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As Fishing Season Opens, NOAA Implements Emergency Action to Ensure Uninterrupted Northeast Fisheries

This action provides a much-needed boost to Northeast fishermen, the seafood industry, and local fishing communities.
May 02, 2025 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A blue and white vessel with "R/V Gloria Michelle" on each side traverses past a breakwater. The NOAA research vessel Gloria Michelle conducts groundfish surveys in New England, an important mission to support science-based fisheries management. Photo credit: NOAA Fisheries

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 ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
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.

NOAA Seafood Inspection Program Marks 15 Years Since Deepwater Horizon Disaster

The NOAA Seafood Inspection Program continues efforts to support emergency oil spill responses to protect public health and seafood safety.
April 29, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
Credit: NOAA Fisheries | Sensory Evaluation NOAA Fisheries | Sensory Evaluation

Juvenile Salmon Roam Between Salt and Fresh Water While Exploring Miles of Coast and Rivers, New Research Finds

Tagged fish reveal juvenile salmon search for habitat in varied watersheds.
April 29, 2025 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
four people in waders and hats standing in s stream about knee deep in water holding long poles as they are elecrofishing for salmon. One person holds a bucket. Biologists use electrofishing that temporarily incapacitates fish to collect juvenile salmon from a river on the Olympic Peninsula. Scientists then examine the fish before they quickly recover. Photo by Karrie Hanson.

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 ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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)

Your Recreational Catch Information Helps Assess the Health of our Fisheries

Experts at NOAA Fisheries, in consultation with states and regional partners, perform stock assessments using a wide range of available data. These assessments assure our shared fisheries resources remain productive, sustainable, and economically viable.
April 28, 2025 - Feature Story ,
National
An angler wade fishes.

Testing Methods to Minimize Herring Spawning Events on Alaska Kelp Farms

Scientists teamed up to investigate how to best keep herring from spawning on kelp grown by ocean farmers in Alaska.
April 25, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Ribbon kelp on a rope hanging on a rope. Herring roe on farmed ribbon kelp. Credit: Seagrove Kelp Company.

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 ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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

Reflecting on 15 Years of Science Since Deepwater Horizon: Monitoring Recovery

In the last story of our three-part series, we discuss the role of the Southeast Fisheries Science Center in leading monitoring efforts to track recovery since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill 15 years ago.
April 24, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
Three women stand at the bow of a ship looking a several circular, calm patches of water in a row. Scientists overlooking Rice's whale flukeprints—calm patches of water on the surface of the ocean formed by the passing of a whale. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Carrie Sinclair (Permit #29138)

Reflecting on 15 Years of Science Since Deepwater Horizon: Supporting Restoration

In the second part of our series, we’re showcasing the role of the Southeast Fisheries Science Center in supporting restoration efforts related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill over the past 15 years.
April 23, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
Two divers in technical gear securing an orange branching coral in place on the seafloor Technical divers Jake Emmert of Moody Gardens and Devin Waddell of Georgia Aquarium reattach a coral colony (Swiftia exserta) to the reef in the northern Gulf of America. Credit: Georgia Aquarium/Jonathan Langham