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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 ,
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
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National
Young fish swimming. Juvenile coho salmon. Credit: iStock

60 Years of Science on the Atlantic

The Northeast Bottom Trawl survey reached a major milestone when it turned 60 years old in fall 2023. Learn how this survey is conducted and how it informs science and management in the Atlantic.
February 01, 2024 - Podcast ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Survey tow net is hauled up with catch for sorting and processing After each survey tow, the net is retrieved and the catch is emptied into a hopper where a series of conveyors move the catch to the sorting and processing area aboard the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow. There, scientists sort the catch and collect data and biological samples. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jessica Blaylock

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

Predator-Prey Interaction Study Reveals More Food Does Not Always Mean More Consumption

Decades of data allow researchers at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center to look at predator-prey interactions in a different way: among multiple species throughout the water column.
September 29, 2020 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Winter flounder on the ocean bottom in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. Winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) in Narragansett Bay. It is a flatfish native to coastal waters of the western North Atlantic coast from Labrador to Georgia, although it is less common south of Delaware Bay. It feeds on bottom-dwelling animals. Photo: NOAA Fisheries

Gulf of Maine Longline Surveys Target Species in Rocky Habitats

Each spring and fall, the Northeast Fisheries Science Center conducts a bottom trawl survey in federal waters from Cape Hatteras to the Canadian border. Some areas, like the rocky bottom habitats in the Gulf of Maine, require a special approach.
February 18, 2020 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Large halibut being examined by scientist.

Will Old Bones Tell Tales?

Archeologists studying Smuttynose Island in the Gulf of Maine uncovered the remnants of cod and other fish deposited by one of colonial America’s first fishing stations. Researchers are using these fish parts to learn more about fish and the ocean they lived in nearly 350 years ago.
November 18, 2019 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Scientist around table with assorted otolith samples and boxes.