News and Announcements

overview of mini-esr infographic 2026 Mid-Season Highlights for the California Current Ecosystem
September 24, 2026
Warm-water assemblages, habitat compression, and reduced prey abundance represent some of the coastwide ecosystem risk factors reported at mid-season by CCIEA scientists to the Pacific Fishery Management Council
horizon near Fort Bragg, CA 2025-26 California Current Ecosystem Status Report: Upwelling Fueled Productive West Coast Ocean, Holding Warm Waters Offshore in 2025
March 05, 2026
A massive marine heatwave warmed the eastern Pacific Ocean through much of 2025, but wind-driven upwelling drove productivity and sustained overall positive ecosystem conditions.
waves Basin-wide warming in the North Pacific overshadows PDO-related sea surface temperature variability.
December 11, 2025
A recently published paper highlights future challenges managers may face in using the PDO index to link basin-scale climate variability to marine ecosystem changes.
Logo for Rpath - a dark hexagon with an orange octopus wrapping its tentacles around circles and lines. IEA Scientists Release Rpath: An Open Source Statistical Package to Model Food Web Dynamics and The Effects on Fisheries Productivity
July 01, 2025
A group of scientists from the Integrated Ecosystem Assessment program recently released "Rpath 1.0", a package of simulation and sensitivity tools to examine the effects of predator/prey dynamics on fisheries productivity in large marine ecosystems.
2025 State of the Ecosystem Reports: Colder, Fresher Waters in the Northwest Atlantic Likely Linked to Species Redistribution, Delayed Migrations 2025 State of the Ecosystem Reports: Colder, Fresher Waters in the Northwest Atlantic Likely Linked to Species Redistribution, Delayed Migrations
June 04, 2025
The Northeast IEA recently published their 2025 State of the Ecosystem reports for the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions.
Sunset through net reel of research vessel 2024-25 California Current Ecosystem Status Report: El Niño Yields to Upwelling in the California Current, Renewing Productivity of West Coast Ecosystem
March 07, 2025
Annual Ecosystem Status Report describes the rapid transition to very robust upwelling with diverse prey communities and regional patches of high productivity.
EBFM Guidelines with plain language inset from the EBFM Road Map. NOAA Fisheries Releases Updated Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) Road Map
November 26, 2024
Updated road map will continue to guide the agency towards managing our nation’s fisheries at an ecosystem level.
Correlation analyses for factors affecting recreational fishing engagement and reliance New U.S. West Coast Recreational Fishing Community Indices Now Available
August 26, 2024
CCIEA social scientists constructed recreational fishing indices for assessing the involvement and impact of recreational fishing within different U.S. West Coast communities.
Maps of near-bottom dissolved oxygen over time. Near-bottom hypoxia widespread and increasing off the US Pacific Northwest
August 01, 2024
Recently published research demonstrates a consistent trend toward lower oxygen levels in the region over time, with near-bottom hypoxia observed over nearly half of the continental shelf in 2021.
Phytoplankton Bloom, Shellfish Dieoff Headline Northeast’s 2024 State of the Ecosystem Reports 2024 State of the Ecosystem Reports: Dinoflagellate Bloom Dominates the Gulf of Maine
May 23, 2024
The annual reports synthesize changes and trends in New England and Mid-Atlantic ecosystem conditions relative to fishery management objectives.