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Green Crab Detected in Alaska for the First Time

NOAA Fisheries and partners confirm presence of invasive green crabs on Annette Islands Reserve.
August 24, 2022 - Feature Story ,
The carapace of an invasive green crab, and a live green crab. Credit: Linda Shaw/NOAA Fisheries The carapace of an invasive green crab, and a live green crab. Credit: Linda Shaw/NOAA Fisheries

Community Engagement Builds Sustainable Strategies for Pinto Abalone in Alaska

NOAA and Alaska Sea Grant enhance community involvement to create an Alaska abalone working group.
July 15, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Pinto abalone Pinto abalone. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Invasive Green Crab Monitoring: Partnerships Propel Species Management

Metlakatla Indian Community Department of Fish and Wildlife deploys updated methods to monitor invasive species.
March 02, 2022 - Feature Story ,
A female European green crab with its egg mass.

Passive Acoustics Research Group Outreach

The passive acoustic lab is involved in many community outreach activities. Here are ways we engage with the community both in person and virtually.

Meet Lisa Hiruki-Raring: Education and Outreach Coordinator for the Alaska Fisheries Science Center

Lisa Hiruki-Raring works to translate the research that NOAA Fisheries scientists do into educational activities or resources.
May 18, 2021 - Feature Story ,
Photo of Lisa Hiruki-Raring talking with a visitor at a NOAA Fisheries information table. Discussing NOAA educational resources at the Pacific Northwest Teacher at Sea Alumni workshop. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.

How Habitat Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Connected

Why reconnect with habitat? Because it’s good for all of us—healthy habitat leads to improved mental and physical well-being and can inspire us to be better stewards of the environment.
July 31, 2020 - Feature Story ,
Clusters of parents and children climb on a rocky shoreline at low tide Families explore the tide pools at Yaquina Head Natural Area on the Oregon Coast. Credit: Bureau of Land Management.

Explore NOAA’s Veteran and Conservation Corps Programs

NOAA's veteran and corps programs enhance workforce development and opportunities in the natural resources field, while restoring coastal habitat to support healthy fisheries.
March 18, 2020 - Feature Story ,
Five people swimming in wetsuits smile and laugh while holding lilypad leaves on their heads California Veteran Corps Fisheries Program participants take a photo break from monitoring habitat.

Achieving social and ecological goals of coastal management through integrated monitoring

A discussion of integrated monitoring as a coordinated long‐term process in which scientists from multiple disciplines collect and analyze biophysical and social data to meet shared objectives of tracking, assessing and understanding changes over time in social and ecological systems and their interactions.
September 18, 2019 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,

NOAA and Partners Blow Up Bloede Dam, Benefitting Maryland Communities and Fisheries

Watch this historic dam removal’s big boom—letting water flow through for the first time in a century, and improving community safety and fish migration.
September 14, 2018 - Feature Story ,
Water and debris fly into the air at the edge of a dam Explosives detonate to breach Bloede Dam on the Patapsco River. Credit: Maryland Department of Natural Resources; Elevate Media, Inc.

Pacific Islands Volunteer Opportunities 

Want to help protect our marine resources? If you’re able to contribute your time and energy with a positive, “can-do” attitude, here are some opportunities to join in and help out!