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Man stands next to a stack of oyster trays on a sunny dock. Tal Petty is an oyster farmer in Hollywood, Maryland. Credit: Hollywood Oyster Company
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Meet Hollywood Oyster Company, Oyster Farmers in Maryland

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Closeup of gloved hands holding and examining an adult Chinook salmon Biologists hold a fall Chinook salmon with a tracking tag attached like a backpack before returning it to the ocean. Photo courtesy Miles Daniels/NOAA Fisheries/UCSC
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Anglers Catch Salmon for Science as Tracking Reveals Risks Facing Adult Fall Chinook

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Annsli Hilton with Jonah Myers and Tristan Mortimer (NOAA volunteers) conduct the initial examination before the full necropsy of the shortfin mako shark. Measuring the shark can provide valuable information to fish biologists Annsli Hilton with Jonah Myers and Tristan Mortimer (NOAA volunteers) conduct the initial examination before the full necropsy of the shortfin mako shark. Measuring the shark can provide valuable information to fish biologists.
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Deceased Mako Shark Washes Ashore in Florida

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turtle-escape-Dan-Foster.jpg A sea turtle escaping from a turtle excluder device. TEDs are metal grids placed in trawl nets to direct turtles out through escape openings. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Dan Foster
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Gearing Up: Turtle Excluder Devices Strengthen Fisheries and Help Recover Sea Turtle Populations

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An assortment of seafood including crustaceans, mussels, filets of salmon, shrimp, sardines, and other whole fish. Garnished with lemon wheels, leafy greens, and ice. The assortment takes up about two thirds of the image and the remaining one third on the right says "Celebrate Seafood This Holiday Season!" with gold confetti in the background.
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Celebrate Seafood This Holiday Season

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A grid of text and photos. A man flips oyster cages in chest deep water at sunrise (top left); a woman in a pink shirt with curly hair poses for a professional photo with a grey background (top middle); a fisherman in fishing gear holds up a fish in each hand from his boat (top right); two people in winter allweather gear and hats hold up scallops, one in each of their hands; a man in a tan baseball cap presents a yellowfin tuna to the camera while sitting on his boat (bottom middle); a woman in a teal jack
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Seafood Tips from the People Bringing You America's Seafood (Part 1)

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Closure: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna General Category (Commercial) Fishery

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Restoring America’s Seafood Competitiveness

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Recordkeeping and Reporting in Alaska - Federal Register Rules and Notices

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2025 Proposed Rules to Revise Endangered Species Act Regulations

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Pacific Halibut Recreational Quota Entity Program Fee Collection

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Pacific Hake/Whiting Treaty: Joint Technical Committee Meeting December 10, 2025

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December 2025 Safe Handling, Release, and Identification Workshop

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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.
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Building Futures: How GulfCorps Combines Habitat Restoration with Job Training

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Fish sitting on ice in a metal bowl. Fresh-caught taʻape on ice. Credit: Conservation International Hawaiʻi.
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Reducing Waste and Feeding Communities in Hawaiʻi with a Whole Fish Approach

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

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