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Study: Southern Alaska orca diet shifts across foraging hotspots
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (29+ words) Study: Southern Alaska orca diet shifts across foraging hotspots'National Fisherman Free membership gives you access to: Margaret Bauman is an Alaskan journalist focused on covering fisheries and environmental issues....
NOAA may modify vessel speed limits for right whales
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (29+ words) NOAA may modify vessel speed limits for right whales'National Fisherman NOAA may modify vessel speed limits for right whales You've caught the limit! Free membership gives you access to:...
Saving whales and mariners, MotionInfo expands the uses of AIS
1+ week, 4+ day ago (31+ words) Saving whales and mariners, MotionInfo expands the uses of AIS'National Fisherman Saving whales and mariners, MotionInfo expands the uses of AIS You've caught the limit! Free membership gives you access to:...
Researchers: parasites help measure in salmon populations
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (31+ words) Researchers: parasites help measure in salmon populations'National Fisherman Free membership gives you access to: Margaret Bauman is an Alaskan journalist focused on covering fisheries and environmental issues. Become an NF+ Member...
Young entangled humpback whale euthanized on Oregon coast
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (484+ words) A young humpback whale beached on the central Oregon coast and entangled in old Dungeness crab fishing gear was euthanized on Nov. 17, after efforts to get it to the water at high tide failed. Ballance, who had been down on…...
Whale entanglements were up sharply in 2024, NOAA says
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (280+ words) Incidents of large whales becoming entangled in fishing gear and marine debris rose in 2024 to 95 confirmed cases, up from 64 confirmed cases recorded in 2023, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Sep. 18. "The news from NOAA Fisheries came with the release…...
Marine heatwaves impact maturation of black rockfish
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (578+ words) A newly released study by Oregon State University and NOAA Fisheries researchers shows that marine heat waves in increasing frequency are having an impact on the growth and maturation of black rockfish in Oregon and Washington. "We do know that…...
Whale entanglement spurs push for pop-up gear in crab fishery
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (320+ words) According to NOAA officials, a humpback whale became entangled in crab traps in October. Rescue efforts led by the Large Whale Entanglement Response Network'a coalition of scientific and nonprofit ... Whale entanglement spurs push for pop-up gear in crab fishery A…...