Field scientist Maura Flynn shares her highlights from the Fall Bottom Longline Survey, which samples the Gulf of Maine’s rocky bottom in partnership with two commercial fishing vessels.
Report stranded whales, dolphins, sea turtles, seals, or sea lions in California, Oregon, and Washington. Use our interactive map to find local response contacts or call the NOAA West Coast Hotline at 1-866-767-6114.
The G-FISHER program is optimizing our Gulf-wide video survey efforts to better monitor reef fish communities. This provides the most comprehensive fishery-independent survey data available for Gulf reef-fish stock assessments.
The Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s Marine Mammal Laboratory conducts annual crewed aircraft and vessel surveys to known terrestrial Steller sea lion rookery and haulout sites in Alaska to collect visual counts and high-resolution imagery.
