Celebrating Habitat Month

Join us in celebrating Habitat Month 2025! Learn about how NOAA Fisheries' Office of Habitat Conservation is working to restore habitat to support fisheries, protected species, and coastal communities.

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Department of Commerce Announces 2025 Appointments to the Regional Fishery Management Councils

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A grid (three rows with four columns) of pictures of seafood dishes with each photo labeled with a month of the year. January is sablefish, February blue mussels gratin, March monkfish bisque, April opah chili, May steamed clams, June sheet pan shrimp and vegetable fajitas, July fried bluefish, August scup poke bowl, September grilled scallops, October grilled barbeque oysters, November Alaska pollock enchiladas, and December grilled spiced mahimahi filets Celebrate Culinary Arts Month with a sustainable seafood recipe for every month of the year.
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What Your Birth Month Says About Your Next Seafood Recipe

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New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Three recreational fishing boats returning to the marina Saltwater anglers participating in a fishing tournament return to a marina in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.
Leadership Message

NOAA Fisheries Assistant Administrator Charts Course to Strengthen Support for Marine Communities and Coastal Economies

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A person wearing a glove holds a fish otolith in front of a red fish, showing the small ear bone used for age and growth analysis. Life history scientists at NOAA Fisheries work with fishermen to collect otoliths (a fish’s inner ear bones) to estimate the age of fish populations. Pictured: Onaga (Etelis coruscans) Credit: NOAA Fisheries
Feature Story

Clues From the Catch: How Small Samples Lead to Big Fish Insights

Pacific Islands
Group of people sorting fish in trays NOAA Fisheries scientists sort fish during the spring 2024 Rockfish Recruitment and Ecosystem Assessment Survey. These surveys reveal a coastal ocean dominated by a booming population of northern anchovy in recent years. Photo Credit: NOAA Fisheries.
Feature Story

Anchovy Dominated Diets off the West Coast Pose New Dangers for Salmon

West Coast
Aerial view of gray whale mother and calf Gray whale mother and calf on northbound migration. Credit: NOAA Fisheries
Feature Story

Eastern North Pacific Gray Whales Continue Decline After Downturn During Unusual Mortality Event

West Coast
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Notices & Rules

Fisheries

Pacific Halibut Recreational Quota Entity Program Fee Collection

Alaska
Alaska
Fisheries

Closure: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Harpoon Category Fishery

New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
Fisheries

2025-2026 Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specifications

Alaska
Alaska
Fisheries

2025 Pacific Whiting U.S. Total Allowable Catch, 2025 Tribal Allocation, 2025 Incidental Set-Aside, and Annual Specifications for 2025 Non-Tribal Fisheries

West Coast
West Coast
Fisheries

2025 West Coast Pacific Halibut Directed Commercial Fishery

West Coast
West Coast
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Upcoming Events

Longfin Inshore Squid Research Track Working Group

Jul 7, 2025 - Sep 23, 2025

New England/Mid-Atlantic

Marianas 2025: Coral Monitoring Insights Webinar

Jul 8, 2025

Pacific Islands

July 2025 Atlantic Shark Identification Workshop

Jul 10, 2025

New England/Mid-Atlantic
West Coast

August 2025 Safe Handling, Release, and Identification Workshop

Aug 7, 2025

New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast

2025 Woods Hole Science Stroll at NOAA Fisheries

Aug 9, 2025

New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Open Funding Opportunities

NOAA Great Lakes Fish Habitat Restoration Partnership Grants

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New England/Mid-Atlantic
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TNC18005_170314_0257.jpg GulfCorps crews clear vegetation to restore habitat in Florida. Credit: The Nature Conservancy/John Stanmeyer
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
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