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An Assessment of Fisheries Species to Inform Time-...

Environmental windows or moratoria are used by federal and state regulators in resource management to temporarily reduce adverse environmental impacts associated with coastal development. Seasonal restrictions on construction activities can ...
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Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Regional Ecosystem Science, North Carolina, South Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, ken.riley@noaa.gov, lisa.wickliffe@noaa.gov

An Ecological Assessment to Support NOAA’s Choptan...

The Choptank watershed is an ecologically and economically valuable resource and designated Habitat Focus Area. We are collecting and synthesizing biological, chemical, and physical data to characterize the condition of ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Marine Spatial Ecology, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Chesapeake Bay, Choptank River, Maryland, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, dan.dorfman@noaa.gov, shawn.mclaughlin@noaa.gov, suzanne.bricker@noaa.gov

Assessing the Social and Cultural Importance of Su...

We are developing and validating a survey to measure the social and cultural importance of subsistence salmon harvest and use in Alaska. In the event of an oil spill or ...
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Assessing Human Use, Marine Spatial Ecology, , Alaska, U.S. States and Territories, ruth.kelty@noaa.gov

Contaminants in Marine Resources of Vieques

Land based sources of pollution have the potential to negatively impact a variety of coastal resources, including fisheries stocks. This study is investigating the public perception that pollution is negatively ...
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Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, dave.whitall@noaa.gov

Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics (GLOBEC) Northeas...

Northeast Pacific fisheries of salmon, halibut, cod, perch, walleye pollock, rockfish and king crab are the largest U.S. commercial fisheries. From 1996 to 2008, NCCOS partnered with the National Science ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, California, Oregon, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, elizabeth.turner@noaa.gov

Integrated Ecosystem Modeling of the Causes of Hyp...

The largest low oxygen (hypoxic) zone affecting the United States is in the northern Gulf of Mexico, adjacent to the Mississippi River. This “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico ...
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Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Hypoxia, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, david.scheurer@noaa.gov

Setting Shared Goals for South Florida’s Marine an...

We facilitated a process to identify the characteristics and key regulating processes of a sustainable South Florida coastal marine ecosystem. Using the best available science from academia, agencies, and non-governmental ...
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Assessing Vulnerability and Resilience, Marine Spatial Ecology, Regional Ecosystem Science, , Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov

Synthesis and Integrated Modeling of Long-Term Dat...

We are integrating existing data sets collected in the Northern Gulf of Mexico to study hypoxia impacts on coastal ecosystems and associated fisheries. We are using probabilistic, data-centric modeling to ...
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Hypoxia, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, California, Gulf of Mexico, Waterbodies, david.hilmer@noaa.gov

Tracking the Extent and Effect of Hypoxia on Comme...

Low oxygen or hypoxic zones have increased in the Pacific Northwest. We are working with Dungeness crab fishermen in Oregon to deploy dissolved oxygen sensors on commercial crab pots to ...
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CHRP, Hypoxia, Other Topics, Sensor Development, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Oregon, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov

User-Driven Tools to Predict and Assess Effects of...

We are developing user-friendly, management-scale forecasting tools and quantitative indicators for hypoxia impacts on the Northern Gulf of Mexico ecosystem. We will assess minimum data needs to ensure these forecasts ...
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Hypoxia, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Gulf of Mexico, Waterbodies, david.hilmer@noaa.gov

News

Primary Production Limits Fisheries Economic Perfo...

A new study from NCCOS and NOAA Fisheries researchers identifies primary production as the limiting factor on the economic performance of fisheries. Economic performance includes both fisheries revenue and employment ...
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June 25, 2021 Marine Spatial Ecology, Regional Ecosystem Science, , U.S. States and Territories, tony.marshak@noaa.gov

Fishing for Hypoxia

A recovered crab pot with a dissolved oxygen sensor. Photo Credit: Pat Kemmish, F/V Richard H. A newly published article in Sea Technology highlights the power of collaborative research between ...
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April 5, 2021 CHRP, Hypoxia, Other Topics, Sensor Development, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov

Third Advisory Panel Workshop on Hypoxia Effects o...

The third Advisory Panel Workshop on Hypoxia Effects of Fish and Fisheries was held virtually on December 14, 2020 as part of an NCCOS NGOMEX project led by Dr. Kim ...
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January 22, 2021 Hypoxia, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, david.hilmer@noaa.gov

Combining Geostatistical and Mechanistic Models Im...

NCCOS-sponsored scientists combined two traditional, but often separate, modeling approaches to better characterize, track, and predict coastal hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Their study found that “fused” geostatistical ...
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January 11, 2021 Hypoxia, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Louisiana, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, david.hilmer@noaa.gov

Marine Heatwaves Fuel Harmful Algal Blooms Off US ...

Recreational razor clamming can bring thousands of visitors to the Washington coast. Toxins concentrated in razor clam and Dungeness crab fisheries have caused economic damage to coastal communities. Repeated marine ...
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December 17, 2020 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, California, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov

Linking Chlorophyll Concentration and Wind Pattern...

The California Current System (CCS) is a highly productive region because of wind driven upwelling which supplies nutrients to the euphotic zone. Few studies have compared upwelling and algae blooms ...
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November 20, 2020 Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, California, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov

Marine Shellfish Populations Estimated to be at Ri...

A new NCCOS-funded study shows that ocean acidification has the potential to harm wild populations of scallops and clams along the U.S. northeast coast. The rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide ...
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January 23, 2020 Coastal Change, Ocean Acidification, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Atlantic Ocean, Connecticut, Long Island Sound, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, elizabeth.turner@noaa.gov

Hypoxia Study Shows Fish Diet and Catchability Cha...

NCCOS sponsored research on hypoxia (low oxygen concentrations within the water column) finds that hypoxic conditions in the northern Gulf of Mexico have variable effects on fish diet, food webs, ...
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January 7, 2020 Hypoxia, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, david.kidwell@noaa.gov

Smaller, More User-friendly Sensor Developed to De...

NCCOS-supported scientists and engineers have developed a smaller and more user-friendly low cost sensor that fishermen can use to detect and track the onset of low oxygen events off the ...
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November 27, 2019 Assessing Human Use, Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, CHRP, Hypoxia, Other Topics, Sensor Development, , Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Technology Transfer, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov

Impacts and Solutions to Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Hi...

Shrimp boat underway in the Gulf of Mexico. Hypoxia is impacting commercial shrimp fishing. Credit NOAA Photo Library. With a record setting dead zone predicted this summer, Illinois Public Media ...
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July 24, 2019 Hypoxia, Other Topics, Outreach, People and Infrastructure, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Gulf of Mexico, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, david.kidwell@noaa.gov

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