Highly migratory species include Pacific tunas, swordfish, sharks, and billfish. We provide a general overview of the fisheries and gear used to catch highly migratory species along the U.S. West Coast.

Highly migratory species include Pacific tunas, swordfish, sharks, and billfish. NOAA Fisheries develops, implements, and evaluates fisheries policies and regulations to sustainably manage domestic and international fisheries for these species on the West

The U.S. Marine Mammal Stranding Response Network responds to live stranded, sick, injured, out of habitat, or entangled marine mammals, and investigates dead stranded marine mammals.

NOAA was on the scene within hours of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill crisis, and we’re continuing to lead large-scale efforts to restore natural resources and communities in the Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico).

New measures for Limited Access vessels implemented through Framework Adjustment 36 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan and a summary of how they may affect fishing plans and activities for the 2023 fishing year. Effective April 1, 2023.

New measures for limited access vessels implemented through Framework Adjustment 38 to the Scallop Fishery Management Plan, and a summary of how they may affect the 2024 fishing year. All measures will be effective on April 1, 2024.

U.S. fisheries are classified under the Marine Mammal Protection Act according to the level of incidental mortality or serious injury of marine mammals.

Report for requested simulations of carry-over for Gulf of Mexico red snapper and additional analyses to investigate the impact of carrying over unharvested red snapper quota from one year to the next.

A historical overview of the red snapper fishery—looking back at where we've been, how we got where we are today, and ways we can move forward to continue rebuilding this important fishery in the future.

Summer 2023 expeditions took a deep dive into coral and sponge reproduction, growth, and recovery from disturbance as part of a multiyear effort to answer key management questions.

NOAA Fisheries added a morbidity (sublethal injury or illness) category to the ongoing North Atlantic right whale Unusual Mortality Event based on a new scientific and veterinary peer-reviewed protocol developed in collaboration with partners.

NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center and National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration conduct research on marine mammals off the coasts of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California.

The Tuna Tracking and Verification Program (TTVP), established under the Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act, is how NOAA Fisheries monitors compliance with dolphin-safe tuna labeling.

Use the following resources to increase your understanding of the sturgeon, its habitat, forecasted future and what you can do to help them recover.

Information on approach regulations, safe viewing practices, and more information on reducing disturbance while watching whales, sea lions, seals, dolphins, and porpoises from boats, planes, and helicopters.