Refine Results
Region
News Category
Topic
Species Category

News

420 items match your filter criteria.

NOAA Fisheries Releases National Seafood Strategy Implementation Plan

The plan outlines actions we can take to enhance industry resilience and competitiveness in the face of climate change and other stressors.
Seafood on ice Seafood on ice for display. Credit: Shutterstock

$4 Million Awarded for Marine Mammal Rescue Efforts through Prescott Grant Program

NOAA Fisheries recommended awarding 37 grants, totaling more than $4 million, through the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Assistance Grant Program to our partners in 16 states.
Humpback whale carcass lying on beach with two people measuring the pectoral flipper Authorized responders from the Seacoast Science Center take measurements of a dead humpback whale that stranded in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Credit: Seacoast Science Center.

A Substantial Reduction in Seal Entanglement

New analysis confirms Hawaiian monk seals greatly benefit from marine debris cleanup efforts in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
September 27, 2024 - Feature Story ,
A Hawaiian monk seal lays on a sandy beach while a green net is wrapped around their neck and mouth. A Hawaiian monk seal entangled in a derelict fishing net. Credit: NOAA Fisheries (Permit #10137)

Big Island Abalone Grows Shellfish in Hawai'i

This Tide to Table Profile features Satoshi Yoshida, an abalone farmer bringing a new kind of shellfish to Kona, Hawai'i.
September 26, 2024 - Feature Story ,
A black ezo abalone held in a hand at an abalone farm in Hawaii. A black, ezo, abalone at Big Island Abalone farm in Kona, Hawaii (Courtesy of Big Island Abalone.)

From Past Patients to New Moms

Two Hawaiian monk seals who were previously rescued and rehabilitated are now new mothers!
September 20, 2024 - Feature Story ,
A Hawaiian monk seal mom and pup lay side-by-side on a sandy beach. LL00 and her first pup lay on the sands of Hōlanikū. Credit: Kure Atoll Conservancy (Permit #22677-02)

Hey, Google: Find this New Whale Sound

NOAA Fisheries identified that Bryde’s whales are the source of a new whale call in the western North Pacific. Working with Google AI, we used machine learning to sort through thousands of hours of acoustic recordings and identify when and where these calls occur.
September 18, 2024 - Feature Story ,
A Bryde's whale swims along the surface of the ocean. A Bryde’s whale photographed in the Mariana Archipelago. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Adam Ü (NOAA Fisheries MMPA-ESA Permit #14097)

NOAA Names Sarah Malloy to Lead Fisheries’ Pacific Islands Region

Malloy brings more than 25 years of experience in natural resource management and policymaking to the job.
September 05, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Headshot of Sarah Malloy smiling with dark blue background Ms. Sarah Malloy is the new Regional Administrator for NOAA Fisheries’ Pacific Islands Regional Office. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.