NOAA, the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, and university and private sector partners are working with the recreational fishing community to better understand catch and release tools and support fish restoration projects.

In this three-part series, we explore the Southeast Fisheries Science Center’s role in responding to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In part one, we focus on response and injury assessment.

What happens to a fishing community when it’s disrupted by marine heatwave-associated harmful algal bloom closures?

In this blog, Jennifer Leo, shares her experience of getting her feet wet in foreign policy in Namibia, Africa as an Embassy Science Fellow.

Reducing the number of large whale entanglements and minimizing the likelihood of large whales becoming entangled in fishing gear promotes the conservation of healthy whale populations along the U.S. West Coast.

Learn best practices for reducing injuries to monk seals when spearfishing, shorecasting, and gillnet fishing.

Olympic Peninsula Steelhead Status Review Team

We are asking commercial seafood harvesters to participate in a survey on national seafood marketing practices.

Events raise awareness of sustainable fishing best practices and hook future generations on saltwater angling.

NOAA Fisheries and partners diverted endangered whales from potential harm and learned lessons along the way. Southern Resident Connections - Post 27

To help save monk seal and sea turtle lives, the Fishing Around Seals and Turtles (FAST) program promotes communication, co-existence, and best practices when fishing near marine wildlife in Hawai'i.

A responsibility of NOAA Fisheries is to consider the effects of fisheries management on fishing communities. This report assesses community participation for select Hawaiʻi commercial fisheries 2000-2018.

The efforts of the U.S. Interagency Working Group on IUU Fishing now sit at the heart of our government’s coordination on tackling IUU fishing practices and setting the conditions where IUU fishing is neither accepted nor commonplace in the future.

Combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing is a global responsibility, but many countries lack sufficient knowledge and skills to be an effective partner in the fight against it.

Responsible wind energy development underpins new agreement for Northeast U.S. waters.