Celebrating Aquaculture Week: Farming from Tide to Table

Join us for Aquaculture Week 2024 to learn how marine aquaculture—or farmed seafood—is vital for supporting our nation’s seafood production and year-round jobs, enhancing coastal resilience, and more.

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A Bryde's whale swims along the surface of the ocean. A Bryde’s whale photographed in the Mariana Archipelago. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Adam Ü (NOAA Fisheries MMPA-ESA Permit #14097)
Headshot of James Binniker James Binniker was named the new director of the Office of Law Enforcement.
Responders pressing a moist cloth on a stranded killer whale A team of responders assists a young male killer whale stranded at Carmel River State Beach on Tuesday, September 10. The 10-foot whale later died during transport to a laboratory in Santa Cruz. Photo by The Marine Mammal Center under NMFS permit 24359.
Orcas capturing a salmon Southern Resident killer whale preys on salmon in the Salish Sea near Seattle. Credit: Candice Emmons/NOAA Fisheries
Research holding a salmon smolt Researchers prepare to implant a tracking tag in a steelhead smolt from the Nisqually River to study predation by harbor seals. Researchers found that seals may consume as many as a third of the steelhead. Credit: Megan Moore/NOAA Fisheries