As gray seal pupping season comes to an end off the coast of Massachusetts and Maine, scientists are finishing a study.
As gray seal pupping season comes to an end off the coast of Massachusetts and Maine, scientists are finishing a study.
Recent grants were awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association to develop and study ropeless or breakable rope fishing technology for lobstermen and other trap fishermen.
Responding to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s nearly 500-page draft environmental impact statement, NOAA fisheries said in a letter that many of the conclusions lack sufficient evidence and require further examination.
Last month, NOAA declared an Unusual Mortality Event for pinnipeds, a group of aquatic mammals that include seals.
NOAA is zeroing in on a new home for its Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole. The organization began assessing the complex more than a year ago, in light of dwindling space.
Warming and acidifying ocean waters will negatively affect many fish and shellfish stocks in the Northeast in the coming years, a new study has found.
