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First International Cooperative Research Gathering with Scotland a Smashing Success

First-ever international cooperative research gathering featured vessel and industry tours and roundtable discussions. Conversations about trust, knowledge sharing, and common goals highlight why cooperative research is a key asset for the future.
July 16, 2026 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Several people posing for a group photo in front of a series of docked commercial fishing vessels. Sixteen members of the Scottish Fishermen’s Organisation, members of the commercial fishing industry, and scientists visited Point Judith, Rhode Island, as part of a cooperative research gathering. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Heather Soulen

Scientists and the Fishing Industry Join Forces for Better Data and Management (Part 2)

NOAA Fisheries’ Cooperative Research programs build partnerships between scientists and fishermen to collect data that improves fisheries management.
April 15, 2026 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Crew members and NOAA staff working together onboard fishing vessel.

Scientists and the Fishing Industry Join Forces for Better Data and Management (Part 1)

NOAA Fisheries’ Cooperative Research programs build partnerships between scientists and fishermen to collect data that improves fisheries management.
April 06, 2026 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
This illustration features different types of cooperative research and benefits of the partnership between the fishing industry and scientists. The collaboration is represented by a fishing vessel at the center with the silhouettes of fisherman and a scientist working together to deploy bottom longlines.

NOAA Fisheries Partners with Northeast Groundfish Industry to Update Key Data for Stock Assessments

NOAA Fisheries’ Cooperative Research Branch and partners are re-evaluating conversion factors and length-weight relationships to improve the accuracy of groundfish stock assessments and ensure sustainable fisheries.
September 19, 2025 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A haddock placed on an electronic white measuring board on a boat deck. Caption: The electronic data collection setup used by the groundfish conversion factor project. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Dan Gates

New Seasonal Forecast Predicts Cooler Waters in Northeast

NOAA Fisheries, NOAA Research, and partners recently released the first seasonal outlook as part of the Changing Ecosystems and Fisheries Initiative.
June 04, 2025 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
National
A lobster peers out from a rock formation. Projected cooler temperatures in the Gulf of Maine could influence the productivity of species like American lobster, which prefer colder waters. Credit: Matthew Lawrence/NOAA

As Fishing Season Opens, NOAA Implements Emergency Action to Ensure Uninterrupted Northeast Fisheries

This action provides a much-needed boost to Northeast fishermen, the seafood industry, and local fishing communities.
May 02, 2025 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A blue and white vessel with "R/V Gloria Michelle" on each side traverses past a breakwater. The NOAA research vessel Gloria Michelle conducts groundfish surveys in New England, an important mission to support science-based fisheries management. Photo credit: NOAA Fisheries

NOAA Fisheries Releases 2023 Status of Stocks

This report provides a "snapshot in time" of the status of our nation's fisheries at the end of 2023.
May 02, 2024 - Feature Story ,
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Young fish swimming. Juvenile coho salmon. Credit: iStock

Fishing for Sport and Seafood

All seafood is local when you catch it yourself.
October 20, 2021 - Feature Story ,
National
An angler hooks a dolphinfish off the coast of Florida. Photo by Ian VanMoorhe of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. An angler hooks a dolphinfish off the coast of Florida. Photo by Ian VanMoorhe of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, entered into the 2020 NOAA photo contest.

2021 Spring Gulf of Maine Cooperative Bottom Longline Survey Concludes

Over the course of three weeks in April and May, two vessels sampled 45 stations in the central Gulf of Maine.
July 13, 2021 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A close-up of researchers dropping an otolith into the small, paper, bar-coded envelopes used to store them.

Seriously Useful Seafood Tips: Fish and Other Wild-Caught Seafood

Those committed to making our nation’s seafood sustainable will likely have an amazing fount of knowledge on how to cook it. Seven of our region’s stakeholders and industry partners share their best seafood tips for the home consumer.
October 28, 2020 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Northeast Fisheries Science Center fish and wild caught seafood stakeholders and industry partners graphic