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Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $240 Million for New Fish Passage Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

New investments will support fish conservation efforts.
May 22, 2024 - Media Release ,
National
A coho salmon swims up the Sol Duc river on the Olympic Peninsula. A coho salmon swims up the Sol Duc river on the Olympic Peninsula. Credit: Adobe Stock.

Biden-Harris Administration Awards $20 Million for Regional Fishery Management Council Projects as Part of Investing In America Agenda

Projects funded by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act will support efforts to better manage fisheries in a changing climate.
May 21, 2024 - Media Release ,
National
Commercial fishing in the Valdez, Alaska harbor. Commercial fishing in Valdez, Alaska. Credit: iStock

Status of the Stocks: Record-Low Number of Stocks On Overfishing List In 2023

Ongoing positive trends continued into last year.
May 02, 2024 - Media Release ,
National
Image of young coho salmon Image of young coho salmon used on the cover of the 2023 Status of the Stocks Report. (Credit: Getty Images)

U.S. Department of Commerce Allocates $206K In Funding for Puget Sound Fishery Disaster

Funds will support the Squaxin Island Tribe’s fall chum salmon fishery.
April 17, 2024 - Media Release ,
West Coast
Close-up of two chum salmon at the bottom of murky water. Can see rocks below the fish. Chum salmon. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $60 Million to Advance Tribal Priorities and Address Climate Change Impacts on Pacific Salmon and Steelhead in the Columbia River

Funding from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act will support Columbia Basin hatchery facilities.
March 22, 2024 - Media Release ,
West Coast
National
Coho Salmon being held my a hatcheries worker by the Nez Perce Tribe Hatcheries operated by the Nez Perce Tribe, with Mitchell Act funding, supported the reintroduction of Coho salmon to the Lostine River in Oregon in 2020. Credit: Nez Perce Tribe.

Biden–Harris Administration Announces New NOAA–NASA Agreement to Advance North Atlantic Right Whale Conservation Technologies as Part of Investing In America Agenda

Inflation Reduction Act makes new funding available through NOAA Fisheries to conserve and recover endangered species.
March 04, 2024 - Media Release ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
National
NARW #3720 and calf North Atlantic right whale #3720 and calf were first spotted off Wassaw Island, Georgia, on January 19, 2021. NOAA Fisheries will partner with NASA and the private sector to develop satellite tags that improve whale detection and reduce the risk of vessel strikes. Credit: Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, taken under NOAA permit #20556-01.

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1 Million to Support Climate Resilience In Remote Alaska Communities As Part of Investing In America Agenda

Funding will advance NOAA's efforts to support Indigenous Knowledge holders and Alaska Natives.
February 21, 2024 - Media Release ,
Alaska
An Alaska Native woman uses a traditional ulu knife to cut strips of salmon to hang in the smokehouse at a fishing camp along the Kuskokwim River. Credit: NOAA Fisheries An Alaska Native woman uses a traditional ulu knife to cut strips of salmon to hang in the smokehouse at a fishing camp along the Kuskokwim River. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

U.S. Department of Commerce Allocates Over $20.6M in Fishery Disaster Funding

Funds will support California salmon fisheries
February 01, 2024 - Media Release ,
West Coast
National
School of adult chinook salmon Spring Chinook Salmon. Credit: Michael Humling, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

U.S. Department of Commerce Allocates More Than $42 Million in Fishery Disaster Funding

Funds will support tribes, West Coast, Gulf states and Alaska.
January 29, 2024 - Media Release ,
Alaska
Southeast
West Coast
National
Gulf Coast Shrimping Boat in Biloxi Gulf Coast Shrimping boat off Biloxi/Ocean Springs Coast, Mississippi. Credit: Getty Images.

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $27 Million for Transformational Science Supporting Recovery of Threatened and Endangered Pacific Salmon

Funding from Investing in America agenda will support management decisions in a changing climate
January 26, 2024 - Media Release ,
West Coast
National
underwater shot of sockeye salmon Sockeye salmon. Credit: NOAA Fisheries