Researchers are using modern technology to learn more about turtle behavior in commercial fishing areas and to develop new ways to avoid catching turtles in fishing gear, namely a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and satellite-linked data loggers.
A new NOAA report states that in the U.S. Atlantic waters fish have moved away from their traditional habitats.
The change occurred over the past forty years is due to fundamental changes in the regional ecosystems mainly by human impact.
Survey in U.S. East Coast waters is helping scientists and fishery resource managers to monitor shark populations and their role in marine ecosystems.
NOAA scientists from the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) lab in Narragansett, R.I., recently conducted their ninth coastal shark survey from Florida to Delaware.
Scientists finished the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Ecosystem Project, looking at its biodiversity, deep-sea food webs, and identifying new species.
A high number of North Atlantic right whales have been spotted in the Gulf of Maine over the last several weeks. This observation has led researchers at NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center to believe that they have located a new wintering ground and possibly even a breeding ground for the perilously endangered species. Right whales [...]
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