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Celebrating our Top Taggers for Citizen Science Month

April is Citizen Science Month! To celebrate, we’re highlighting the anglers who make our cooperative tagging research possible, and recent accomplishments. Could you be the next top tagger?
April 30, 2025 - Feature Story ,
A large blue and white billfish in the water with an orange string-like tag sticking out of its back, hooked and held close to a boat by an angler holding a fishing line. A white marlin tagged with a spaghetti tag, getting ready to be released. Photo courtesy of Chris Jobes.

Habitat Restoration in the Great Lakes: By the Numbers

NOAA’s habitat restoration work in the Great Lakes strengthens healthy fisheries and ecosystems, benefits local economies, and supports resilient communities.
April 29, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Aerial view of a large forested island in the middle of a river Aerial view of Belle Isle in the Detroit River. (Photo: Friends of the Detroit River)

Wading in to Wild Wetlands with Sultana Education Foundation and Maryland Students

Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education and Training funding helps every sixth grader in Queen Anne’s County Public Schools understand how wetlands provide habitat and protect water quality.
April 24, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Students stand on a dock, holding nets they are using to explore the wetland. Students explored wetlands and got up close with critters who call wetlands “home.” Photo: Jackie Doerr

Restoring Habitat for Great Lakes Fisheries on New York’s Salmon River

NOAA is supporting efforts to prevent erosion and restore habitat on the Salmon River, a popular destination for recreational fishing.
April 23, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Anglers fish in the Salmon River, shown here after several structures associated with an abandoned railroad trestle bridge were removed. Credit: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Anglers fish in the Salmon River, shown here after several structures associated with an abandoned railroad trestle bridge were removed. Credit: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

Revitalizing the Detroit River Ecosystem for Great Lakes Fisheries

NOAA and partners in the Great Lakes are transforming the Detroit River into an icon of hope for habitat.
April 17, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Sugar Island. Credit:  Rami Tamimi/Geoics LLC Sugar Island. Credit: Rami Tamimi/Geoics LLC

Meet Stonington Kelp Company: Seaweed Grower in Connecticut

NOAA’s Tide to Table series profiles members of the aquaculture community, who provide valuable jobs and increase access to fresh, sustainably sourced American seafood.
April 07, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Woman in orange waders pulls long kelp out of the water from a boat on a sunny day. Suzie Flores harvesting sugar kelp in Stonington, Connecticut (Credit: Elizabeth Ellenwood).

Long-Running Sea Scallop Survey Diversifies for the Future

Using more vessels and more sampling to ensure data keeps coming for a top U.S. fishery.
April 07, 2025 - Feature Story ,
The HabCam going over the stern of a research vessel with deckhands managing a deployment using cables. Deploying HabCam V4 from the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow on the 2024 Integrated Sea Scallop and HabCam Research Survey. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Dvora Hart

International Coordination Busts Red Snapper Trafficking Scheme

NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement stopped more than 12 tons of illegal fish from entering the U.S. market.
April 04, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Illegal Brazilian red snapper imported from Brazil. Illegal Brazilian red snapper imported from Brazil. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Clam Survey Dredges Up Ice Age Find

Scientists on our 2024 Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Survey dredged up a mysterious object. A Smithsonian expert solved the mystery, identifying it as a likely extinct Ice Age walrus jawbone—a once-in-a-lifetime find!
April 03, 2025 - Feature Story ,
An old gray jawbone about the length of an adult forearm sits upon a table in a lab. The right jawbone of a walrus, possibly thousands of years old, discovered during a NOAA dredge survey in 2024. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jonathan Duquette

Cape Cod Cranberry Bog Project Restoring Wetlands and Fish Passage for River Herring

A NOAA-funded project on the Upper Coonamessett River in Falmouth, Massachusetts, will remove fish passage barriers and restore wetlands on a former cranberry bog. This work complements earlier NOAA-funded work on the lower part of the river.
April 01, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Aerial view of the restored lower Coonamessett River. Credit: Adam Soule Aerial view of the restored lower Coonamessett River. Credit: Adam Soule