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Looking down on white ice and in the center is a dark gray seal with a light gray ring pattern around its front flipper and light gray thick stripes on its head and around its lower half. An adult female ribbon seal (Histriophoca fasciata) rests on an ice floe in the Bering Sea. Photo taken from a small UAS during operations to evaluate body condition in ribbon and spotted seals. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Gavin M Brady. UAS operations are conducted under authority of NMFS Research Permit #23858 and NOAA NIF #N24-17.
Feature Story

8 Fascinating Facts about Ribbon Seals

Alaska
Juvenile salmon piled in an orange bucket Juvenile salmon
Feature Story

Conflicting Ocean Indicators Suggest Moderate Returns of Pacific Salmon

West Coast
An aquarium tank with eight small fragments of orange, branching corals and four small fragments of white, branching corals standing upright on a white platform inside the water-filled tank. Swiftia exserta (left) and Muricea pendula (right) corals in the laboratory in Galveston, Texas. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Shannon Ainsworth
Feature Story

Restoration Lab Corals Return to the Seafloor for the First Time

Southeast
Sunflower sea star in an aquarium exhibit. Credit: AdobeStock Sunflower sea star in an aquarium exhibit. Credit: Adobe Stock
Feature Story

Scientists Breed Sunflower Sea Stars Key to Reviving California’s Imperiled Kelp Forests

West Coast
A holiday card that says "Here Comes Santa Claws" and has graphics of a lobster with a Santa hat on one claw. The other claw is hanging holiday lights. Here comes Santa Claws!
Feature Story

Shell-ebrate the Holidays with Festive Fisheries Cards

Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
National
A Federal Agent wearing a tactical vest observes a small inflatable law enforcement boat approaching on the water. State and federal enforcement officers coordinating patrol efforts off Cape May, New Jersey.
Feature Story

Operation Riptide: Highly Migratory Species Enforcement Levels the Playing Field for Law-Abiding Fishermen

National
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Fisheries

Modification of Minimum Large-Mesh Gillnet Twine Size in the Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan

New England/Mid-Atlantic
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Protected Resources

Incidental Take Authorization: Pacific Gas & Electric's Sediment Remediation Project, Remedial Response Area C in San Francisco Bay

West Coast
West Coast
Protected Resources

Incidental Take Authorization: Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities’ Cold Bay Ferry Terminal Reconstruction Project in Cold Bay, Alaska

Alaska
Alaska
Fisheries

2026 Observer Coverage Rate for the Hawai‘i Deep-Set Longline Fishery

Pacific Islands
Pacific Islands
Protected Resources

Incidental Take Authorization: NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations Research Vessel Relocation at Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island (2026)

New England/Mid-Atlantic
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Upcoming Events

Fishing Industry Input for the State of the Ecosystem Reports

Dec 18, 2025 - Jan 12, 2026

New England/Mid-Atlantic

Educator Webinar: Making Waves beyond the Classroom—MWEEs that Inspire Changemakers

Jan 7, 2026

New England/Mid-Atlantic

Longfin Inshore Squid Research Track Working Group

Jan 8, 2026 - Jan 21, 2026

New England/Mid-Atlantic

Educator Webinar: From Field Trips to Field Experiences—Partnering for Meaningful Environmental Education

Feb 10, 2026

New England/Mid-Atlantic

2026 Northeast Cooperative Research Summit

Feb 26, 2026

New England/Mid-Atlantic
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NOAA Great Lakes Fish Habitat Restoration Partnership Grants

New England/Mid-Atlantic
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Three people hold the angled trunk of a tree GulfCorps crews clear vegetation to restore habitat in Florida. Credit: John Stanmeyer/The Nature Conservancy.
Podcast

Building Futures: How GulfCorps Combines Habitat Restoration with Job Training

Southeast
Fish sitting on ice in a metal bowl. Fresh-caught taʻape on ice. Credit: Conservation International Hawaiʻi.
Podcast

Reducing Waste and Feeding Communities in Hawaiʻi with a Whole Fish Approach

Pacific Islands
Three people wearing rubber boots, chest waders, and protective gear, haul a large yellow and white passive acoustic recorder out of the ocean at the end of a large boat. Researchers retrieve a passive acoustic recorder. Courtesy: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Video

Listening for Whales: Using Passive Acoustic Monitoring to Track North Atlantic Right Whales

New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast