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Species and Habitat App

Web mapping app that displays and queries spatial data in the West Coast Region for Endangered Species Act ranges, critical habitat designations, and Magnuson-Stevens Act essential fish habitat. Users can generate a printable spatial query report.
April 28, 2024 - Map ,
West Coast

Safe Handling and Release Practices for Sharks on Longline Vessels and Revision to Vessel Monitoring System Requirements in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

NOAA Fisheries is proposing regulations under the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950, as amended, to implement Resolutions C-23-07 (Conservation Measures for the Protection and Sustainable Management of Sharks) and C-23-11 (On the Establishment of a Vessel…
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West Coast
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05/28/2024

New Study Sheds Light on Alaska’s Largest, Most Mysterious Shark

Researchers created a “one-stop shop” for information critical to conserving the highly vulnerable Pacific sleeper shark.
April 15, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Photograph of a large black sleeper shark hovering over the sandy and rocky deep seafloor Pacific sleeper shark photographed at 3,125 feet depth by the remotely operated vehicle, Deep Discoverer. Credit: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research.

Necropsy Offers Rare Opportunity to Study White Shark Biology

An immature female white shark found on a beach in the Florida panhandle provided scientists the rare opportunity to collect valuable scientific data.
February 28, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
A large shark on top of a tarp on a dock near the water, with three scientists standing nearby to examine it Heather Moncrief-Cox and researchers from the Southeast Fisheries Science Center examine the body of a deceased white shark. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Meaghan Emory

2023 Shark Finning Report to Congress

The annual report on shark finning in the United States.
February 08, 2024 - Report to Congress ,
National

American Samoa Longline Logbook Reports 2022

Logbook summary reports for the 2022 calendar year.
February 06, 2024 - Data Set ,
Pacific Islands

Hawaii and California Longline Logbook Reports 2022

Logbook summary reports for the 2022 calendar year.
February 06, 2024 - Data Set ,
Pacific Islands

Reliable Shark Taggers Make Citizen Science Program Possible

The Cooperative Shark Tagging Program owes much of its continued success to the volunteers who adhere to NOAA Fisheries’ tagging standards.
December 27, 2023 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Shark in the water with a tag next to its first dorsal fin. Blacktip shark with a dart tag at the base of its first dorsal fin. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Celebrating Reliable Shark Tagging Citizen Scientists

Meet some of the people who exemplify what it means to be a reliable tagger for NOAA’s Cooperative Shark Tagging Program.
New England/Mid-Atlantic

Welcome to the New Era of Shark Ageing

Researchers develop new techniques to age sharks in the wake of a paradigm-shifting discovery.
December 15, 2023 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Scientist looking through a microscope. A magnified shark vertebra is displayed on a computer screen. Michelle Passerotti examining a sectioned great hammerhead vertebrae under the microscope. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Bethany DeLoof