Refine Results
Region
News Category
Topic
Species Category

News & Announcements

News

50 items match your filter criteria.

Illuminated Nets Could Provide A Brighter Future For Sea Turtles

Illuminated gillnets are helping reduce bycatch of protected species like sea turtles.
June 07, 2019 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
National
International
5. LED lights in nets edit.jpg

Motherload: The Story of a Fertile Turtle in the Hawaiian Islands

Researchers track a female green sea turtle's nesting journey after a hurricane washes away an important nesting beach.
May 17, 2019 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
Track of a green sea turtle from foraging to nesting site across the Hawaiian islands.

Partnering to Protect and Study Monk Seals and Sea Turtles: Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Field Camps 2019

The NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette is departing on May 15th for a 27-day research expedition throughout the main and Northwestern Hawaiian Islands to support research and recovery of the endangered Hawaiian monk seal and threatened green sea turtle.
May 14, 2019 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
750x500-Laysan-Island-Sullivan-PIFSC.jpg

National Academies of Sciences Releases New Coral Reef Interventions Research Review

NOAA-commissioned study highlights the need for advanced, unconventional approaches to coral reef conservation.
November 28, 2018 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
Southeast
National
coraldiver_noaaUSVI.jpg

Protecting Paradise: Marine Debris Team Does the Heavy Lifting

The team removed more than 160,000 pounds of lost or abandoned fishing nets and plastics from the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, an ecologically and culturally significant area, part of the Papahānaumokuāea Marine National Monument.
November 09, 2018 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
1280_I5hkGEL7UA96.jpg

Conservation Partners Come Together to Save a Hawaiian Hawksbill Turtle

Support hawksbill sea turtle conservation by calling NOAA’s Marine Animal Response Hotline: 1-888-256-9840.
October 24, 2018 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
750x500-hawksbill-e2-in-crate-NOAA-PIR.jpg

How Many Male Sea Turtles is Enough?

Study reveals insights into the mating strategies of male hawksbill turtles and the future population outlook of these endangered sea turtles.
October 09, 2018 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
Two Hawaiian hawksbills interacting on beach.

Removal and Research: The Marine Debris Team Strikes Again

The 2018 mission to remove marine debris from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
September 19, 2018 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
2018.09.26-Monster-net-James-Ari.Halperin.jpg

Field Biologists Return from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Biologists have been conducting research on Hawaiian monk seals and green sea turtles from field camps on these remote islands since April.
August 28, 2018 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
5472x3648_Field_camp_Lisianski_NorthwesternHawaiianIslands_PIFSC.jpg

Boaters Encouraged to “Ease Off” on the Throttle to Protect Turtles

NOAA Fisheries and the Hawaii Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation remind boaters to help prevent collisions with sea turtles by taking a few easy safety precautions.
April 25, 2018 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
Injured green sea turtle with a cracked shell damaged from a boat.