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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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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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Comment Period Extension for Revisions to Commercial Atlantic Blacknose Shark and Recreational Atlantic Shark Fisheries Proposed Rule

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New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Incidental Take Authorization: United States Coast Guard's Homeporting of Offshore Patrol Cutters at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island

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New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Revised 2026 Atlantic Mackerel Specifications

New England/Mid-Atlantic
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Fisheries

Rebuilding Plan for the Overfished Queets River Spring/Summer Chinook Salmon Stock

West Coast
West Coast
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Petition To List the Washington Coast Chinook Salmon As Threatened or Endangered Under the ESA

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2026 Council Training

Feb 23, 2026 - Feb 25, 2026

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Pacific Hake/Whiting Treaty: U.S. - Canada JMC and AP Meeting 2026

Feb 24, 2026 - Feb 26, 2026

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Longfin Inshore Squid Research Track Working Group

Feb 24, 2026 - Mar 12, 2026

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2026 Northeast Cooperative Research Summit

Feb 26, 2026

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Educator Webinar: Expanding Environmental Literacy in Career Technical Education

Mar 4, 2026

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Application Solicitation - Scallop Research Set Aside Program

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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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