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Shallow Coral Reef Habitat

Coral reefs are underwater structures built by tiny sea animals. Their beautiful shapes and colors are a magnet for divers. They also provide an excellent home for thousands of marine creatures, including fish we love to eat.

Zip Ties Are Your Best Friend

Field work is physically demanding on long, hot summer days, but the planning for research is even more challenging.
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Woods Hole: The Early Years

NOAA Fisheries started in 1871 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. This quick history of Woods Hole and the early days of the Fisheries starts long before that, when in 1602 Bartholomew Gosnold first landed here.
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R/V Gloria Michelle Crew

Recounting all of the NOAA Ship Gloria Michelle's crew members since she became part of NOAA Fisheries.

The Legacy of NOAA Ship Albatross IV

The Albatross IV was designed specifically to conduct fisheries and oceanographic research. The first stern trawler to be built in the United States, the vessel was commissioned in 1963 and departed on its first research cruise five days later from NOAA F

National Marine Mammal Stranding Response Network

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.

Seal Ecology and Assessment Research in the Northwest Atlantic

We study the ecology of seals in the Northwest Atlantic to support conservation management and promote public stewardship of a healthy and diverse marine environment.
Image: Looking Back at the Blob - Chapter 3: Unexpected Effects Conspire in Increased Entanglements

Expanding Electronic Reporting Across the Pacific Ocean

Observers on the West Coast are transitioning from paper forms to a more efficient and accurate tablet-based system. 
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How Environmental DNA Can Help Our Ocean

Environmental DNA, or eDNA, is an evolving new tool that helps us understand the ecosystems below the waves. Water samples with eDNA can show scientists what types of animals are present, how many there are, and how long they’ve been there.
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Work Flow in the Wet Lab

A glimpse into the workings of the wet lab aboard the first leg of the 2024 Hake Research Survey