$95 Million to Fund Fish Passage Projects
NOAA makes funding available to help protect and restore migrating fish and their habitats, and support communities and economies that depend on these resources.
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Pioneer Study of White Shark Migrations in Western North Atlantic
In a new peer-reviewed paper published in Frontiers in Marine Science, OCEARCH and its collaborative research team, for the first time, provide a comprehensive analysis of the movements and migrations of white sharks in the western North Atlantic, over multiple years and life stages.
Read moreScientists Document Whale Shark Migrating from Galapagos Island to Cocos Island for First Time
For the first time in history, a group of scientists documented the complete journey of a whale shark from Galapagos Island in Ecuador to Cocos Island in Costa Rica, highlighting the need for cutting-edge solutions to protect highly migratory species in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Coco, an adult female approximately 12 m long, made the 700-km crossing in three weeks. She was
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