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Stellar Progress on Steller Watch

Eight thousand volunteers from 70 countries pitch in to help NOAA Fisheries learn more about the endangered Steller sea lion.
January 18, 2018 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Two sea lion pups on grass

NOAA Helps Implement Community-Based Invasive Species Monitoring as part of Bering Sea Days

Scientists and educators participate in Bering Sea Days, an annual week-long education program on St. Paul Island.
January 03, 2018 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
National
children looking through a microscope in a laboratory

Whale Science on the High Seas

Six-month research survey of marine life in the Hawaiian Islands wraps up.
December 21, 2017 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
A spinner dolphin leaps clear out of turquoise waters that almost match the clear blue sky. Spinner dolphin leaping out of the water. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Paula Olson (Permit #20311)

Explore Top 5 Stories, Photos, and Videos of 2017

Discover our most popular stories, photos, and videos of the year.
December 11, 2017 - Feature Story ,
National
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NOAA Fisheries Develops List of Foreign Fisheries to Help Evaluate Scope of Marine Mammal Bycatch

Taking steps to addressing marine mammal bycatch in commercial fishing operations.
November 14, 2017 - Feature Story ,
National
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Shifting Presence of North Atlantic Right Whales Tracked with Passive Acoustics

Changes began in 2010, whales present along much of East Coast year-round
November 14, 2017 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Two North Atlantic right whales from above, exhaling.

High Tech on the High Seas

Our scientists use a range of different and new technologies to find dolphins and whales in the vast Pacific Ocean.
November 09, 2017 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
Two people in PFDs prepare equipment on the deck of a boat at sunset.

NOAA Enforcement works with partners to prevent lethal interactions between whales and fishing gear

Regulations have been put in place to reduce the risk of serious injury and death of large whales caused by entanglement in U.S. commercial trap/pot and gillnet fishing gear.
November 06, 2017 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Implications Of Less Sea Ice On Fish Production In The Waters Off Alaska

Less Sea Ice in the Waters off Alaska.
October 31, 2017 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
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Robots Detect Whales in Real Time, Revealing Changes in Migration Patterns

Scientists are using a variety of real-time tools, from moored buoys to autonomous underwater vehicles, to detect the presence of baleen whales and record the sounds they make. One active buoy is located south of New York City and another, which was recen
October 30, 2017 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Stacked graphs showing whale detections, for fin, right, and sei whales.