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Cloudy blue water rushes through rocks in the Trinity River as the evening sunlight shines on a section of evergreen trees lining the rocky river bed.

Pathogen-Resistant Salmon Stock May Signal Hope For The Upper Klamath River

Graduate Research Fellow Leah Mellinger finds promising results in the effort to restock the Upper Klamath River

Local fisherman is selling live local crab at an outdoor fish market.

Celebrate local this holiday season with a new California seafood finder

A new interactive website helps customers find local, sustainable seafood

NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service-Sea Grant Fellow Sabrina Beyer stands on a boat holding a rockfish

How Ocean Conditions Change Rockfish Reproduction

A Q&A with recent NMFS-Sea Grant Fellow Sabrina Beyer

Point Loma San Diego - North San Diego Bay. Courtesy of cultivar413.

“Fishing for Meaning”

The underlying social significance of harvesting and eating seafood from urban San Diego Bay

The PIER team bolts an Argos transmitter to the dorsal fin of a swordfish caught with deep-set gear. The transmitters allow the researcher to track movements of swordfish throughout their annual migration cycles. Photo credit: PIER

Scientists study Pacific swordfish ecology for sustainable management

The swordfish industry is big business. By studying the genetics and movements of swordfish, scientists have begun to address important management questions for this elusive resource.

In December of 2019, Pacific sardines were collected for experimentation in net pens of the Everingham Bros. Bait Co. in Mission Bay, San Diego, CA.

California’s sardines aren’t growing as large in warming oceans

Climate change sardines may impact fisheries and food webs.