Habitat-based density estimates for cetaceans in the California Current Ecosystem

NOAA Fisheries scientists have been studying smalltooth sawfish in South Florida since 2009. Here’s what we’ve learned so far.

An international team of scientists who searched out specimens from museums and remote Arctic islands has identified genetic evidence of a rare new species of beaked whale ranging from northern Japan across the Pacific Ocean to Alaska’s Aleutian Islands.

Liana Heberer shares about work collecting international stock assessment data on Pacific bluefin, her educational background, and who have been her biggest influences.

We assess the population status of marine mammals in the California Current.

Fascinating facts about our tasty lobster friends.

Sampling was expanded off the Mid-Atlantic to capture more plankton for studying ocean acidification.

A new tool provides up-to-date abundance trends of commercially and recreationally important fish and shrimp species across the Southeast United States.

Researchers share highlights from their 5-month mission in the central and south Pacific mapping the seafloor and assessing coral reef health and ocean conditions.

The Recovering Threatened and Endangered Species Report to Congress summarizes efforts to recover all transnational and domestic species under NOAA Fisheries’ jurisdiction from October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2018.

Follow us during our 2019 field season!

Kānaka ʻŌiwi knowledge systems, values, and practices inform a 3-month mission assessing coral reef health and ocean conditions in Hawai‘i as part of the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program.

A new peer-reviewed paper has been published describing the Highly Migratory Species Predictive Spatial Modeling tool.

For some, 2021 provided a long-awaited homecoming; for others, a new adventure.

Highlights of recreational fisheries efforts in 2023.