This regional center has as its domain the habitats of the Washington, Oregon, and northern California coasts and in freshwater rivers of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. NWFSC's  research provides information to help decision-makers and natural resource managers build sustainable fisheries, recover endangered and threatened species, maintain healthy ecosystems, and protect human health. The research divisions of NWFSC are Conservation Biology, Environmental & Fisheries Science, Fish Ecology, and Fishery Resource Analysis & Monitoring.

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