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“Pearl” the gray seal pup in rehabilitation at the Mystic Aquarium Animal Rescue Clinic, after stranding in Charlestown, Rhode Island, in January 2025. Credit: Mystic Aquarium.
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Seal of Approval: Injured Gray Seal Finds a Permanent Home in Connecticut
New England/Mid-Atlantic
New allocations determined at a recent international meeting will increase harvest opportunities for Pacific bluefin tuna off the West Coast. Credit: Adobe Stock.
Caption: A large catch of young Atlantic sea scallops collected during the 2025 survey is sorted into baskets and counted aboard the F/V Selje. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Dana Morton
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NOAA Fisheries Awards 14 Projects in 2026 Sea Scallop Research Set-Aside Program
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Acting Alaska Fisheries Science Center Director Dr. Jamal Moss (center, waving) from the deck of a chartered fishing vessel engaged in a pelagic fish survey in the eastern Bering Sea. The sorting table contains numerous juvenile walleye pollock, which were sampled for energetic condition, size, and abundance. Credit: NOAA Fisheries
Coastally trapped Kelvin waves, one of the first indications of El Niño, are traveling north along the West Coast, as shown in a map of sea surface height anomalies. Darker reds show sea levels higher than normal, while darker blues show heights below normal. Credit: Dillon Amaya/North Carolina State University.
Fish and shellfish dishes. Credit: iStock