NOAA Fisheries scientists, local fishermen, and the Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources joined forces to collect ...

This is the first time sea turtles have nested on the U.S. West Coast. Due to a forecasted high surf from a tropical storm, ...

Bluntnose sixgill sharks are something of an enigma, even to scientists who study them. Using data collected over more than ...

I grew up in Bethesda, Maryland, just 20 minutes outside of Washington, D.C. I spent much of my childhood on the New England ...

Using micro-drills, scientists extract material from an otolith’s individual annual rings to measure ocean chemistry year by ...

Wade into a week of scientific discovery with campers exploring marine science through aquaculture.

As our three children have grown up, we’ve enjoyed seeing them involved in different farm tasks, from helping with daily fish ...

NOAA Fisheries summarizes public input received on the Notice of Intent to help inform the next phase of environmental review ...

NOAA Fisheries observes, measures, and monitors the impacts of climate change on our marine life and ecosystems. The environmental changes occur both locally and globally, and include warming oceans, ...

Explore the marine environment around Rose Atoll that supports a dynamic reef ecosystem that is home to a diverse assemblage of marine species, many of which are threatened or endangered. The Rose ...

Annual catch limits (ACLs) and Annual Catch Targets (ACTs) are tools to prevent overfishing in commercial and recreational fisheries. NOAA Fisheries administers ACLs and ACTs for the Pelagic, Hawai‘i, ...

Ocean monitoring and species changes will signal El Niño’s arrival. You might think it has. After all, the ocean off Southern and Central California is unusually warm. But that is from a recent marine ...