NOAA Fisheries Assistant Administrator Eugenio Piñeiro Soler kicks off NOAA’s annual celebration of seafood by reaffirming commitment to American fishermen and seafood farmers.

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Five researchers in waterproof gear stand on a ship deck around a large bin filled with sampled fish, one waving. Acting Alaska Fisheries Science Center Director Dr. Jamal Moss (center, waving) from the deck of a chartered fishing vessel engaged in a pelagic fish survey in the eastern Bering Sea. The sorting table contains numerous juvenile walleye pollock, which were sampled for energetic condition, size, and abundance. Credit: NOAA Fisheries
Mandala of seafood including fish, lobsters, oysters
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People along a stream bank dig holes and plant vegetation Volunteers plant native trees and shrubs to improve shoreline habitat for fish on Montana Creek, a popular trout and salmon-fishing stream near Talkeetna, Alaska. Credit: Trout Unlimited Alaska.
A close up photograph of a humpback tail fluke prior to a deep dive. There is monofilament netting seen coming off the tail and entering the water. A humpback whale is documented with monofilament gillnet and floats in the Strait of Juan de Fuca between Washington State and British Columbia, Canada. Credit: Val Shore/Eagle Wing Tours.
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NOAA Announces Confirmed U.S. Large Whale Entanglement Numbers for 2025

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An olive ridley sea turtle lies in a small hole in the sand on a beach. Olive ridley sea turtle near Seal Beach in Huntington Beach, California. Credit: Huntington Beach Fire Department

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