Tag: "NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center"

Mother with calf submerged on the left side. Credit: NOAA/Pete Duley.

NOAA Sights Record Number of Right Whales

On April 20 a NOAA marine mammal aerial survey team based at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., sighted nearly 100 endangered North Atlantic right whales feeding in Rhode Island Sound.  This is the largest group ever to be documented in these waters. “It all started with a flukeprint,” said Pete [...]

Green Sea Turtle - NOAA's Coral Kingdom Collection - Photographer: Dr. Dwayne Meadows, NOAA/NMFS/OPR

Sea Turtles: Pilot Study Hopes to Help Reduce Bycatch

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.