Idaho Water Science Center (IDWASC)
Oregon Water Science Center (ORWSC)
Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center (PIERC)
Pacific Islands Water Science Center (PIWSC)
Washington Water Science Center (WAWSC)
Western Fisheries Research Center (WFRC)
Northwest-Pacific Islands Region
Welcome to the USGS Northwest-Pacific Islands Region website. Our seven science centers conduct a wide array of impartial, multi- and interdisciplinary research and monitoring on natural-resource issues in the states of Hawaiʻi, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Western Montana and the United States Pacific Territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Marianas.
USGS Science Centers in the Northwest-Pacific Islands Region
USGS Science Centers in the Northwest-Pacific Islands Region
For more information on our Science Center's personnel, expertise, science and products, please follow the links below!
News
Exclusive: Artificial Light and Salmon
Exclusive: Artificial Light and Salmon
Western Fisheries Research Center Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) Meeting - August 19, 2026
Western Fisheries Research Center Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) Meeting - August 19, 2026
Something Fishy from the Western Fisheries Research Center - Summer 2026