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

Threatened and Endangered Species and Critical Habitats Under NOAA Fisheries Jurisdiction

Threatened and Endangered Species and Critical Habitats Under NOAA Fisheries Jurisdiction

These publications focus on the the number of individuals and/or density, and where individuals, populations, or species occur geographically.

Read about this week's enforcement actions from around the country.

Mandy Keogh, the Alaska Region Stranding Coordinator, discusses team members and their vital roles.

Pacific Islands species lists under NOAA Fisheries jurisdiction from American Samoa.

Threatened and Endangered Species and Critical Habitats Under NOAA Fisheries Jurisdiction

Threatened and Endangered Species and Critical Habitats Under NOAA Fisheries Jurisdiction

Threatened and Endangered Species and Critical Habitats Under NOAA Fisheries Jurisdiction

In the last story of our three-part series, we discuss the role of the Southeast Fisheries Science Center in leading monitoring efforts to track recovery since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill 15 years ago.

Survey to attempt to discover why Steller sea lion numbers have been declining.

Acousticians are essential to cetacean surveys.

Scientists use new tools and technologies to gather in-depth data.

Finding out how many marine mammals, sea turtles and seabirds are in U.S. waters, where they are located at different times of the year, and how they may be changing over time is the focus of this multi-year federal effort now in its tenth year.