Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Max Westhead is one of three professors who developed the new master of fisheries science program. Westhead is also director of ...

The Alaska Fisheries Science Center lost 45 people, more than half its staff, while the Northwest center lost 42 staffers, agency data shows. The Trump administration’s purge of federal employees took ...

Alaska's fishing industry and environmental groups don't always agree. But this week, they were on the same side — both warning that recent cuts to federal fisheries science could jeopardize Alaska's ...

Aquatic and fisheries science is the study of aquatic ecosystems to increase scientific understanding and to apply this knowledge to their management and conservation, thereby sustaining them for ...

University of Hawaii fisheries management assistant professor Kanoe Morishige has a doctorate in marine biology from UH-Manoa. She returned to UH this month after working at the National Oceanic and ...

When fish are taken from our oceans faster than they can reproduce, their population numbers decline. This over-fishing upsets marine ecosystems. It's also bad for human populations that rely on fish ...

Local fisheries management is under threat of shifting from science-based management to political whim-based management. I’m calling foul play. Our fisheries are immeasurably important to us for ...

A NOAA satellite image of Tropical Storm Chantal approaching the coast of the Carolinas, taken on July 5, 2025. NOAA Satellites If you live in Florida and love seafood, here’s something you should ...

At least 27 percent of staff who worked at NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center when Trump took office are no longer with the agency. The Woods Hole lab is at the center of the regional fisheries ...

The wildlife biology program expanded its outreach by creating the chair of fisheries science to study the effects of warmer temperatures and lower snow runoff on cold-water fish species.

Heart of the Hills State Fish Hatchery, now known as Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Heart of the Hills Fisheries Science Center, is celebrating 100 years. (Courtesy Photo) MOUNTAIN HOME In May ...