Photo Gallery

Atlantic cod can be found from Greenland to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, in the Northwest Atlantic. In U.S. waters, it...

Our aerial survey team captured right whale Surf (#2910) raising his tail in a dive while surveying east of Cape Cod on ...

This year, we’re returning to the Mariana Archipelago to continue stewardship of U.S. coral reef ecosystems. Here, the N...

Scientists aboard NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow sort a catch during the fall 2024 Bottom Trawl Survey. This particular tow ...

A bottlenose dolphin in mid-air, wake-riding behind the vessel. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Emma Fowler

Abigail M., Grade 8, Mississippi

Blackbelly rosefish when hearing Mariah Carey’s “All I want for Chri…” before December 1. Besides its particular rules a...

Baby barracudina! Even as small as this fish was, it was clear not to mess with it as the teeth were still very evident ...

This South polar skua was photographed on the eastern half of Georges Bank during the summer 2024 Ecosystem Monitoring S...

The feathery mouth and spiny carapace of a Northern stone crab. While these crabs can be found on both sides of the Atla...

Gulf frog crab (Raninoides louisianensis). Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Hannah Shahmoradi

Credit: NOAA Fisheries.

An adult male ribbon seal (Histriophoca fasciata) rests in the sunshine on an ice floe in the Bering Sea. Photo taken wh...

NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette is all dressed up and ready to be loaded with scientific equipment! Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Newportal contour maps 01/15/2024

The science party about to embark on a month-long research mission to characterize mesoscale eddies in the North Pacific...

Bigelow Augmenting Lead Fisherman Jay Michelsen’s favorite fish is the Alligatorfish. Alligatorfish are small bottom dwe...

Rice’s whale photographed using an unmanned aircraft system. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Lisa Conger/ Beth Josephson (Permit ...

Tell your friends you "whale-y" love them! Credit: NOAA Fisheries