Survive the Sound
April 23, 2019 —
"Survive the Sound" is an online game developed in collaboration with Long Live the Kings and other partners, using real fish data collected by NOAA scientists who study the migration patterns and survival of threatened steelhead in Puget Sound. Megan Moore tells us more about the research behind the game, why it's important for steelhead recovery, and what she hopes "Survive the Sound" participants learn in the long run.
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Hitting us where it hurts
April 9, 2019 —
HABs are a growing problem in every U.S. coastal and Great Lakes state, costing the economy millions of dollars each year and impacting the lives of many citizens. We've created an interactive story map to highlight the latest economic data and tell the personal stories of those most affected by the 2015 West Coast toxic bloom that shut down the Dungeness crab and razor clam fisheries along the U.S. West Coast.
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It's not what's in the water
April 1, 2019 —
Shellfish can become infected by harmful strains of marine bacteria, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, which occur naturally in our waters but can cause gastrointestinal disease and even death in seafood consumers that eat raw shellfish. Few tools are available to help scientists assess the risk of infection in advance. In a recent paper, the NWFSC and partners share how we might improve our ability to forecast Vibrio outbreaks.
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International cruise comes to an end
March 19, 2019 —
A month-long international cruise to track salmon in the Gulf of Alaska ended on March 15 as the Russian research vessel Professor Kaganovskiy pulled into port in Vancouver, BC. Over 20 scientists from five Pacific Rim countries, including NOAA Fisheries researchers from the Alaska and Northwest Fisheries Science Centers, took thousands of samples at sea, which will be analyzed over the coming months.
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