NOAA Fisheries celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Marine Mammal Protection Act. This landmark legislation protects all marine mammals in U.S. waters, including four Species in the Spotlight.

Aquaculture, also known as farming in water, is the fastest growing food production system in the world.

NOAA announces $1.2 million in funding for habitat restoration in seven Habitat Focus Areas.

Learn the facts about wild-caught American shrimp, including what makes it a sustainable seafood choice.

Laurel Bryant’s contributions to building the national narrative on seafood sustainability earn recognition.

Blue Ocean Mariculture is a finfish grower located in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.

Through the Puget Sound Action Plan, agencies are working together to conserve habitat and the benefits they provide for coastal communities.

Harbor seals are back at our aquarium and we are ready for visitors.

Male Hawaiian monk seals sometimes “cruise” beaches and get into scuffles with one another—and it all has to do with mating. 

It was April 13, 1976, when President Gerald Ford signed into law the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the platform on which America relies for the stewardship, sustainability, and recovery of the nation’s living marine resources. That same spring the NOAA Office

No one can be voted off the island, so scientists found ways to keep spirits high and relationships strong.

Year in review: Find out which of our stories you read the most and which ones we highly recommend. Also, get to know some of our amazing staff.

Guidance for researchers and restoration practitioners if pillar coral is reclassified as endangered

Learn how the United States is recognized as a global leader in sustainable seafood—both wild-caught and farmed.

A lack of tourism in 2020 provided researchers with an unprecedented opportunity to study humpback whales in Alaska waters during an unusually quiet time.