News & Announcements

Fishing industry helps orchestrate donation of surveyed fish to local food bank.

In drought-stricken California, scientists track migrating Chinook salmon to make the most efficient use of scarce water resources.

A team of researchers from the Alaska Fisheries Science Center lowered a 3D camera into Pribilof Canyon in the Bering Sea to map deep-water coral habitats.

NOAA Fisheries announces the publication of a peer-reviewed self-assessment.

An interview with NOAA Fisheries scientist Vera Trainer.

Each year NOAA Fisheries compiles key fisheries statistics from the previous year into an annual snapshot documenting fishing’s importance to the nation. The 2015 report provides landings totals for both domestic recreational and commercial fisheries by species and allows us to track important indicators such as annual seafood consumption and the productivity of top fishing ports. These statistics provide valuable insights — but to fully understand the overall condition of our fisheries, they must be looked at in combination with other biological, social, and economic factors of ecosystem and ocean health.

Atlantic bluefin tuna are beginning to appear off the coasts of North Carolina and Virginia. The early arrival of the highly sought-after finfish may be generating an enthusiastic stir among fishermen, but the NOAA Office of Law Enforcement interest is in

Biologists are using genetic techniques to reduce inbreeding.

An interview with Dr. Michael Rubino, director of the NOAA Fisheries Office of Aquaculture

Learn more about the first-ever "Science at Sea" event, honoring NOAA Teacher at Sea awardee Dr. Suzanne Acord and NOAA summer intern Christopher Lindsay, both of whom spent time aboard NOAA Fisheries ships.