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United States Sees Progress at International Whaling Commission Meeting

Important extension of quota for Native whale hunts adopted by consensus.
September 27, 2024 - Media Release ,
International
A humpback whale breaches the ocean surface. A humpback whale breaches the ocean surface. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

U.S. Department of Commerce Allocates $39.5 Million in Funding for Alaska Fishery Disaster

Funds will support Alaska’s Bering Sea snow crab fishery.
September 25, 2024 - Media Release ,
Alaska
A snow crab underwater, resting on a sandy ocean floor, surrounded by small rocks and marine debris. A snow crab underwater. Credit: iStock

NOAA Proposes $45 Million for Coastal Habitat Restoration and Resilience Projects for Tribes and Underserved Communities as Part of Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America Agenda

Projects support community-driven restoration and capacity building.
August 22, 2024 - Media Release ,
National
OysterCorps members planting marsh grasses (Photo: Franklin’s Promise Coalition) OysterCorps members planting marsh grasses (Photo: Franklin’s Promise Coalition)

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $34 Million to Modernize NOAA Fisheries’ Data, Infrastructure and Workforce

Funding aims to accelerate data distribution capabilities to meet climate-related mission demands.
August 15, 2024 - Media Release ,
National
Cloud testing for bioinformatics This underwater instrument onboard a NOAA Fisheries vessel is testing cloud storage solutions for NOAA Fisheries' research. Improvements in the technological and data management infrastructure are critical for fisheries management, species conservation and other important work. Undated image. Image credit: Courtesy of Phil LaMothe

Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $9 Million for Partnerships to Recover North Atlantic Right Whales

Inflation Reduction Act enables new grants to conserve and recover endangered whales.
August 13, 2024 - Media Release ,
National
North Atlantic right whale feeding. North Atlantic right whale feeding. Credit: Christin Khan/NOAA Fisheries

Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA to Provide $600,000 for Citizen Science

Funding will increase diversity of scientific observations to prepare for a changing climate.
August 05, 2024 - Media Release ,
National
NMML harbor seal researcher Dave Withrow conducts a seal count during a harbor seal pupping survey NMML harbor seal researcher Dave Withrow conducts a seal count during a harbor seal pupping survey. (Image credit: Aleria Jensen)

Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $105 Million for West Coast and Alaska Salmon

Investing in America funds will supplement state and tribal programs for salmon recovery.
August 01, 2024 - Media Release ,
Alaska
West Coast
National
Coho salmon from the Lostine River. (Image credit: Nez Perce Tribe.) Coho salmon from the Lostine River. (Image credit: Nez Perce Tribe.)

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $220 Million for Transformational Habitat Restoration and Coastal Resilience Projects

New projects will strengthen resilience for coastal and Great Lakes communities, including tribes and underserved communities.
July 18, 2024 - Media Release ,
National
Construction along a tidal marsh in American Canyon, California. Construction to restore tidal marsh habitat in American Canyon, California, on September 29, 2009. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

U.S. Department of Commerce Allocates More Than $12M in Fishery Resource Disaster Funding

Funds will support fisheries in Alaska and the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe.
June 21, 2024 - Media Release ,
Alaska
West Coast
Fisherman holding a coho salmon with its mouth open. A fisherman in Washington state holds a coho salmon. Credit: iStock

NOAA Fisheries Authorizes Makah Tribe to Resume Gray Whale Hunt

Decision will allow limited ceremonial and subsistence hunting by the Tribe in accordance with long-standing treaty rights, international quotas
June 13, 2024 - Media Release ,
West Coast
Makah Tribe in hand-carved canoes The Makah Tribe long hunted whales in hand-carved canoes, such as this one landing at Neah Bay on the Olympic Peninsula about 1900. They voluntarily stopped hunting gray whales in 1928 as commercial whaling depleted the species, which has since recovered in the eastern Pacific. Photo courtesy Museum of History and Industry, Negative Number 88.33.122.