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Coral Restoration Work Underway after Hurricane Matthew

NOAA Fisheries staff use innovative techniques to help restore corals damaged by Hurricane Matthew.
November 09, 2016 - Feature Story ,
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Artificially Increased Noise Has Profound Effect On Gray Whale Calling Behavior

Can you hear me now?
November 02, 2016 - Feature Story ,
Whale's body poking out of the water

Two Winners Earn National Habitat Conservation Award from NOAA Fisheries

NOAA awarded two individuals with the prestigious 2016 Dr. Nancy Foster Habitat Conservation Award
October 24, 2016 - Feature Story ,

Whale Entanglement Response Training – On the Cutting Edge

NOAA joined with local stranding and entanglement response network volunteers along the West Coast to provide training in 2016.
October 21, 2016 - Feature Story ,
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Toxic Killer Whales

The ocean’s top predators are exposed to dangerous chemical mixtures in their food and environment
October 20, 2016 - Feature Story ,
killer whale in the waters and large ship docked in the background

Projects in Maine Improve Lake and Stream Habitat for Fish

Two landmark fish passage projects in the Penobscot River Habitat Focus Area will restore more than 3,100 acres and benefit migratory alewives
October 17, 2016 - Feature Story ,
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Celebrating 40 Rebuilt Stocks in U.S. Fisheries

Barndoor skates are the 40th rebuilt stock in U.S. fisheries under the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
October 12, 2016 - Feature Story ,

Melon Headed Whales in Hawaiʻi

With a focus on a recent stranding event in Kailua involving a lone calf.
October 11, 2016 - Feature Story ,
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NOAA Launches Observer Safety Program Review

A four-member team of external auditors is already at work carrying out NOAA's Observer Safety Program Review as part of our ongoing efforts to assess and evaluate procedures for keeping U.S. fisheries observers and at-sea monitors safe.
October 01, 2016 - Feature Story ,

Mixing New Technology And People Power For An Accurate Count Of Endangered Steller Sea Lions

Fall at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center means researchers are sifting through all the data they collected over the summer months in the field. For the Steller sea lion team that means reviewing hundreds of thousands of photos.
September 26, 2016 - Feature Story ,
Sea lions sleeping on a beach of black gravel