Mailed comments should be addressed to: NMFS West Coast Region, Protected Resources Division, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Building 1, Seattle, WA 98117.

A rope from fishing gear can be seen on this entangled humpback whale as it breaches. (Photo credit: NOAA-NMFS West Coast Region) Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of marine heat ...

NOAA Fisheries staff Tom Good (Northwest Fisheries Science Center) and Steve Copps (West Coast Region), together with our partners at Washington Sea Grant and Oregon State University, were ...

Fisheries Off West Coast States; Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries; Annual Specifications. Andrew Morgan. May 30, 2017 12:00:00 am. Start Preamble. AGENCY: ... NMFS proposes to implement annual ...