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Revised Fishery Ecosystem Plan Adopted April 22, 2022 The Pacific Fishery Management Council adopted a revised Fishery Ecosystem Plan, the culmination of a 5-year review process with steady contributions from the California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment team. |
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NOAA Researchers Study Coral Reef Biodiversity Along Hawai'i Coast April 06, 2022 Researchers use environmental DNA to identify the species that inhabit the coral reefs around the Big Island of Hawai'i. |
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Changing Oceanographic Conditions And Environmental Justice Concerns In The Northeast Shelf April 05, 2022 The latest State of the Ecosystem Reports highlight fishing communities with environmental justice concerns and potential risks to fishery management from proposed offshore wind energy development. |
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Postdoctoral Scholar Position Available March 22, 2022 The CCIEA program is seeking a highly motivated researcher to coordinate and lead an interdisciplinary project focused on Understanding Spatial Interactions Across Ocean-use Sectors in a Changing Climate. |
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New Snapshot of California Current Shows a System of Extremes March 15, 2022 Favorable physical conditions over the shelf and slope are providing a good forage base for a variety of marine species, according to the latest California Current Ecosystem Status Report. |
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Human Stressors Erode Climate Resilience in Salmon March 11, 2022 Recent research shows California's salmon fishery historically depended less on cold weather and experienced steadier salmon returns despite droughts. |
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Monitoring Fisheries Resources During a Pandemic March 01, 2022 A new CCIEA paper demonstrates the benefits of using a diversified approach to evaluating ecosystem status during data-poor situations. |
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Marine Heatwave Challenges Solutions to Human-Wildlife Conflict February 01, 2022 A newly published study finds fewer win-win solutions for whale conservation and the California Current Dungeness crab fishery during climate extremes. |
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NOAA Fisheries Scientist Presents About Progress and Benefits of Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management January 12, 2022 Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) is rapidly becoming the default approach in global fisheries management. The clarity of what EBFM means is sharpening each year and there is a real need to evaluate progress and assess the effectiveness and impacts. We examine a suite of over 90 indicators (including socioeconomic, governance, environmental forcing, major pressures, systems ecology, and fisheries criteria) for 9 major U.S. fishery ecosystem jurisdictions, and systematically track the progress the country has made toward advancing EBFM to an operational reality. We view this progress as synonymous with improved management of living marine resources in general, with the lessons learned in US systems directly applicable for all parts of the global ocean. Much work still remains, but significant progress has occurred. |
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Watch the Gulf of Alaska Ecosystem Status Report Presentation to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council December 17, 2021 Watch NOAA scientists present the Gulf of Alaska Ecosystem to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (presentation minute 55 - 1:44). |