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NOAA Fisheries


A close-up of a shadowgraph imaging camera mounted on the front of an underwater glider. A shadowgraph camera extends from the nose of a glider in the laboratory. The camera in the box between the two cylinders attached to the glider collects an image every two seconds as the glider dives and climbs, collecting more than 1 million images in 30 days in the water. Photo: NOAA Fisheries
Three melon-headed whales swim together in bright blue ocean water. Their heads and dorsal fins emerge from the water. A group of melon-headed whales swimming together on February 1, 2026, seen during the Winter Hawaiian Islands Cetacean and Ecosystem Assessment Survey. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Mary Applegate, taken under NOAA permit #25754.
A bright yellow uncrewed boat floats in choppy seas under cloudy skies. The boat is carrying various ocean sensors and equipment and is 40 feet in length. In the background is a bridge. Chance Maritime Technologies MC40 Uncrewed Surface Vehicle in Narragansett Bay during pre-mission testing. Credit: Courtesy of Chance Maritime Technologies.
A green sea turtle swims over a rocky reef in clear, deep blue water. A green sea turtle at Midway Atoll in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
Aerial view of a right whale swimming near the surface of turquoise ocean water, with a small tracking tag circled in red on its upper back Southern right whale “Harmonia” swimming in the waters off Península Valdés, Argentina. Researchers deployed a new “blubber-only” satellite tag (circled) to monitor the whale’s movements with minimal impact to her health. Image by P. Faiferman/ICB, Courtesy of Alexandre Zerbini/Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, & Ecosystem Studies and NOAA Fisheries. Permits for tag deployment were issued by the Provinces of Chubut and Rio Negro, Argentina.
Two men holding freshly caught bluefin tuna on a boat in the Atlantic Ocean. Willie Goldsmith holds his Atlantic bluefin tuna catch. Credit: Willie Goldsmith

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