A response team successfully removed crab pot lines entangling a humpback whale 50 miles south of Juneau, Alaska.

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Grey seal released onto the beach with responders holding barriers behind the seal Gray seal, Louis Armstrong, is released at Assateague Island National Seashore following rehabilitation at National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland. Credit: National Aquarium
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NOAA Fisheries Awards $3.8 Million for Marine Mammal Rescue Efforts through Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grants

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Commercial shrimp boat and partial Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission boat, Gulf Ranger Gulf shrimp vessel with trawl gear as seen from the FWC law enforcement vessel Gulf Ranger. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
two black and white photos overlaid on a faded image of a dock in New York. The images are stylized as polaroids on top of some film and scrap paper. The left photo is a black and white image of a man in sunglasses and fishing gear holding up a flounder in each hand. The right photo is a black and white photo of a fisherman in a plaid shirt and baseball cap dumping clams into a sorting bin. Credit: NOAA Library/NOAA Fisheries Archives circa 1960s (overlay); NOAA Fisheries/Heather Soulen (background)
A full-body, high-angle shot of the Godspeed, a three-masted replica tall ship, sailing across calm, deep blue water under a bright blue sky with scattered, fluffy white clouds. The historic-style wooden vessel features a tan hull with bold black horizontal stripes and a decorative red-and-white diamond pattern along its upper railing. Tall ship ‘Godspeed’ at sea. Credit: Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
Two commercial fishing boats using bright overhead lights while operating at night. Vessels from the West Coast squid fleet followed market squid north into Oregon as ocean waters warmed, leading Oregon to adopt its first regulations for squid fishing in the state. Photo courtesy of California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
A Pacific cod rests on a tote with a satellite tag attached in front of its dorsal fin. A scientist in an orange jacket holds the cod. Pacific cod with satellite tag, ready to release. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

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