Tag: NOAA Fisheries

7 Ways to Celebrate National Seafood Month

10/18/2021 - By NOAA Fisheries. Temperatures are cooling, leaves are changing colors, and the smell of pumpkin spice fills the air—all signs of fall in the United States! This time of year is meaningful for many reasons. At NOAA Fisheries, it’s a time to celebrate seafood because October is National Seafood Month.… SEE MORE

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NOAA Announces Specs for Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog

5/12/2021 - NOAA Fisheries is setting 2021 and projecting 2022-2026 commercial harvest quotas for Atlantic surfclams and ocean quahogs. The final quotas, which have remained unchanged since 2004, are: Atlantic surfclams: 3.4 million bushels Ocean quahogs: 5.36 million bushels Maine ocean quahogs: 100,000 Maine bushels In addition, the Atlantic surfclam minimum size… SEE MORE

Extended and New Slow Zones to Protect Right Whales

4/14/2021 - NOAA Fisheries announces the extension of two Slow Zones set to expire south of Nantucket and establishes another Slow Zone southeast of Chatham, MA. On April 9, 2021 several aggregations of right whales were detected south of Nantucket, MA by the NOAA North Atlantic Right Whale Sighting Survey and southeast of… SEE MORE

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Steep Decline in Giant Sea Turtles Seen off West Coast

4/12/2021 - By Gillian Flaccus and Haven Daley / AP. MONTEREY, Calif. — Scientists were documenting stranded sea turtles on California’s beaches nearly 40 years ago when they noticed that leatherbacks — massive sea turtles that date to the time of the dinosaurs — were among those washing up on shore. It… SEE MORE

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NOAA Scientists Virtually Discover New Species Near Puerto Rico

1/4/2021 - A NOAA Fisheries research team discovered Duobrachium sparksae, a new species of ctenophore, or comb jelly. The discovery was made during an underwater expedition led by the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research. The new species and a new virtual method of describing and documenting the discovery are both explained in Plankton and Benthos… SEE MORE