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Science & Data

NOAA Fisheries' science-based conservation and management of sustainable fisheries, marine mammals, endangered species, and their habitats have become global models for marine stewardship and sustainability.

Our research surveys provide data critical to the stewardship of our nation's ocean resources and their habitat. For 150 years, our scientists and partners have collected survey data to understand current and changing ocean conditions and monitor marine life. The insights we gain are the heart of our science-based conservation and management. 

Effective science-based conservation and management are essential to ensuring sustainable domestic seafood production, maintaining and enhancing fishing opportunities, recovering protected species, and safeguarding ecosystem health.

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Featured News

Logging into Efficiency: Modernizing Atlantic Coastwide Permit and Vessel Logbooks

NOAA Fisheries is modernizing our Atlantic Coast logbook reporting systems for both commercial and for-hire fishermen to improve efficiency and lower costs.
July 02, 2025 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
Bows of three fishing vessels tied together. Fishing boats in New England

What Your Birth Month Says About Your Next Seafood Recipe

Celebrate National Culinary Arts Month by finding a new sustainable seafood recipe based on your birth month.
July 02, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
National
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.

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.
July 01, 2025 - Feature Story ,
National
Graphic celebrating Habitat Month showing the dark blue outlines of a bird, a school of fish, and seagrass.
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Science Blogs

Accordion’s New Calf is Music to our Ears

Field Fresh Blog: Science in Motion

“It’s Accordion!” Marine mammal observer Alison Ogilvie shares the pure joy and excitement she and the aerial survey team had when they spotted a female North Atlantic right whale named Accordion and her first-ever calf off the coast of New York.
June 13, 2025 - Survey ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A right whale mom and calf pair swimming at the surface of the ocean. Perspective is from above, looking down.

Lights, Camera, Ocean: Student-Built Device Takes the Plunge

Field Fresh Blog: Science in Motion

Fish biologist and gear researcher Megan Amico tests middle school innovation in real-world fisheries research.
June 13, 2025 - Technology ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Two gear specialists attach a camera system to an on-demand gear lobster trap.

A Tribute To Our First and Best Glider

Autonomous Gliders in the Antarctic

The first glider we ever deployed remains our most dependable.
April 10, 2025 - Survey ,
West Coast
The view looking down to a lower deck of a ship and the ocean from an upper deck. An inflatable boat is alongside the ship, and a yellow glider in the water on the other side of the inflatable boat. Several people are in the boat and on the ship, attaching a rope to the glider so it can be lifted out of the water. The crew of the M/Y Hanse Explorer, alongside U.S. AMLR personnel, prepare to lift AMLR01 out of the water. Credit: NOAA Fisheries
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