric Schwaab

Diver, swimming with basking shark off the coast of California.

July 2011

07/11: Bruce Buckson Named New Head of Law Enforcement

07/11: Kobe III Meeting

07/11: Conserving water to save salmon in California

07/12: Status of Stocks Report to Congress

07/14: Moroccan Fishermen Release Bluefin Tuna After Reaching Quota

07/14: "Overfished" Isn't Just About Fishing

07/29: Innovation helps fish swim upstream

June 2011

06/02: Research Lab Opens Young Minds to Marine Science

06/02: Councils at the Heart of the Magnuson-Stevens Act

06/08: World Ocean Day: Celebrating Marine Life

06/27: Public Asked to Report Basking Sharks 

06/27: Using Sound to See the Ocean

06/30:Releasing Mako Sharks: "There's an App for That"

06/30: More Than 200 Fish Rescued from Sacramento River Bypass

Southern California Steelhead

May 2011

05/01: A NOAA Scientist Dedicated to Her Work with Marine Mammals

05/02: NOAA Fisheries Northwest Region Assesses Impacts of Tidal Energy on Marine Life

05/16: Scientists to Observe Gulf Menhaden Fishery for Bycatch Impacts

05/17: Marine Mammal Program Wins Prestigious Award

05/17: Wetland Solution to Mississippi River Flooding

05/17: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

April 2011

04/11: The Road to End Overfishing: 35 Years of Magnuson Act

04/11: New Fishing Hooks Protect Bluefin Tuna in Gulf of Mexico But Allow Catch of Yellowfin Tuna and Swordfish

04/14: Health Check on the Nation's Fish Habitat

04/14: NOAA Actively Investigates Dolphin Deaths

04/19: NOAA: All Federal Waters of the Gulf Once Closed to Fishing Due to Spill Now Open

04/21: Gulf Seafood Safety: A Primer

04/27: On a Mission to Restore Oysters

04/28: Alaska Marine Research Institute Goes Green

04/28: Fishermen to Guide 18 New Catch-Share Efforts

In April 2011, NOAA opened all federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico for fishing, after closures due to the Deepwater Horizon BP Oil Spill.

March 2011

03/01: What is Aquaculture?

03/15: NOAA Invites the Public to Comment, Submit Ideas for Restoration Following the BP Oil Spill

03/21: NOAA Wins Prestigious Award About Microscopic Ocean Life

03/25: NOAA, FDA Continue to Re-Test Gulf Seafood

February 2011

02/24: NOAA Sponsors Workshops on Annual Catch Limit