Researchers from Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have made a new discovery regarding humpback whale wintering grounds. Previously, the primary breeding grounds for the North Pacific has always thought be the main Hawaiian Islands; however, this study has shown that these grounds extend all the way [...]
Scientists are overwhelmed with a sudden increase in the number of baby dolphin deaths along the Gulf Coast in the last few weeks. The carcasses of 26 infant and stillborn dolphins have been discovered since January 20 along the shore of the Gulf Coast. The bodies have been found in marshes, on islands, and on [...]
On February 2, NOAA reopened 4,213 square miles of Gulf of Mexico federal waters off the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama to royal red shrimping. This area was previously closed to this kind of deep water fishing on November 24, 2010 after a commercial shrimper found tar balls in his net. The tar balls [...]
Yesterday, NOAA released a draft management plan and environmental assessment for the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary for public review and comment. The Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary was designated in 1994 and spans 3,310 square miles off the coast of the Olympic Peninsula. The sanctuary protects an important upwelling zone that is home to many [...]
A team of state and federal biologists successfully assisted a North Atlantic right whale that was severely entangled in more than 150 feet rope off the coast of Daytona, Florida. “We were very concerned about this whale as the entangling ropes appeared to be life threatening,” said Jamison Smith, Atlantic Large Whale Disentanglement Coordinator for [...]
In a report released on March 15, NOAA announced that new advances in genetic testing have allowed scientists to determine the origin of the Chinook salmon that are consumed by a group of endangered killer whales in the inland waters of Washington and British Columbia. This group of killer whales, known to scientists as the Southern Resident [...]
NOAA scientists and colleagues from the State of Hawaii and the University of Hawaii Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (JIMAR) have concluded a survey of a large mesophotic reef complex to better understand the biodiversity, ecology, and function of deep reef ecosystems during a seven-day research cruise in late July in the Au’au Channel between the Hawaiian Islands of Maui and Lanai.
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.
NOAA Fisheries’ Pacific Islands Region has a webpage designed to educate the public about the negative consequences of swimming with Hawaiian spinner dolphins.
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.
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