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Fish in water.

Press Release: Can genetic rescue be used as a tool to save endangered species?

Researchers from UC Berkeley, NOAA and California Sea Grant say the technique is being used to bolster California’s endangered coho salmon.

A young woman in a blue rain coat and maroon beaned stands in front of a statue of a tuna at the in front of a statue at the Catalina Tuna Club.

Knauss Fellow follows her ‘arc’ into new NOAA role

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

One Pacific herring out of water. Courtesy of James Ervin

Under Climate Change, Pacific Herring Require Ecosystem-Based Management Approach

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

An experimental array of structures are seen here. Concrete blocks in particular result in an increased number of crabs, which decrease the predatory Atlantic whelks that consume native oysters. Oyster shells serve as structures for juvenile oysters to attach. Courtesy of Marcella Heineke.

Scientists restore native oysters by bringing back an enemy of their predator

Emily Chen. Courtesy of Emily Chen.

California Graduate Student Awarded National Marine Fisheries Fellowship

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.

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MPA Update: Fishing Communities- an Integral Part of California’s Coastal Management Approach

School of fish swimming towards camera.

California Sea Grant celebrates two national fisheries fellowship winners

Baby eastern oysters grown by California Sea Grant Extension Specialist Kevin Johnson

Farming shellfish by the seashore: a Q&A with aquaculture specialist Kevin Marquez Johnson

Research funding to support new faculty in California

Alumni profile: From Knauss fellowship to fisheries management

MPA update: Sport anglers reel in fisheries data

Microplastics found in a quarter of San Diego estuary fish

Revitalizing the fleet: Training the next generation for commercial fishing

A human perspective for California fisheries management

ocean and sky

Ocean Protection Council Awards $6 million to research projects that advance ocean and coastal management in California

three photo collage: sharks and fish swimming underwater; sabrina beyer on a boat; and a fishing boat in water

California graduate students win national fisheries fellowship

A little water could make a big difference for endangered salmon

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New tool improves fishing efficiency and sustainability

From condors to oysters, California Sea Grant funds new coastal research