Investing in Indian River Lagoon Restoration Pays Dividends

NOAA-funded restoration projects in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon generate strong economic returns, supporting jobs, boosting fisheries, and delivering environmental benefits worth billions of dollars

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An illustration titled "Data Transformation Inflation Reduction Act" shows the "Data Transformation Process." The process begins with **Data Collectors** (Ocean Gliders & Research Boats) sending data to **Data Processing** (NOAA Fisheries). After processing, the data goes to **Data Implementation** (Local Fisheries). The graphic also illustrates the data collection sources: an Ocean Glider underwater doing **Data Collection**, a Research Boat on the surface doing **Data Collection** An illustration highlighting aspects of data transformation at NOAA Fisheries. Credit: NOAA Fisheries
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Leveraging Advanced Technologies to Transform our Data Enterprise

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A large partially forested island in the middle of a river Aerial view of Belle Isle in the Detroit River. Credit: Friends of the Detroit River.
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Habitat Restoration in the Great Lakes: By the Numbers

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A group of people dressed in winter coats and hats walk down a ramp to a dock with a harbor in the background. Participants walk down to the dock for a boat tour of Casco Bay and tour of Bangs Island Mussels facility during the 2026 Northeast Aquaculture Conference and Expo. Credit: Chris Davis, Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center
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Northeast Aquaculture Conference Celebrates Innovation, Growth, and Community

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A man stands with a herding board next to a kennel watching four California sea lions move across a sandy beach heading towards water. California sea lion pups are released at Cabrillo Beach following rehabilitation at the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro, California. Credit: Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles.
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2024 Report of Marine Mammal Strandings in the United States

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Four bowhead whales swim at the surface of dark turquoise water Bowhead whales. Image captured during the 2025 aerial survey over the Beaufort Sea. Photo taken while working under authority of NOAA Fisheries Research Permit #25563-02. Credit: NOAA Fisheries & CICOES / Skyla Walcott
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International Survey Counts Bowhead and Beluga Whales in the Beaufort Sea

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view of island community with seal statue in foreground St. George Island. Credit: NOAA Fisheries
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Northern Fur Seal Deaths on St. George Island, Alaska, Linked to Harmful Algal Bloom

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Amendment 17 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery Management Plan: Essential Fish Habitat

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Incidental Take Authorization: Hampton Roads Connector Partners' Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel Expansion Project in Norfolk, Virginia

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Three people hold the angled trunk of a tree GulfCorps crews clear vegetation to restore habitat in Florida. Credit: John Stanmeyer/The Nature Conservancy.
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Building Futures: How GulfCorps Combines Habitat Restoration with Job Training

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