Reducing Bycatch in Shrimp Trawls Through Education

NOAA’s Gear Monitoring Team conducts educational training and compliance checks to help the shrimp fishery maintain catch levels while allowing sea turtles and other large marine animals to escape.

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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)
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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management: Science, Stewardship, and Shared Successes

New England/Mid-Atlantic
National
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
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Mind Your Knots: Watch Your Vessel Speed to Protect Large Whales When You Sail This Summer

New England/Mid-Atlantic
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.
Feature Story

7 Ways El Niño and Large Marine Heatwave Could Affect West Coast Marine Species

West Coast
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
Feature Story

Tagged and Tracked: Mapping the Journeys of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea

Alaska
Underwater view of an oyster reef Restored oyster reef in Maryland’s Little Choptank River. Credit: Oyster Recovery Partnership
Feature Story

Updates from Partners on Engaging the Recreational Fishing Community to Restore Habitat through the National Fish Habitat Partnership

National
Veterans gather in front of the Capt. Hook back at the dock after a day of fishing at sea (Credit:NOAA/National Marine Sanctuaries Foundation) Veterans gather in front of the Capt. Hook back at the dock after a day of fishing at sea (Credit:NOAA/National Marine Sanctuaries Foundation)
Feature Story

NOAA and U.S. Military Veterans: a Force to be Reckoned With

Southeast
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Notices & Rules

Fisheries

Cordell Bank Area Revisions

West Coast
West Coast
Fisheries

Emergency Action to Temporarily Increase 2026 Harvest Specifications and Sector Allocations for Shortspine Thornyhead, Canary Rockfish and Petrale Sole

West Coast
West Coast
Fisheries

Annual Management Measures for the 2026 Area 2A Pacific Halibut Directed Commercial Fishery

West Coast
West Coast
Protected Resources

Dungeness Hatcheries Plans

West Coast
West Coast
Fisheries

Tribal Resource Management Plan (TRMP) for the Yurok Tribe

West Coast
West Coast
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Upcoming Events

Pacific Hake/Whiting Treaty: U.S. - Canada JMC Virtual Meeting, June 23, 2026

Jun 23, 2026

West Coast

Peer Review: 2026 June Management Track Assessments

Jun 29, 2026 - Jun 30, 2026

New England/Mid-Atlantic

Longfin Inshore Squid: 2026 Research Track Peer Review

Aug 3, 2026 - Aug 7, 2026

New England/Mid-Atlantic

Educator Workshop: The Phenomenal Outdoors—Science Investigations with Elementary Students

Aug 4, 2026 - Aug 5, 2026

New England/Mid-Atlantic

Woods Hole Science Stroll

Aug 8, 2026

New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Bulletins

Changes to Summer Flounder Commercial Minimum Mesh Size Flynet Exemption

New England/Mid-Atlantic
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Apply for the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund

Alaska
West Coast
Alaska
West Coast

NOAA Great Lakes Fish Habitat Restoration Partnership Grants

New England/Mid-Atlantic
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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A diver hovers over a pink hued reef while preparing a camera to take images of the benthos. A scientist prepares to photograph a reef at Swains Island during the 2023 National Coral Reef Monitoring Program survey in American Samoa. Credit: NOAA Fisheries (Permit #NMSAS-2023-002)
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How Researchers Are Bringing the 2026 Pacific Coral Survey to You

Pacific Islands
Three people hold the angled trunk of a tree GulfCorps crews clear vegetation to restore habitat in Florida. Credit: John Stanmeyer/The Nature Conservancy.
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Building Futures: How GulfCorps Combines Habitat Restoration with Job Training

Southeast