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NOAA Fisheries


Smiling women sort oysters by the water. NOAA Fisheries personnel gain hands-on experience sorting oysters.
Two men in waders smiling outdoors beside a river weir while holding a large, freshly caught salmon. Scot Clark holds a Chinook salmon. Credit: Mt. Adams Institute
A photo collage set against a rocky ocean outcropping, featuring a black-and-white picture of a black marlin being sampled on a dock alongside a modern color photo of snappers and other bottomfish catches in on an American Samoa dock. Credit: NOAA Fisheries
A field technician wearing chest waders and holding measuring equipment stands in a creek before a large natural log jam. Delbert Henson standing in front of a log jam. Credit: Mt. Adams Institute
Close-up underwater photograph of a scuba diver wearing a mask, hood, and light-blue long-sleeve rash guard leaning down toward a flat rocky reef shelf. The diver gently handles a wide, fan-like branch of a golden-tan elkhorn coral colony. Sunlight filters down through clear azure water from above. Sea Ventures diver with healthy Acropora palmata. Credit: Sea Ventures
Two men working at computer stations aboard a fishing vessel. Dr. Mike Jech and Captain Bill Bright calibrating an echosounder mounted on the F/V Retriever. Credit NOAA Fisheries/Dr. Anna Mercer