Tweet September 19, 2019/in Advocacy, Featured, News The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission recently announced new requirements for fisheries targeting tuna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO). These new regulations intend to reduce sea turtle bycatch but have the potential to help billfish as well. While much … Continue reading →
Tweet Hawaii’s Seafood Experiencing Hawaii’s seafood bounty is a must on any visit to the Islands. From fish markets and poke shops to fine dining restaurants, there are countless places statewide where visitors can taste seafood procured from Pacific Ocean … Continue reading →
Tweet A Hawaiian collector sea urchin cleaning a coral of invasive algae in Kāne‘ohe Bay. A group of unlikely restoration heroes reached an impressive milestone this summer: the 500,000th sea urchin is now working with its companions, helping struggling corals in … Continue reading →
Tweet July is finally here, and that means so is the Great Annual Fish Count (GAFC)! The GAFC is an initiative to encourage the public to become engaged with marine citizen science. Each July, divers and snorkelers all over the … Continue reading →
Tweet Enjoy great visibility while diving in the Cayman Islands. Photo courtesy Brac Reef Resort. One of the accommodations at Uepi Island Resort, a unique eco-resort on Marovo Lagoon in the Solomon Islands. Photo courtesy Uepi Island Resort. Tiger … Continue reading →
Tweet The Billfish Foundation (TBF) is looking for anglers and crews interested in tagging tuna in the Northern Atlantic. TBF is working with scientists from the Atlantic Ocean Tropical Tuna Tagging Program (AOTTP) to learn more about certain tuna species. … Continue reading →
Tweet June 12, 2019/in Advocacy, Featured, News Exempted Fishing Permits were issued by the Pacific Fishery Management Council on April 29, 2019 to two vessels to fish off the U.S. west coast in federal waters (Exclusive Economic Zone) with pelagic longline gear. The listed purpose … Continue reading →
Tweet The West Hawaiʻi Habitat Focus Area (HFA) team released the West Hawaiʻi HFA Map Viewer on the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) website. The map viewer provides a platform to geographically view the type of scientific data collected within the HFA. Available … Continue reading →
Tweet HAWAIIAN INTERNATIONAL BILLFISH TOURNAMENT CELEBRATES ITS DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY 60 YEARS OF FISHING IN KONA’S FAMOUS WATERS Kailua-Kona, Hawaii –In 1959, just days after the territory of Hawaii became the 50th state, a small group of local anglers assembled in Peter … Continue reading →
Tweet Recipes Some of our staff collected their favorite recipes to share so you can take advantage of rebounded West Coast groundfish. For more information on West Coast groundfish and to find more recipes, explore FishWatch, and check out our “Catch of … Continue reading →
Tweet A scuba diver surveys bleached corals in the U.S. Virgin Islands. NOAA would like to thank the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for completing the first phase of the Interventions to Increase the Resilience of Coral Reefs study. We … Continue reading →
Tweet A lively reef in the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, Hawaii (Baker Island). Credit: Jeff Milisen. NOAA has released a new Coral Reef Conservation Program Strategic Plan (PDF, 7.31 MB), which will guide the program’s future coral research, conservation, and restoration … Continue reading →
Tweet A partnership between NOAA, FEMA, nonprofits and a local enterprise is one of many engaging military veterans and restoring important ecosystems—this time helping revive coral reefs in the Caribbean. Feature Story Southeast 03/05/2018 Force Blue diver at Mosquito Reef, … Continue reading →
Tweet 2018 has been designated the third International Year of the Reef. This yearlong campaign aims to highlight the importance of coral reefs. Coral reefs cover less than one percent of the planet, but are home to 25 percent of … Continue reading →
Tweet Related posts: Vision for Thriving, Diverse, and Resilient Coral Reef Ecosystems Tweet A lively reef in the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, Hawaii (Baker Island). Credit: Jeff Milisen. NOAA has released a new Coral Reef Conservation Program… National Academies of … Continue reading →
Tweet With the recent hurricane devastation in the Caribbean, Florida, Texas and other areas of the southeastern United States, we are thinking of all the people impacted. Almost half of the nation’s population lives near the coast, and these areas … Continue reading →
Tweet Unusually warm ocean conditions off the Pacific Northwest in the last few years led anchovies, sardines and hake to begin spawning in Northwest waters much earlier in the year and, for anchovy, longer than biologists have ever recorded before, … Continue reading →
Tweet Green sea turtles bask along the shores of French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (Photo: NOAA Fisheries/Marylou Staman). Can you imagine a 1,200-mile commute? Every year, many green sea turtles (or honu as they are locally known) make the 1,200-mile (1,931-kilometer) … Continue reading →
Tweet Let’s guess, you didn’t get out on the water as much as you’d hoped this summer. In thinking through trips you could’ve or should’ve gone on, here’s 10 more to add to the list. 9-Day Supernatural Sea Kayaking in … Continue reading →
Tweet Today, the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer is embarking on the last leg of NOAA’s three-year mission to explore the deep Pacific Ocean when it heads to the Musicians Seamounts and the Hawaiian Islands. Starting September 7, you, too, can join … Continue reading →
