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Scenario Planning: Imagining a Healthy Future for Fisheries and Oceans
How understanding the future can help us make informed decisions in the present.
Can We Save the Olympia Oyster by Eating It?
Conservation aquaculture offers hope for oyster populations.
New Policy Tool Could Represent Sea Change for Coral Reef Conservation
A new policy tool can help ensure coral reef conservation better meets local people’s needs and preferences.
Resilience and Stability on Palmyra’s Coral Reefs
In hopeful news, coral reefs at Palmyra Atoll show long-term stability, recovery and resilience, despite two bleaching events within the last decade.
How Scientists Fish: The Hand Line
On Palmyra Atoll, getting big fish on board quickly relies on an old fishing tool: the hand line.
Stories from Palmyra: The Recapture
The highlight of giant trevally fishing at Palmyra Atoll isn’t the size of the fish. It’s the recapture.
The Fight to Save Western Pacific Leatherbacks
A new monitoring effort will gather information about the world's most endangered population of leatherback sea turtle.
Fishing for Science on Palmyra Atoll
Tagging trevally on a remote island with rod and reel.
A New Way to Prioritize Climate-Resilient Coral Reefs
A study on coral reefs helps overcome the inherent uncertainty in modeling the future climate scenarios necessary for prioritizing conservation efforts.
Passing FAD: Partnership Protects the Reef at Palmyra Atoll
An industry/conservation partnership tracks Fish Aggregating Devices (FADS) at Palmyra Atoll.
Oyster Hatcheries Help the Industry Adapt to Climate Change
How can the shellfish industry adapt to the challenges posed by climate change?
Can Offshore Wind Development Enhance Fish Habitat?
In addition to providing clean energy, a new report demonstrates that wind turbines can also enhance fish and marine life habitat by incorporating nature-based design principles.