Recently the waters of Long Island Sound awoke with new life. The spring bloom has begun—an ecologically important annual occurrence in the temperate North Atlantic Ocean, sub-polar regions, and coastal waters.
A frequent NOAA Fisheries collaborator, Marc Lammers is a pioneer of bioacoustic monitoring research for not just whales and dolphins, but also coral reefs.
NOAA announces the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement with recreation industry intended to help communities realize greater social and economic benefits from sustainable recreational fishing and boating and inspire momentum for a healthy ocean.
Recreational and commercial boaters are often the first to spot and report entangled whales off the West Coast, and The Nature Conservancy and NOAA Fisheries have developed a new online training course to prepare them for such an event.