Recreational anglers and charter captains like the Bacon brothers are crucial for collecting data on bluefin tuna migration, behavior, and growth to ensure sustainable fisheries for the future.
NOAA-funded restoration projects in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon generate strong economic returns, supporting jobs, boosting fisheries, and delivering environmental benefits worth billions of dollars.
With $9.4 million in NOAA funding, the Indian River Lagoon Council and its partners are carrying out 15 projects across the estuary to restore seagrass, wetlands, shellfish populations, and shorelines.
A new real-time messaging network uses a well-established maritime navigation safety technology—the Automatic Identification System—to reduce the risk of vessel strikes involving North Atlantic right whales.
The “old rules” for recovering coral reefs might not work in places like Florida. A new study has identified a new culprit preventing recovery: long sediment-laden algal turfs.
