Publications on Fish Age Determination.

The annual Status of Stocks report highlights our work with partners to ensure the sustainability of fisheries and fishing communities while maximizing fishing opportunities.

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.

Summary of reporting requirements for Atlantic highly migratory species.

Frequently asked questions on endangered winter-run Chinook salmon in the Sacramento River.

Here's more information on the researchers and fishermen who will share their experiences conducting science during a pandemic.

Staff profiles for the Southeast Fisheries Science Center from 2021.

The West Coast Region Observer Program (WCROP) places NOAA Fisheries-trained observers aboard fishing vessels primarily to monitor the incidental capture of marine mammals, sea turtles, and seabirds.

A description of the activities undertaken by NOAA Fisheries and each regional fishery management council to address climate change in their fisheries.

Notice of fishery management actions (workshops, openings, closings, reallocations) in November and December 1999 (IB 99-141 through IB 99-154).

Scientists at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center work on several different types of models single-species, multispecies and ecosystem models that incorporate predation and bioenergetics (transfer of energy among trophic levels). Below are some of the mod

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

NOAA Fisheries greatly appreciates the many tagging teams and anglers who tag and release fish to support our science.

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

How to use whole otoliths to age Butterfish