HIGHLIGHTS
NOAA
Fisheries Celebrates Habitat Month This July, dig into Habitat Month and learn how healthy habitat depends on the
power of partnerships.
Community-Based
Restoration Grant Funding NOAA
announced the recommendation of $8.2 million in funding to support 16 projects
through the Community-based Restoration Program Coastal and Marine Habitat
Restoration Grants.
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Coastal Resilience Fund – Request for Proposals NOAA and the National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation announced a request for proposals under the 2018 National
Coastal Resilience Fund. This new fund will invest up to $30 million in
restoration of natural infrastructure such as marshes, reefs, and beaches.
Proposals are due August 7.
Marine
Mammal Scientific Review Groups – Seeking Applications The Marine Mammal Protection Act
established three independent regional Scientific
Review Groups (Alaska, Atlantic, and Pacific) to advise on marine
mammal science and management issues. Following a membership review, NOAA Fisheries
seeks nominations for additional members to fill gaps in expertise.
Applications are due August 15.
Meet
Our Electronic Technologies Coordinator Since 2006, NOAA Fisheries has
invested more than $27 million to develop and implement electronic technologies
in fisheries across the nation. In this interview with Brett Alger, our
National Electronic Technologies Coordinator, learn more about electronic
monitoring and the future of technology in fishing.
Alaska
ShoreZone
Coastal Habitat Surveys Continue Scientists involved in the Alaska
ShoreZone program have been steadily imaging and mapping Alaska’s rich coastal
habitats since 2001. This month—Habitat
Month at NOAA Fisheries—imaging experts embarked on a 5-day survey
of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska to fill in some
of the remaining gaps.
West Coast
Less
Error, Better Forecasts A new technical memo describes a
statistical framework for modeling population changes in Chinook salmon in the
Columbia and Snake Rivers. By better accounting for human and environmental
error, the new integrated population model will improve accuracy of population
forecasts and extinction risks.
Pacific Islands
Streamlining
Permitting in the Pacific Islands Effective permit management
is critical to supporting fisheries. The Pacific Islands Regional Office
is working to transform the permitting process for the Hawaii longline fishery
by combining two databases into a single, more robust system, all while ensuring
continuity of service for the fishing community and the integrity of legacy
data.
Final Rule for Pacific Highly Migratory Species In order to satisfy the
obligations of the United States under the Convention on the Conservation and
Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific
Ocean, NOAA Fisheries issued a final rule establishing limits on fishing effort
by U.S. purse seine vessels and bigeye tuna catches by U.S. longline vessels in
the Convention area.
Southeast
Summer
Issue of Gulf Fishery News Available The latest issue of the Gulf of
Mexico Fishery Management Council’s newsletter, Gulf Fishery News, is now
available online. Topics include updates from the June Council meeting, a new
criterion for gauging the status of reef fish, recent regulatory changes, and
upcoming events.
Greater Atlantic
Meet
Eric Hutchins, Habitat Restoration Biologist Eric Hutchins is a restoration
biologist with NOAA Fisheries’ Office of Habitat Conservation. Eric has worked
on more than 50 dam removal projects in his 22 years in habitat restoration.
One of his great skills is showing people of all ages the importance of their
local ecosystem.
Young
Humpback Freed from Entanglement NOAA and partners worked together
off the coast of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, last week to cut a length of rope
entangling a juvenile humpback whale, giving the young whale a second chance at
survival.
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