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Autonomous underwater glider floating in circular pool in an oudoor lab. An underwater glider ballasting (stabilizing) at the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, in preparation for the 2026 glider challenge. Credit: NOAA Fisheries
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NOAA Fisheries Launches Underwater Glider Challenge in Hawai‘i

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A woman in a red coat wearing sunglasses stands on a boat with fishing reel in the background, holding up a gigantic red snapper. Red snapper, like the one pictured here, is a culturally and economically important fish for South Atlantic fishing communities. It is especially prized by recreational fishermen for their delicious taste and rewarding catch. Credit: NOAA
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NOAA Leaps Forward on Collaborative Approach for Red Snapper

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Show Seafood Some Love and Get Heart-Healthy!

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Members of the response team lowering a camera into the water with a humback partially submerged in the background A trained response team uses an underwater camera to view the lines entangling a humpback whale off Washington’s Olympic Peninsula in 2019. A proposed rule would help reduce risk of entanglements. Photo credit: Pacific Northwest Large Whale Entanglement Response Network. NOAA Permit #18786-03
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NOAA Fisheries Seeks Input on Groundfish Rules Proposed to Reduce Entanglements

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A right whale mom and calf pair swimming at the surface of the ocean. Perspective is from above, looking down. North Atlantic right whale #4150 “Accordion” and her first calf swimming close to the shipping lanes at the entrance to the Port of New York and New Jersey. Accordion is named for the propeller scars on her back that resemble the musical instrument. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Tim Cole, taken under NOAA permit #27066.
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Messaging Mariners in Real Time to Reduce North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strikes

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Newly hatched Pacific cod larvae shows a clear body with a defined spine and two large dark blue eyes Newly hatched Pacific cod larva. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Emily Slesinger
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Pacific Cod Gene Expression Analysis Reveals how Changing Oceans Impact Larvae

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Amendment 125 to the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Fishery Management Plan; Pacific Cod Small Boat Access

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Quota Transfer: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Longline Category Fishery

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Gear Marking and Entanglement Risk Reduction

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North Pacific Observer Program Standard Ex-Vessel Prices for Groundfish and Halibut - Federal Register Rules and Notices

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Amendment 37 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan: Stock Definitions

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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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