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The Marine Life Studies Whale Entanglement Team trails an entangled humpback whale in Monterey Bay, using a pole with a knife on the end to cut lines entangling the whale. They used the white plastic balls to help slow the whale to approach it. The ropes later came off the whale and were traced to a Dungeness crab trap. Photo credit: The Marine Mammal Center.
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Photos from Whale Watch Vessels Help Responders Free Entangled Humpback Whale in Monterey Bay
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During this 2026 mission, technical divers successfully propagated 16 mesophotic coral fragments in the field to start new colonies to help restore habitats injured by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Credit: NOAA/Dave Witting
Adelia Myrick harvesting kelp on her farm in Kodiak, Alaska.
Interns (clockwise from top left) Elizabeth Moty, Oluwole Okusanya, Kate Koblegarde, and Ruby Ondatje are spending 12 weeks this summer supporting our operations and projects in the Chesapeake Bay.
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Sixteen members of the Scottish Fishermen’s Organisation, members of the commercial fishing industry, and scientists visited Point Judith, Rhode Island, as part of a cooperative research gathering. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Heather Soulen
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First International Cooperative Research Gathering with Scotland a Smashing Success
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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)
GulfCorps crews clear vegetation to restore habitat in Florida. Credit: John Stanmeyer/The Nature Conservancy.