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$9.2 Million in Inflation Reduction Act Funds Awarded to Academic Partners for Pacific Salmon Recovery Science

Partnerships are key to strengthening NOAA’s science-based approach toward recovering imperiled Pacific salmon populations.
November 13, 2024 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Researchers on a small boat on a river Researches with the Fisheries Collaborative Program at the University of California at Santa Cruz deploy equipment to measure predation rates on juvenile salmon in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Photo: Brendan Lehman

Commerce Secretary Announces Fishery Resource Disaster Determinations for Alaska and Oregon Salmon Fisheries

The Secretary determined that fishery resource disasters occurred in one Oregon and two Alaska salmon fisheries.
June 10, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
West Coast
Many docked fishing boats at a coastal community at sunrise. Docked fishing boats at Yaquina Bay, Newport, Oregon. Credit: iStock

Species and Habitat App

Web mapping app that displays and queries spatial data in the West Coast Region for Endangered Species Act ranges, critical habitat designations, and Magnuson-Stevens Act essential fish habitat. Users can generate a printable spatial query report.
April 28, 2024 - Map ,
West Coast

Diverse Habitats Help Salmon Weather Unpredictable Climate Changes

Chinook in three creeks may be vulnerable alone, but resilient together.
March 13, 2024 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Chinook salmon jumping out of the water Spring-run Chinook salmon in California’s Central Valley were once the backbone of California’s commercial salmon fishery, but are now a threatened species that remain in a few tributaries of the Sacramento River. Photo: Carson Jeffres / University of California, Davis

Restoring the Klamath River Basin: The Largest Dam Removal Project in the World

How the restoration of the Klamath watershed, the largest dam removal project in the world, will reopen access to habitat for the threatened and endangered native fish of the area.
August 04, 2023 - Podcast ,
West Coast
The Klamath River mouth. Credit: Thomas Dunklin The Klamath River mouth. Credit: Thomas Dunklin

Changing Environmental Conditions on the Yukon River May Pose Challenge For Juvenile Salmon

This new study looks at the timing and duration of the seaward migration from fresh to marine waters for juvenile coho, chum, and Chinook salmon.
March 20, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Young Salmon in sample bags Juvenile chum salmon in sample bags. Credit: Katrina Mueller.

Faster turnaround times and integrated new data shed light on salmon bycatch dynamics in Alaska

A major effort to modernize genetic analysis workflow yields a clearer picture of salmon bycatch that can help managers make science-based decisions to ensure sustainable fish populations, fisheries, and fishing communities.
Alaska
Underwater photograph of an adult chum salmon swimming upriver surrounded by bubbles Chum salmon swimming upriver. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Salmon on the High Seas: Unlocking the Mystery of Salmon in the North Pacific

NOAA scientist Laurie Wietkamp discusses a research survey on Pacific salmon in an effort spanning the entire North Pacific Ocean. The goal is to unravel a mystery: What determines whether salmon that migrate across the North Pacific come back alive?
March 03, 2022 - Video ,
Alaska
West Coast
International
A cluster of pink salmon underwater Pink salmon. Credit: NOAA

Meet Katrina Poremba, Fish Biologist for Water Operations and Delta Consultations

Katrina works on Endangered Species Act Section 7 consultations for Sacramento Valley's waterways. Consultations are the way we make sure federal projects do not jeopardize salmon and steelhead populations.
March 03, 2022 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Woman conducting water monitoring samples, turbidity, depth, and temperature on multiple creeks that flow into the Columbia River Conducting water monitoring samples, turbidity, depth, and temperature on multiple creeks that flow into the Columbia River, for the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership. Credit: Katrina Poremba/NOAA Fisheries

2022 Pan-Pacific Winter High Seas Expedition

An international team of scientists continues their research on the winter ecology of Pacific salmon in a collaborative effort spanning the entire North Pacific Ocean.
Alaska
West Coast