Regions

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

Feature Story

On Deck With Observer 0001— Looking Back 30 Years

Pacific Islands

Photograph of two scientists on a small boat preparing glider for deployment.

Oregon State University professor David Mellinger and Doug Batson from the Oregon Coast Aquarium prepare the Seagliders for deployment off the coast of Oregon in mid-September. They were aboard the Oregon Coast Aquarium’s vessel, the R/V Gracie Lynn. Photo courtesy Genece Grisby, Oregon Coast Aquarium.

News

Ocean Gliders Listen for Whales off Oregon in Test of New Ways to Count Them

Pacific Islands

West Coast

Fish on display at the market. Credit: Shutterstock

Podcast

Making Seafood Imports Safer by Reducing Illegal Fishing

International

<span>IB 24-49: NMFS Prohibits Directed Fishing for Atka Mackerel by Vessels Participating in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Trawl Limited Access Sector Fishery in the Bering Sea Subarea and Eastern Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands</span>
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IB 24-49: NMFS Prohibits Directed Fishing for Atka Mackerel by Vessels Participating in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Trawl Limited Access Sector Fishery in the Bering Sea Subarea and Eastern Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

Alaska

<span>IB 24-48: NMFS Prohibits Directed Fishing for Pacific Ocean Perch by Vessels Participating in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Trawl Limited Access Sector Fishery in the Eastern Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands</span>
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IB 24-48: NMFS Prohibits Directed Fishing for Pacific Ocean Perch by Vessels Participating in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Trawl Limited Access Sector Fishery in the Eastern Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

Alaska

Three people wearing rubber boots, chest waders, and protective gear, haul a large yellow and white passive acoustic recorder out of the ocean at the end of a large boat.

Researchers retrieve a passive acoustic recorder. Courtesy: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

Video

Listening for Whales: Using Passive Acoustic Monitoring to Track North Atlantic Right Whales

New England/Mid-Atlantic

Southeast