NOAA Fisheries’ Greater Atlantic Fisheries Office (GARFO) coordinated its sixth annual Marine Endangered Species Art Contest in 2017. Endangered Species Day, always the third Friday in May, highlights plants and animals that face extinction, are endangered, or are at risk of becoming endangered. The annual celebration provides an opportunity for people to learn about endangered and threatened species and what we can do to help them.
![NOAA Fisheries’ Marine Endangered Species Art Contest winner, ninth grade: Shortnose Sturgeon, by Isabel O. (Image credit: NOAA Fisheries) NOAA Fisheries’ Marine Endangered Species Art Contest winner, ninth grade: Shortnose Sturgeon, by Isabel O.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/winner912isabelo.g9.jpg?itok=vm4hwGnz)
NOAA Fisheries’ Marine Endangered Species Art Contest winner, ninth grade: Shortnose Sturgeon, by Isabel O. (Image credit: NOAA Fisheries)