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Taking Stock of the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/taking-stock-fight-against-illegal-unreported-and-unregulated-fishing
Highlighting our efforts to combat IUU fishing at home and abroad.
Image: Taking Stock of the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing

Reward for Information on Boater Who Drove Through Sea Lions on the Columbia River

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/reward-information-boater-who-drove-through-sea-lions-columbia-river
California sea lions are protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
Image: Reward for Information on Boater Who Drove Through Sea Lions on the Columbia River

Greater Atlantic Regional Vessel Monitoring Program

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/new-england-mid-atlantic/enforcement/greater-atlantic-regional-vessel-monitoring-program
Find out about vessel monitoring in the Greater Atlantic Region

Reward Offered for Information on Shooting of Sea Lion Found Alive on Bolsa Chica State Beach

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/reward-offered-information-shooting-sea-lion-found-alive-bolsa-chica-state-beach
Up to $20,000 for information leading to a civil penalty or criminal conviction.
Image: Reward Offered for Information on Shooting of Sea Lion Found Alive on Bolsa Chica State Beach

Marine Forensic Laboratory at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/science-data/marine-forensic-laboratory-northwest-fisheries-science-center
The Marine Forensic Laboratory analyzes evidence collected during the investigation of civil and criminal violations of laws protecting marine species.

Reward For Up to $20,000 Offered for Information About Decapitated Sea Lion at Doran Beach

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/reward-20000-offered-information-about-decapitated-sea-lion-doran-beach
Reward offered for information leading to a civil penalty or criminal conviction.
Image: Reward For Up to $20,000 Offered for Information About Decapitated Sea Lion at Doran Beach

Six Steps to Sustainable Sharks

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/six-steps-sustainable-sharks
Keeping U.S. shark fishery sustainable is a complicated scientific and management process. To help explain it, we’ve broken down our approach into six steps.
Image: Six Steps to Sustainable Sharks

Report A Violation

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/enforcement/report-violation
Please contact us if you see a possible violation of a federal marine resource law.
Image: Report A Violation

Omega Electronic Net Mesh Measurement Gauge

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/omega-electronic-net-mesh-measurement-gauge
This rulemaking adds the Omega net mesh measurement gauge as a permissible device for net mesh measurement and corrects regulatory references to gear restrictions.

International: Improving Fisheries Governance

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/foreign/international-affairs/international-improving-fisheries-governance
Encouraging various fisheries governance projects and programs achieves effective and responsible marine stewardship and ensures sustainable global fisheries management.

Frequent Questions: Landing Federally-Managed Reef Fish Commercially Harvested from Gulf of Mexico Federal Waters

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/outreach-materials/frequent-questions-landing-federally-managed-reef-fish-commercially
Last Updated: March 2019

Reward at $13,000 for information in the case of a pregnant dolphin shot and killed

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/reward-13000-information-case-pregnant-dolphin-shot-and-killed
Pregnant dolphin and unborn calf dead after mother is shot
Image: Reward at $13,000 for information in the case of a pregnant dolphin shot and killed

Ensuring a Safe Work Environment for Observers

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/event/ensuring-safe-work-environment-observers
Industry Workshop on Safe Work Environment for Observers

Former Northeast Dealer Pleads Guilty to Felony Lacey Act Charge

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/former-northeast-dealer-pleads-guilty-felony-lacey-act-charge
January 30, 2015: Maryland fish dealer pleaded guilty in federal court to a single felony count of submitting false reports to NOAA, in violation of the Lacey Act for purchasing scallops in excess of the legal landing limit.
Image: Former Northeast Dealer Pleads Guilty to Felony Lacey Act Charge

Stranded Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Calf Safely Transported to the Alaska SeaLife Center for Rehabilitation

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/media-release/stranded-cook-inlet-beluga-whale-calf-safely-transported-alaska-sealife-center
Julie Speegle, (907) 586-7032 Nancy Deel (Alaska SeaLife Center), (907) 224-6375 Seward, AK (October 03, 2017) The Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC) received a stranded male beluga whale calf from Cook Inlet on Saturday, September 30.
Image: Stranded Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Calf Safely Transported to the Alaska SeaLife Center for Rehabilitation
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