Our fisheries management law turns 50 this year, which means it's time to reflect on how we are doing and where we are falling short. We've released a new report: Drifting Off Course - Challenges in U.S. Fisheries Management and Charting the Path Forward oceanconservancy.org/work/biodive...

Challenges in U.S. Fisheries Management

Ocean Conservancy's report highlights several important management issues that face fisheries and offers solutions to help address them.

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By gutting the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court is killing the Second Reconstruction. The first Reconstruction shows how Congress should respond. Me and Daphna Renan in the NYT on the tools we have to save democracy from a hostile Court.

Opinion | Ruling by Ruling, the Supreme Court Is Undoing the Civil Rights Movement

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Given tonight’s news the admin wants to disband NCAR, resharing my post from earlier today about the successful reduction of flooding on the Skagit R in WA state. NCAR does foundational R&D that enables my community to do the kinds of important work I talk about here. tinyurl.com/bdebat4m

A look at a successful real-time effort to reduce flooding in western Washington last week

Looking at how federal science and water agencies work together in flood events. Also - flood risk continue in the Pacific Northwest while the rest of the country warms up.

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Air and road travel are safer, hurricanes, thunderstorms, and wildfires are better predicted, students, early career scientists, and teachers are trained, and the public learns more about STEM because of NCAR. We’ve spent decades preaching STEM and we’re destroying it all in less than a year.

USA TODAY@usatoday.com · 9mo ago

Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.

3 minutes on NCAR, what it does, and why it matters. www.youtube.com/watch?v=swGs...

NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research: Science for a resilient, sustainable society

YouTube video by NSF NCAR & UCAR

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Fishing is really dangerous and these safety trainings save lives, but we’re losing them due to firings and cuts. We may also lose monitoring from buoys and systems that give fishermen critical safety info … more people are going to die trying to bring us food. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Trump cuts threaten safety training for America’s most dangerous jobs

By the time Robbie Roberge spotted the fire consuming his boat's galley last August, he knew he had just minutes to evacuate his beloved Three Girls fishing vessel, named for his daughters.

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Unfortunately, federally funded climate adaptation science and services are being cut well ahead of the FY26 budget. We've been doing our best to speak up for what would be lost if the Climate Adaptation Science Centers are eliminated.

The Conversation U.S.@us.theconversation.com · last yr.

The White House is proposing to eliminate funding for climate adaptation science in the next federal budget. Researchers explain the federally-funded work they’ve been doing to help reduce the harm climate change is causing to lives and livelihoods. buff.ly/Pr7lEVG 🌎 #climatesky

“I think it’s vastly too long. I cannot stress that enough” A lot of folks have the percerption that fishermen only ever demand more, but they are often important voices for conservation. They know hammering a stock is bad for fish and their future. www.thedestinlog.com/story/news/2...

'Not good for the fishery': Destin charter captains say 107-day red snapper season is too long

Although 107 days to catch red snapper may sound good for business, the charter boat captains say it's bad news for the fishery.

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🚨 ALERT: Reports of upcoming ICE activity in DC targeting restaurant & food delivery workers. (May 6-10) 🧵

Just yesterday, hundreds more staff left @noaa.gov. This perspective from an Alaskan lays out the harms from efforts to dismantle the agency and strip protections for our fisheries. We must prioritize policies that support the health of our fisheries and local economies. www.adn.com/opinions/202...

Opinion: President Trump is not pro-fish and he isn’t pro-fishermen

Trump’s defunding of NOAA puts Alaska’s fishing industry at risk.

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Today’s Executive Order directing @noaa.gov to expedite permitting for deep-sea mining flies in the face of NOAA’s mission to protect, not imperil, our ocean. Our statement on this dangerous action: oceanconservancy.org/news/ocean-c...

Ocean Conservancy Condemns Deep Sea Mining Executive Order

Directing NOAA to open the floodgates for seabed mining — in defiance of international consensus — will harm our ocean and our country

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The wheels are coming off at NOAA Fisheries, and we're already seeing disruptions for fishing communities. We've been tracking regulatory delays, and what we are seeing is not normal - these delays did not happen in the first Trump admin. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

Trump’s dismantling of NOAA has an unforeseen consequence: Fishermen can’t fish

A short-staffed NOAA is struggling with basic functions, like opening and closing fisheries.

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For the last 3 yrs, I was the director for the Science of Science program at the NSF. We funded projects on science communication - science communication to the public, communication of public priorities to scientists, citizens engagement & participation in science. 🧵

Cuts to @noaa.gov have devastating impacts for the seafood and aquaculture industries and put our food and communities at risk. Loved this article from @mongabay.bsky.social about the real-world, real-time impacts of attacks on NOAA staff and funding: bit.ly/4irn6uw

Sweeping cuts and deregulation imperil U.S. fisheries, experts warn

This is Part 1 of a two-part series on fisheries management and ocean governance under the second Trump administration, which took office Jan. 20. Part 1 looks at the potential impacts that cuts and d...

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🚨If you are an NSF-funded researcher with a terminated grant and want to talk to the media…🚨 Feel free to reach out to me at hcarnell@cir.org or henrycarnell@proton.me or via signal hcarnell.58

Here’s my statement on the EO from yesterday. “Deregulating” our fisheries very dangerous for fish and fishing communities, and there’s no way to address the other challenges facing our fisheries while NOAA is being dismantled.

Ocean Conservancy@oceanconservancy.org · last yr.

The administration's latest Executive Order would weaken, not strengthen, our fishing industry by increasing the risk that overfishing drives our fish stocks into decline, effectively taking healthy U.S. seafood off the menu. Our full statement from @meredithmoray.bsky.social: bit.ly/4jmPGyK

This paints a clear picture of both the toll that NOAA cuts are having on individuals and also what is at stake for our fisheries and coastal communities. I know some of these people, and they care so much about the ocean and the people who rely on it. Devastating. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

As NOAA shrinks under Trump’s cuts, employees speak out

Current and former employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say fewer people working with fewer resources could whittle away the agency’s ability to carry out its mission.

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NOAA keeps fisheries healthy + abundant to sustain fishing that fuels coastal economies. As climate impacts push fisheries to their brink, NOAA cuts are threatening our ability to rebound fish populations in the PNW and across the country. Read more in the Seattle Times: tinyurl.com/7w9k9ree

Trump’s NOAA firings leave Northwest workers in ‘purgatory’

Fisheries scientists who were fired by the Trump administration say they've been living in limbo as their work is sidelined.

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U.S. fishing communities have never faced such a significant and immediate threat to their wellbeing. The closure of the Maine scallop fishery is a direct result of the administration's chaos at NOAA & will cause a major economic hit to the community. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

E&E News: Maine scallop fishery shutters after NOAA doesn’t extend quota

Only days into the 2025 season, fishermen in the northern Gulf of Maine are told to stop harvesting sea scallops until NOAA adopts new catch limits recommended months ago.

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Important stories here about how regulatory delays, staff reductions and funding uncertainty are disrupting fishing communities. OMB should issue guidance exempting routine hunting and fishing regulations from the deregulatory EO (they did that in the first admin) www.reuters.com/world/us/how...

How Trump’s regulatory freeze is disrupting the US fishing industry

From the Atlantic to Alaska, fishermen say overfishing and fleet delays are shaking up a $320 billion industry.

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Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.

List of NOAA lease terminations in this link. If you know of what some of the impacts of these losses will be, please reach out to me! We continue to get questions. Thankful for the leadership of Reps Huffman, Lofgren, Dexter and Amo democrats-naturalresources.house.gov/media/press-...

Committee Leaders Huffman, Lofgren, Dexter, and Amo Demand Information on NOAA Lease Terminations | The House Committee on Natural Resources

House Committee on Natural Resources - Democrats

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the nation’s premier agency for weather and climate science, is set to lose another 1,000 workers under the Trump administration’s downsizing of the federal government.

More NOAA Employees May Be Let Go, Making 20% of Staff Cut

Together with recent firings and resignations, the new cuts could hamper the National Weather Service’s ability to produce lifesaving forecasts, scientists say.

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Wired has been doing great reporting on the disruptions to government services. The credit card freeze is a big deal www.wired.com/story/doge-e...

Elon Musk’s $1 Spending Limit Is Paralyzing Federal Agencies

The DOGE-mandated credit card freeze is delaying shipments of critical supplies, stalling travel, and stopping employees from doing their jobs.

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The federal advisory committee I served on to advise NOAA on management of living marine resources has been shut down. It was established in 1971 and has advised ten presidential administrations of both parties. www.govexec.com/management/2...

NOAA terminates space, climate and marine life advisory committees

Experts caution the groups play a key role in ensuring agencies use the best available science in their decision making.

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Ongoing reporting about the impact of NOAA layoffs for fisheries From the story: “NOAA is the largest science and data collection provider for the council and other fishery managers, Burden said, “And when they start hemorrhaging staff and capacity it affects everyone.” kmun.org/fishery-mana...

Fishery managers worry about effects of NOAA cuts - KMUN

The long term impacts of recent staff cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are still unknown, but fishery managers on the West Coast called the situation troubling.  On Thursday...

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‘Cruel and thoughtless’: Trump fires hundreds at US climate agency Noaa

‘Cruel and thoughtless’: Trump fires hundreds at US climate agency Noaa

Employees received emails saying their jobs would be cut off at end of day in move called ‘wrong all around’

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Are you someone or know a staff member, scientist or meteorologist affected by the NOAA/NWS layoffs in California? Potentially working on a story for @kqednews @kqedscience.

Probationary employees across @NOAA and the @NWS are being terminated today, including those in mission-essential roles. My own wife is among them, essential to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center's 24/7 critical mission of seismic monitoring and tsunami prediction to protect the public.

Dr. Levi Cowan@tropicaltidbits.bsky.social · 2y ago

A statement I must make:

Last Tuesday, I was set to give a talk on 'climate change in the Northeast' at a retirement home but had to cancel due to hourly job threats. After nearly two weeks of overwhelming uncertainty, today it happened. I was fired from my dream of working at NOAA. I'm so sorry to everyone also affected.