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Enforcement officer inventories shark fins. Credit: NOAA Fisheries
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NOAA Fisheries Enforcement Officers Deploy for High Seas Patrols Combatting Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing
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The Gulf of America. Credit: Commander Jeremy Adams, NOAA Corps.
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Seeking Public Comments on Where to Look for New Aquaculture Opportunity Areas
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A researcher in a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter first spotted the entangled humpback anchored to the bottom about 20 miles off the Oregon Coast. The whale’s white pectoral flipper extends underwater to the lower left, while white baleen outlines its open lower jaw at bottom right. The entanglement left the whale’s mouth stretched permanently open, making it unable to feed. Photo collected in partnership with Oregon Coast Aquarium, Oregon State University Marine Mammal Institute and Cascadia Research Collective.
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Fishing Vessel Joins Trained Team to Free Injured Humpback Whale 20 Miles off Oregon Coast
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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
(Overlay) L: Goliath grouper circa 1945. Credit: Wally Ericson. R: Shrimp fishing in Galveston, Texas. Date unknown. Credit: NOAA Library/NOAA Fisheries Archives/Bob Brigham; (Background): Boats in harbor. Credit: Mississippi Alabama Sea Grant
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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.