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Righting the Course of Distrust Through Collaboration

New research found high costs and low profit in commercial fishing led to distrust in fisheries managers and management processes. We’re working to improve trust through collaborative research, on-ramps for industry input, and idea factories.
April 21, 2026 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Piles of green commercial fishing net gear in a parking lot. In the background are commercial fishing vessels at a dock. Commercial fishing net gear at the port of Shinnecock, New York. The Cost Survey team collects cost data related to gear repairs and replacement. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Heather Soulen

2024 National Recreational Fishing Highlights

NOAA Fisheries' accomplishments and highlights in recreational fisheries and fishing.
January 17, 2025 - Feature Story ,
National
A bearded black man holds up a large, orange yelloweye rockfish using both hands and smiles for the camera. Three individuals stand behind him on a boat among fishing rods, buckets, caught fish, and other supplies. Fishermen holds up a yelloweye rockfish.

Data from Tagged Fish to Help Scientists Enhance Restoration Efforts

Project tracks how nearly 400 fish use restored and natural areas near Poplar Island, Maryland.
September 04, 2024 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A woman measures a fish as a man holds the fish on a ruler over a tub of water. Both people are on a boat and are wearing life jackets and hats with large brims A NOAA Fisheries team checks the length of a fish before inserting a telemetry tag.

NOAA Recommends $240 Million in Fish Passage Funding under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act

Forty-six projects will reopen migratory pathways, restore access to healthy habitat for fish, and build tribal capacity to develop and implement fish passage projects.
May 22, 2024 - Feature Story ,
National
A coho salmon swims up the Sol Duc river on the Olympic Peninsula. A coho salmon swims up the Sol Duc river on the Olympic Peninsula. Credit: Adobe Stock.

Meet the Aquaculture Scientist Growing Fish, Marine Worms and Sea Vegetables Together

Catch up with Mike Acquafredda on a sustainable way to grow fish, what he’s learned at our Howard Lab, and what’s next for him.
September 15, 2023 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Scientist holding tray of sea beans.

Community Comes Together to Replant a Restored Marsh in North Carolina

Marsh restoration in the Cape Fear River Basin is helping to improve water quality and offer storm protection.
July 13, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
Multiple volunteers in a marsh planting vegetation New plants are shown in the Carolina Beach marsh area. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.

Does Rebuilding an Island Rebuild Fish Habitat?

Scientists from the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office are investigating whether fish are using restored areas at Maryland’s Poplar Island.
December 15, 2022 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A man and a woman, both wearing hip waders, work with a net at the edge of a marsh Scientists retrieve fish caught in a fyke net near Poplar Island to record species, number, and lengths. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office.

Research Addresses Need for Bottom Trawl Survey Gear Standardization

Fishermen and researchers collaborate on a study that evaluates the use of a restrictor rope on bottom trawl surveys and its impacts on catch.
July 13, 2022 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
hree people standing on deck of a trawl fishing vessel posing for a picture as they sort catch on a sorting table.

Fish Passage Inspired by Nature on the Cape Fear River, North Carolina

To improve fish passage, Cape Fear River Watch and partners have made a series of upgrades to a fishway originally designed to mimic natural river habitat.
May 16, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
Before and after the original nature-like fishway at Cape Fear Lock and Dam Number 1 and modified nature-like fishway Aerial view of the original nature-like fishway at Cape Fear Lock and Dam Number 1 in 2013, and the modified nature-like fishway in 2021. Red lines indicate the rock arches constructed below the crest of the dam structure. Red circles indicate the staggered pools which form three pathways through the fishway. Credit: U.S. Army Corps and Cape Fear River Watch.

Tracking Fish in the Chesapeake Bay Helps Researchers and Resource Managers

Acoustic receivers in the Chesapeake Bay help scientists track when and where tagged fish spend time.
March 01, 2022 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Locations of three arrays of acoustic telemetry receivers in the Chesapeake Bay The NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office and partners operate three arrays of acoustic telemetry receivers in the Chesapeake Bay.