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Ocean Indicators We’re Tracking for El Niño’s Arrival on the West Coast

Ocean monitoring and species changes will signal El Niño’s arrival.
September 03, 2026 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
A map of sea surface height anomalies during the 1997 El Niño, with dark red along the Pacific Coast highlighting coastally-trapped Kelvin waves and elevated sea levels. Coastally-trapped Kelvin waves, a signature of El Niño, traveled north along the West Coast during the 1997/1998 El Niño, as shown in a map of sea surface height anomalies. Darker reds show sea levels higher than normal, while darker blues show heights below normal. Scientists are now watching for similar waves to move up the West Coast this fall. Credit: Dillon Amaya/North Carolina State University

Watching Wildlife: How to Share the Shore and Sea with Marine Animals

As you enjoy the outdoors, remember to “Share the Shore” with marine mammals, sea turtles, and other wildlife. Learn more about proper marine life viewing guidelines to safeguard animals and people.
September 03, 2026 - Feature Story ,
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On Shipwreck Beach on the south coast of Kauai, Hawaii, an endangered Hawaiian monk seal takes a nap on the beach. The sign in the foreground instructs people to walk around the seal. On Shipwreck Beach on the south coast of Kauai, Hawaii, an endangered Hawaiian monk seal takes a nap on the beach. The sign in the foreground instructs people to walk around the seal. Credit: iStock

Charting the Future of Fisheries-Independent Surveys

A team of NOAA Fisheries biologists and international collaborators built a roadmap to evolve fisheries monitoring for a changing ocean. The approach blends advanced technology and new statistical methods with traditional field sampling data.
September 03, 2026 - Feature Story ,
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New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Infographic showing traditional capture-based survey methods as advanced technology such as acoustic, optical, and molecular tools deployed from survey vessels, uncrewed vehicles, and moored to the seafloor The future of fisheries-independent surveys will include traditional capture-based surveys as well as advanced technology such as acoustic, optical, and molecular tools deployed from survey vessels, uncrewed vehicles, and moored to the seafloor. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Su Kim

Advancing Agency-Level Reforms to Restore American Seafood Competitiveness

NOAA Fisheries Assistant Administrator Eugenio Piñeiro Soler announces prioritized agency actions in support of the Executive Order on Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness.
September 02, 2026 - Leadership Message ,
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Many docked fishing boats at a coastal community at sunrise. Docked fishing boats at Yaquina Bay, Newport, Oregon. Credit: iStock

A River Reborn: Restoring a Stronghold for Hood Canal Summer-Run Chum Salmon

A $9.7 million NOAA Fisheries investment is helping restore salmon habitat in Washington’s Big Quilcene River while reducing flood impacts on the local community.
August 27, 2026 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
A single chum salmon with dark vertical tiger stripes swimming horizontally underwater over a rocky riverbed. Summer chum salmon. Credit: Adobe Stock

A Secret to Survival for California’s Most Endangered Salmon

Chinook need cold water in first weeks for their eggs to survive.
August 21, 2026 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
The Sacramento River surrounded by trees with the white Sundial Bridge in the distance. The Sacramento River near the main spawning area of winter-run Chinook salmon blocked by dams from their original mountain spawning habitat. The Sundial Bridge in Redding rises in the background. Credit: Larisa Thacher/UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

Underwater Gliders Join Ocean Survey, Revealing Diverse Marine Life Driving Marine Ecosystem

Long-running survey gets autonomous partner with new skills and talents.
August 21, 2026 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
A close-up of a shadowgraph imaging camera mounted on the front of an underwater glider. A shadowgraph camera extends from the nose of a glider in the laboratory. The camera in the box between the two cylinders attached to the glider collects an image every two seconds as the glider dives and climbs, collecting more than 1 million images in 30 days in the water. Photo: NOAA Fisheries

Can Habitat Restoration Help Salmon Recover? Prairie Creek Offers Clues

Researchers tracked salmon before, during, and after restoration to understand how restored channel and floodplain habitat influences growth, survival, and recovery of threatened coho salmon.
August 06, 2026 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Three people holding large fish Members of the monitoring show off adult salmon captured at a monitoring station. From left to right, Kevin Vandenack holds a steelhead, Katherine Stonecypher holds a coho salmon, and Bryan Crouch holds a Chinook salmon. Credit: Katherine Stonecypher/Cal Poly Humboldt

Restoring California’s Prairie Creek Supports Salmon Recovery and Local Community

NOAA Fisheries and partners rebuilt floodplain habitat in the heart of redwood country, benefiting salmon, restoring tribal stewardship, and creating new opportunities for recreation and jobs.
August 06, 2026 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
A group of people in stand in a circle in a green field. Prairie Creek project partners gather at the restoration site before construction begins. Credit: Michael Weir/CalTrout

Fishing Vessel Joins Trained Team to Free Injured Humpback Whale 20 Miles off Oregon Coast

Recovered fishing gear will inform action to reduce whale entanglements.
August 04, 2026 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Aerial view of a humpback whale swimming near the surface in dark blue ocean water. A researcher in a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter first spotted the entangled humpback anchored to the bottom about 20 miles off the Oregon Coast. The whale’s white pectoral flipper extends underwater to the lower left, while white baleen outlines its open lower jaw at bottom right. The entanglement left the whale’s mouth stretched permanently open, making it unable to feed. Photo collected in partnership with Oregon Coast Aquarium, Oregon State University Marine Mammal Institute and Cascadia Research Collective.