#noaa fisheries

[teathattast]

Wake up babe new fish dropped

#threads #deep sea creatures #strawberry squid #marine biology #deep see research cruise #noaa #noaa fisheries

[senoritafish]

Very good news for Pacific Bluefin Tuna!

#pacific bluefin tuna #fisheries management #biomass assessments #noaa fisheries #fish #commercial fishing #recreational fishing

[meteorologistaustenlonek]

EarthWeek with @NOAAFisheries: "What happened to all the Alaska snow crabs?

In 2022, the Bering Sea snow crab season had to be cancelled after a mysterious collapse in snow crab populations. Hear how @NOAAFisheriesAK cracked this historic case in our latest podcast episode"

#NOAA Fisheries #NOAA Fisheries Alaska #Alaskan Snow Crabs #Bering Sea Snow Crab Season #Snow Crab Disappearance #snow crab population collapse #Earth Week #NOAA Dive In podcast #Climate Change #Climate Crisis #NOAA Podcast

[naturalresourcestoday]

Biden Administration Says "No" to Right Whale Protection

The Biden administration refused Jan. 20 to extend emergency protections under two federal wildlife protection laws to critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. A December 2022 petition sought federal regulatory intervention to prevent ships from striking females of the species and their calves. Specifically, the Center for Biological Diversity, Conservation Law Foundation, Defenders of…

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#Biden administration #endangered and threatened species #Endangered Species Act #Marine Mammal Protection Act #marine mammals #NOAA Fisheries #North Atlantic right whale #wildlife

[endillegalfishingday]

Update the status of fish stocks.

NOAA Fisheries updates the status of fish stocks managed under federal fishery management plans quarterly based on stock assessments completed during that quarter.

Stock status definitions include:

Overfishing – The annual rate of catch is too high.

Overfished – The population size is too small.

Rebuilt – A previously overfished stock that has increased in abundance to the target population size that supports its maximum sustainable yield.

These data also help NOAA Fisheries calculate its Fish Stock Sustainability Index (FSSI), which measures the performance of U.S. fish stocks selected for their importance to commercial and recreational fisheries.

Fishery Stock Status Updates.

#NOAA Fisheries #USA #fish stock #fisheries management #Overfishing #Overfished

[noaasanctuaries]

Dangerously low oxygen levels are killing Dungeness crabs off the Pacific Northwest Coast, including NOAA Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. Scientists are undertaking a collaborative project to understand the impacts and relationships of the multiple stressors involved in order to shape the future of ocean science and fisheries management in the region.

Read about this project here:

#EarthIsBlue #NOAA #Conservation #Fisheries #PacificNorthwest #OlympicCoast #DungenessCrab

[worldtunaday]

Bluefin Tuna Index.

The Bluefin Tuna Index provides detailed information about bluefin tuna habitat to management bodies to inform decision making. The index tracks favorable habitat for the bluefin tuna in near-real time and is used by NOAA Fisheries in stock assessments. With better-informed catch limits and location information, commercial fishing operations are able to harvest their catch both successfully and sustainably.

Learn more Bluefin Tuna Index

#yellowfin tuna #tunafish #bigeye tuna #albacore tuna #bluefin tuna #tuna fishing vessels #managing tuna fisheries #NOAA

[typhlonectes]

Rare 100-Pound Opah (a.k.a. “Moonfish”) Found Washed up on Oregon Shore

Local students will get to dissect the specimen this fall to learn more about this deep-water species

A 100-pound opah washed up on Sunset Beach in Northern Oregon last week. The strikingly colored, oblong-shaped fish was a unique—and rare—find. Beachgoers quickly alerted staff at the Seaside Aquarium, which documented and collected the beached fish.

“I wouldn’t expect an opah that size to normally be off Oregon,” National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries biologist Heidi Dewar told the Washington Post, noting that warming water temperatures have been pushing many species of fish north...

Read more: https://www.fieldandstream.com/conservation/rare-moonfish-appeared-oregon-beach

#opah #moonfish #ocean #fish #marine biology #ichthyology #science #nature #animals #beach #PNW #Oregon #north america

[sharks-are-friends-not-foes]

-- "Two distinct population segments of the Scalloped Hammerhead Shark are listed as endangered and two are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). NOAA Fisheries is committed to conserving and protecting scalloped hammerhead sharks."

-- "Great White Sharks are decreasing in numbers and are rare due to years of being hunted by man for fins and teeth, and often as a trophy for sport fishing. The white shark is often caught as bycatch by commercial fisheries and can also become entangled in meshes that protect beaches."

#save the sharks #shark awareness #shark conservation #advocacy for sharks #respect the locals #shark blog #shark post #sharks #protect the sharks #protect the ocean #sharks are important #sharks are friends not foes #scalloped hammerhead #great white shark #endangered species #endangered marine life #vulnerable species

[gaphic]

just found out NOAA has a 24-hour national fishery law enforcement hotline! where you can report tourists harassing wild dolphins! for which they can be fined as much as 100k! life is so beautiful

[wholesome-sharks]

(blurry photo, bear with me)

From my aquarium trip: this is a Blacknose shark. It was only 2-3 feet long--indeed, this species never grows longer than 4.5 feet. I thought it was a baby reef shark when I first saw it, but then I saw the info card. This little guy was in the movie theater tank.

More on this species: NOAA Fisheries

#aquarium #blacknose shark #my photos

[meteorologistaustenlonek]

EarthWeek "Commercial fishermen are helping tackle marine pollution, one #balloon at a time.

Balloons may be fun for celebrations, but they are a pervasive form of #MarineDebris.

Find out how a group of fishermen are combating this threat to marine life:" - #NOAAFisheries @NOAA

#Marine Debris #Balloon Marine Debris #NOAA #NOAA Fisheries #NOAA Marine Debris #NOAA ocean health #Protect The Planet #Your Environment #wdef #wdef-tv #wdef news 12 #[email protected] #chief meteorologist austen onek #wdef chattanooga #wdef.com

[asterwild]

headline round-up! here's some recent positive and/or peculiar news that crossed my feed:

Hawaiian monk seal population surpasses 1,500! (via NOAA Fisheries, May 2022) Thanks to diligent conservation work, this endangered species is at its highest population size in over 20 years.

Stingray sets new record for largest freshwater fish (via NYT and Guiness Word Records, June 2022) This 300kg giant freshwater stingray (Urogymnus polylepis) was caught in northern Cambodia.

150 southern fin whales observed feeding together (via Science Daily and Twitter, July 2022) Fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus quoyi) were hunted to near extinction before the commercial whaling ban in 1976. These feeding groups are the largest documented with modern methods.

Meet the K Pod's newest member! (via Center for Whale Research and Puget Sound Institute, July 2022) Designated K45, this is the first documented calf born in the K Pod of Southern Resident orcas since 2011.

A Greenland shark caught near Belize (via NPR, July 2022) Researchers tagging tiger sharks had quite the surprise when they found a Greenland shark, one of the longest-lived animals on Earth, typically found in the Arctic.

Albatrosses from space! (via British Antarctic Survey, September 2022) You can assist albatross conservation efforts by joining this citizen science project. "Albatross detectives" help search through thousands of satellite images to count birds as they nest on remote islands.

#animals #wildlife #good news #whales #birds #seals #illustration #doodles #id in alt #as mentioned in my last patreon blog #i'm going to start doing posts like this for good/interesting news #working through a backlog of saved articles so i gave this one a marine theme to narrow it down #making no promises about frequency yet but #i think it'll be easier than my previous attempt at a more complex illustration + write-up for each story #hope you all still enjoy it!

[californiastatelibrary]

Celebrate #PictureBookMonth with An Incredible Journey, a @NOAA Fisheries West Coast picture book about salmon as an important "keystone" species and ways to help them continue to thrive. Check it out in our print and online collections! https://tinyurl.com/47wbp6nd

#california #picture books #salmon

[plethoraworldatlas]

The federal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to spray toxic insecticides within treasured and significant landscapes of the Colorado Plateau in northern Arizona to kill native grasshoppers.

The areas being considered include portions of the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, and the newly designated Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.

“This is a dangerous plan that could kill creatures that are key to northern Arizona’s unique biodiversity, which these national monuments were designated to protect,” said Taylor McKinnon, Southwest director at the Center for Biological Diversity. “The federal government needs to stop downplaying the extinction crisis and back off its reckless plan to smother biodiversity hotspots with toxic pesticides.”

One out of every 10 plant species in the Colorado Plateau region is found nowhere else on Earth.

The agency's draft environmental assessment omits mention of the national monuments and unique species and habitats they were designated to protect. These species include rare bees, butterflies and other creatures found nowhere else, like the Kaibab monkey grasshopper and House Rock Valley chisel-toothed kangaroo rat, specifically named in the August proclamation establishing the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni National Monument.

APHIS oversees and funds the application of multiple pesticides on rangelands to prevent native grasshoppers and Mormon crickets from competing with livestock for forage.

The proposed insecticides — carbaryl, diflubenzuron and chlorantraniliprole — are indiscriminate. In addition to the grasshoppers the agency is targeting, the insecticides can also kill bees, moths and other insects. Spraying can harm entire ecosystems by disrupting pollination and can harm populations of birds, reptiles and mammals who feed on grasshoppers and insects.

Although grasshoppers and Mormon crickets can be locally abundant from time to time, native plants and other wildlife evolved with these cycles. Introducing pesticides to eliminate native grasshoppers is a shortsighted, quick fix that fails to consider the complex interrelationships within these delicate ecosystems.

The agency’s draft analysis shows that it has failed to consult with affected Tribes with ties to the Grand Canyon area. The Grand Canyon Tribal Coalition, which proposed the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni National Monument, includes members of the Havasupai Tribe, Hopi Tribe, Hualapai Tribe, Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians, Las Vegas Tribe of Paiutes, Moapa Band of Paiute Indians, Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, Shivwits Band of Paiutes, Navajo Nation, San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, Yavapai-Apache Nation, Zuni Tribe and Colorado River Indian Tribes.

“It’s so important that APHIS honor the promise made to work together with Tribal nations to protect the sacred spaces and resources within the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Monument when it was established less than six months ago,” said Sharon Selvaggio, pesticide program specialist with The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. “We call on the agency to protect natural systems on Tribal and public lands by employing nonchemical management that allows humans and wildlife to thrive.”

In March 2023 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published a draft biological opinion from NOAA Fisheries showing that carbaryl is likely to jeopardize 37 species protected under the Endangered Species Act, and harm 36 designated critical habitats.

While Arizona is not home to any of the species named in that report, the findings show the extreme harm carbaryl poses to endangered fish and other species.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which is charged with protecting endangered plants and animals, has not yet completed a proper analysis of the potential harms from the APHIS proposal. Potentially vulnerable endangered species in Arizona include Chiricahua leopard frogs, western yellow-billed cuckoos, Gila chub, black-footed ferrets and Siler pincushion cacti.

APHIS is accepting comments on the proposal until 4 p.m. MST on Feb. 2.

#ecology #enviromentalism #pesticides #Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni Monument #grand canyon #Grand Canyon national monument #Vermillion Cliffs National Monument #arizona #colorado plateau #Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service #APHIS #epa #fish and wildlife #wildlife services #Fuck Wildlife Services #insecticide #endangered species act #endangered species

[noaasanctuaries]

Your National Marine Sanctuary System can be enjoyed by everyone—whether in person, virtually, or through your taste buds! 🐟

Get out on the water and try your hand at a sustainably caught fresh catch or simply stop in to one of the many locally-owned restaurants that serve up their local best from the waters in and around national marine sanctuaries.

Read about sustainable seafood dishes in national marine sanctuaries:

#EarthIsBlue #SustainableSeafood #NOAA #Seafood #ocean #fisheries