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Celebrate Corals Week

Corals Week is December 9–13, 2024! Join us in celebrating this diverse group of invertebrate animals and the reef habitats they create.
December 09, 2024 - Feature Story ,
National
Corals in clear pristine waters. Shallow water provides habitat for branching corals (Acropora spp), as seen here on a reef flat in Guam. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jonathan Brown

Global Extinction Risk for Sharks and Rays Is High, United States may Provide Haven

NOAA Fisheries and partners examined the global extinction risk and biodiversity loss of sharks and rays. While they’re in bad shape globally, countries with sustainably managed fisheries like the United States may provide a safe place to survive.
December 06, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
International
Schooling hammerhead sharks

Annual Ocean Indicators Point to Varied Conditions for Pacific Salmon

A strong El Niño was a major driver of ocean conditions and changes to the food web in the winter of 2024.
December 06, 2024 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
View aboard a research vessel at sunset Oregon State University’s R/V Elakha serves as the primary research vessel for collecting data along the Newport Hydrographic Line. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

AI Meets Aquaculture to Study Hawaiian Monk Seal Interactions With Net Pens

NOAA Fisheries and Blue Ocean Mariculture are leveraging technology to study Hawaiian monk seal interest in aquaculture net pens in Hawaiʻi.
November 21, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
Two Hawaiian monk seals swim near an aquaculture net pen full of fish. NOAA Fisheries, in collaboration with Blue Ocean Mariculture, is conducting a multi-year pilot study to evaluate observational methods and tools for studying Hawaiian monk seal behavior. Courtesy of Blue Ocean Mariculture

Ocean Gliders Listen for Whales off Oregon in Test of New Ways to Count Them

Passive acoustic monitoring by “gliders” may better detect some species.
November 21, 2024 - News ,
Pacific Islands
West Coast
Photograph of two scientists on a small boat preparing glider for deployment. Oregon State University professor David Mellinger and Doug Batson from the Oregon Coast Aquarium prepare the Seagliders for deployment off the coast of Oregon in mid-September. They were aboard the Oregon Coast Aquarium’s vessel, the R/V Gracie Lynn. Photo courtesy Genece Grisby, Oregon Coast Aquarium.

Fifteen Years of Searching for Smalltooth Sawfish

NOAA Fisheries scientists have been studying smalltooth sawfish in South Florida since 2009. Here’s what we’ve learned so far.
November 12, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
A female scientist inserts a tag into a sawfish, with white belly up and long, toothed rostrum extended, while two other scientists hold it in the water Annsli Hilton performs surgery on a smalltooth sawfish to insert an acoustic tag to track the animal’s movement. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Reni Poston-Hymel (ESA Permit #22078, Everglades National Park Permit #0007)

New Method Provides Reliable Estimates for Bearded Seals

Collaborative research finds more cost-effective way to sample and estimate abundance of bearded seals.
November 12, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Bearded seal laying on ice on water Bearded Seal. Credit: John Jansen/NOAA Fisheries

Using Drones and Tags to Study Rice’s Whales

NOAA Fisheries and partners got an up-close look at the life of these endangered whales.
November 06, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
A whale raises its head out of the ocean's surface to breathe as a drone hovers overhead holding a bright orange tag A drone hovers over a Rice’s whale, ready to drop a suction cup tag to collect data. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Ocean Alliance (Permit #21938)

Building Bridges to Restore Connectivity: Penobscot Nation and NOAA Fisheries Improve Atlantic Salmon Resilience

The Penobscot Nation received multiple grants from the NOAA Species Recovery Grants to Tribes Program to increase habitat connectivity in the Penobscot River watershed to aid the return of Atlantic salmon to Tribal lands.
November 05, 2024 - Feature Story ,
National
Salmon released by two people From left to right: Dan Kusnierz (Water Resources Program Manager), Maddie Hearth (Water Quality Technician and Tribal member), and Chuck Loring (Department of Natural Resources Director and Tribal member) from the Penobscot Nation’s Department of Natural Resources release Atlantic salmon into Mattamiscontis Stream in fall 2023. Photo Credit: Josh Woodbury, Sunlight Media Collective

Gray Whale Calf Count Remains Low in 2024 as Population Slowly Emerges from Multi-Year Decline

Even as total gray whale numbers rebound, reproduction lags.
October 31, 2024 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Photo of two marine mammal observers looking for mother-calf gray whales at Piedras Blancas using binoculars. Marine mammal observers, LTJG Jesse Pierce (left) and Dawn Breese (right), surveying for mother-calf gray whale pairs. All marine mammals sighted are recorded.