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What Your Birth Month Says About Your Next Seafood Recipe

Celebrate National Culinary Arts Month by finding a new sustainable seafood recipe based on your birth month.
July 02, 2025 - Feature Story ,
A grid (three rows with four columns) of pictures of seafood dishes with each photo labeled with a month of the year. January is sablefish, February blue mussels gratin, March monkfish bisque, April opah chili, May steamed clams, June sheet pan shrimp and vegetable fajitas, July fried bluefish, August scup poke bowl, September grilled scallops, October grilled barbeque oysters, November Alaska pollock enchiladas, and December grilled spiced mahimahi filets Celebrate Culinary Arts Month with a sustainable seafood recipe for every month of the year.

Reducing Waste and Feeding Communities in Hawaiʻi with a Whole Fish Approach

A program in Hawai‘i is trying to increase food security and reduce food waste by using every part of the fish, from bone marrow to blood lines—even making the skin into leather!
March 27, 2025 - Podcast ,
Fish sitting on ice in a metal bowl. Fresh-caught taʻape on ice. Credit: Conservation International Hawaiʻi.

Ring In the New Year With These Crowd-Favorite Seafood Recipes

Try these top five seafood recipes to kick off 2025 with nutritious and delicious dishes.
January 06, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Curried skate wings plated with rice and chutney Chef Tyler Hadfield’s Curried Skate Wings with Tomato-Masala Chutney

On Deck With Observer 0001—Looking Back 30 Years

This year the Pacific Islands Region Observer Program marks its 30th anniversary. To celebrate, we’re featuring its first observer, Tonya Wick.
November 21, 2024 - Feature Story ,
A woman poses holding a fish while aboard a fishing vessel with fisherman and their catch separated into baskets in the background. Tonya Wick aboard a fishing vessel at sea in 1998. Photo courtesy of Tonya Wick

Making Seafood Imports Safer by Reducing Illegal Fishing

Our new podcast shares updates to the Seafood Import Monitoring Program.
November 21, 2024 - Podcast ,
shutterstock-seafood-display-in-market-750x500.jpg Fish on display at the market. Credit: Shutterstock

NOAA Fisheries Announces Action Plan to Enhance the U.S. Seafood Import Monitoring Program

After gathering feedback from more than 7,000 stakeholders, NOAA shaped an action plan focused on combating illegal fishing and enhancing seafood traceability.
November 14, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Fishermen offloading. Credit: Shutterstock Fishermen offloading. Credit: Shutterstock

Direct Marketing: Another Tool to Increase Resiliency of U.S. Seafood

Selling seafood directly to consumers, markets, or restaurants can help strengthen community connections and insulate our domestic seafood supply against disruptions.
November 12, 2024 - Feature Story ,
A chalk signboard outside a fish market that says "Thank You for Supporting Local Fishermen" A signboard thanking patrons at Tuna Harbor Dockside Market in San Diego. Credit: Tuna Harbor Dockside Market.

Is U.S. Wild-Caught Shrimp Sustainable? The Short Answer Is Yes

Learn the facts about wild-caught American shrimp, including what makes it a sustainable seafood choice.
October 29, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Shrimp trawl during sunset

Science: The Secret Ingredient Behind Sustainable Seafood

Science supports healthy seafood harvests and thriving fishing communities today, tomorrow, and for generations to come. Staff from New England-based local seafood restaurant Row 34 visited NOAA Fisheries in Woods Hole to learn more.
October 22, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Seven people pose for a group photo under the NOAA sign at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Brianna Shaughnessy