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Watching Wildlife: How to Share the Shore and Sea with Marine Animals

As you enjoy the outdoors, remember to “Share the Shore” with marine mammals, sea turtles, and other wildlife. Learn more about proper marine life viewing guidelines to safeguard animals and people.
September 03, 2026 - Feature Story ,
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On Shipwreck Beach on the south coast of Kauai, Hawaii, an endangered Hawaiian monk seal takes a nap on the beach. The sign in the foreground instructs people to walk around the seal. On Shipwreck Beach on the south coast of Kauai, Hawaii, an endangered Hawaiian monk seal takes a nap on the beach. The sign in the foreground instructs people to walk around the seal. Credit: iStock

A Secret to Survival for California’s Most Endangered Salmon

Chinook need cold water in first weeks for their eggs to survive.
August 21, 2026 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
The Sacramento River surrounded by trees with the white Sundial Bridge in the distance. The Sacramento River near the main spawning area of winter-run Chinook salmon blocked by dams from their original mountain spawning habitat. The Sundial Bridge in Redding rises in the background. Credit: Larisa Thacher/UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

Fishing Vessel Joins Trained Team to Free Injured Humpback Whale 20 Miles off Oregon Coast

Recovered fishing gear will inform action to reduce whale entanglements.
August 04, 2026 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Aerial view of a humpback whale swimming near the surface in dark blue ocean water. A researcher in a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter first spotted the entangled humpback anchored to the bottom about 20 miles off the Oregon Coast. The whale’s white pectoral flipper extends underwater to the lower left, while white baleen outlines its open lower jaw at bottom right. The entanglement left the whale’s mouth stretched permanently open, making it unable to feed. Photo collected in partnership with Oregon Coast Aquarium, Oregon State University Marine Mammal Institute and Cascadia Research Collective.

Photos from Whale Watch Vessels Help Responders Free Entangled Humpback Whale in Monterey Bay

Marine Life Studies team uses insight to locate and cut the whale free.
July 22, 2026 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
An aerial view of a humpback whale swimming just below the surface of dark blue water, trailing a line from its tail. Directly behind the whale, a small blue inflatable boat carrying two people in red safety suits is tethered to the line, which also has several large white buoys attached to it. The Marine Life Studies Whale Entanglement Team trails an entangled humpback whale in Monterey Bay, using a pole with a knife on the end to cut lines entangling the whale. They used the white plastic balls to help slow the whale to approach it. The ropes later came off the whale and were traced to a Dungeness crab trap. Photo credit: The Marine Mammal Center.

West Coast Gray Whale Estimate Shows Increase, New Count Determines

The reasons for the apparent increase remain an open question.
July 15, 2026 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
An aerial view of four gray whales swimming through clear blue ocean water. Gray whales migrating south past the Granite Station field site recorded via Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) or drone. This photograph will be used to calibrate group size and measure body condition. Photo collected under NMFS research permit 22306 and NMS permit MULTI-2024-003-A1.

2025 Species Recovery Grant Awardees Announced

NOAA awards $4.2 million to support 19 state and tribal projects advancing recovery of threatened and endangered species.
July 07, 2026 - Feature Story ,
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Slightly overhead photo of two white abalone with pink and red buildup on their shells. The abalone are on top of a rock sitting on sandy floor. White abalone. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

NOAA Fisheries Awards $3.8 Million for Marine Mammal Rescue Efforts through Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grants

Prescott Grants will provide funding to 41 recipients in 19 states and two tribes for fiscal year 2025.
June 23, 2026 - Feature Story ,
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Grey seal released onto the beach with responders holding barriers behind the seal Gray seal, Louis Armstrong, is released at Assateague Island National Seashore following rehabilitation at National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland. Credit: National Aquarium

7 Ways El Niño and Large Marine Heatwave Could Affect West Coast Marine Species

Dual influences may shift fisheries, could signal hard times for salmon.
June 12, 2026 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Two commercial fishing boats using bright overhead lights while operating at night. Vessels from the West Coast squid fleet followed market squid north into Oregon as ocean waters warmed, leading Oregon to adopt its first regulations for squid fishing in the state. Photo courtesy of California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Good News Stories for Endangered Species Day 2026

This Endangered Species Day, we’re highlighting conservation successes and progress made toward the recovery of endangered species.
May 15, 2026 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Swimming adult steelhead Adult female and male steelhead. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

NOAA Fisheries Announces Availability of $99 Million for Pacific Salmon

Funds support state and tribal projects to conserve and restore salmon on the West Coast and Alaska
April 30, 2026 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Male and female steelhead swimming underwater Male and female steelhead. Credit: NOAA Fisheries