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NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement Priorities

NOAA Fisheries releases its enforcement priorities for 2023–2027.
March 15, 2023 - Feature Story ,
National
NOAA Enforcement patrol boat.

2022 Recap: Your Favorite Marine Life Stories, Photos, Podcasts, and Videos

View our most popular stories, photos, podcasts, and videos of 2022.
December 14, 2022 - Feature Story ,
National
Large parrotfish. Large parrotfish. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Kevin Lino.

NOAA Enforcement Helps Protect North Atlantic Right Whales

NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement plays an important role in enforcing regulations that mitigate vessel strikes and fishing gear entanglements.
November 03, 2022 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
NOAA Enforcement Officer monitoring the vessel speed of a cargo ship. NOAA Enforcement Officer monitoring the vessel speed of a cargo ship.

Learning More about “Dark” Fishing Vessels' Activities at Sea

NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement is exploring technology innovations and limitations in the ongoing fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.
November 02, 2022 - Feature Story ,
National
International
IUU fishing boat

NOAA Enforcement Busts Unlicensed Seafood Dealer

Undercover agents worked with enforcement partners in Alabama and Georgia to uncover an illegal seafood operation.
September 26, 2022 - Feature Story ,
National
NOAA's Office of Law Enforcement patrolling in the Southeast. NOAA's Office of Law Enforcement patrolling in the Southeast.

NOAA Enforcement Finds Seafood Importers Guilty of Illegal Smuggling

Case is part of effort to reduce illegal fishing.
August 29, 2022 - Feature Story ,
National
Illegal Catfish from OLE NED Inspection NOAA Enforcement inspected shipment containers in New York and removed an estimated 43,800 pounds of illegal catfish.

2022 Commercial Halibut Season Is Set to Open

NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement will conduct patrols during the upcoming commercial halibut fishing season.
June 13, 2022 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
worker sorting halibut from commercial fishing vessel

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Talking with Martina Sagapolu

Meet Martina Sagapolu, Assistant Director of the Office of Law Enforcement in the Pacific Islands.
May 04, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
Martina Sagapolu Pacific Islands Assistant Director Martina Sagapolu of NOAA's Office of Law Enforcement participates in a cover and shoot scenario-based drill. Using a barrel as cover to hide her position, she returns fire at a potential threat. Credit: NOAA

NOAA to Increase Enforcement Actions to Ensure Safety of Federal Fishery Observers, Monitors

Interference with fishery observers is illegal. Stepped-up enforcement in the Northeast will target vessel owners, captains, and crew who violate the law.
March 01, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
National
Observer in orange jacket using grid system to electronically measure a crab.

Go Slow—Whales Below

You can help save endangered North Atlantic right whales by slowing down to 10 knots or less in waters where they are likely present.
December 22, 2021 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
National
Aerial image of a North Atlantic right whale mother and calf North Atlantic right whale mother and calf as seen from a research drone called a hexacopter. Hexacopters allow researchers to conduct right whale photo identification and photogrammetry studies. Photogrammetry techniques allow scientists to get body measurements from aerial photographs. Credit: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center/Lisa Conger and Elizabeth Josephson