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Interagency U.S. Seafood Trade Task Force

A grocery store counter displaying fish fillets.

U.S. Seafood Trade Task Force seeks input from industry and the public

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Fish at market.

3 ways satellites connect scientists with ocean life

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The Hawaiian Islands seen from NOAA's GOES-17 satellite on November 13, 2018. GOES-17 is among NOAA’s next generation of advanced geostationary weather satellites. The spacecraft provides high-quality data coverage of the Pacific Ocean.

World Sea Turtle Day: 10 turtle facts to know

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Sea Turtle Week

A young Kemp's ridley sea turtle examines a piece of sargassum, a type of brown seaweed that floats on the sea surface in large clumps.

#SeaTurtleWeek 2020: Celebrating conservation

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Swimming green sea turtle.

FishWatch helps you dig into delicious, sustainable seafood

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Seafood on a bed of ice.

Cast a line for National Fishing and Boating Week

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Young girl fishing from a boat.

Secretary of Commerce allocates $300 million in CARES Act aid to U.S. fishermen and seafood industries impacted by COVID-19

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Dawn over the fishing fleet in Barnegat Light, New Jersey

Scientists modeling risk of invasive Asian carp to Great Lakes

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These adult and two young silver Asian carp were collected by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Missouri River near Columbia, Missouri. (Undated image).

Video: Scientist on NOAA's unprecedented response to Deepwater Horizon disaster

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Deepwater Horizon

GulfCorps staff monitor restored oyster reefs in Florida that were damaged by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. September 2019.

Restoring the Gulf of Mexico: 10 years after Deepwater Horizon

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Deepwater Horizon

Standing on an oiled marsh island, BP consultants Bob Nalon (left) and Charlie Johnson discuss field observations with NOAA's Natural Resources Damage Assessment team lead Rich Takacs (on boat, left). Chris Grant (on boat, right), a consultant representing the State of Louisiana, uses a pole to check for oil in the marsh island's sediment.

Saving an endangered turtle population: One program's quest

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Hawksbill hatchlings making their way to the ocean in Hawaii.

Scientists using AI to identify endangered beluga whales

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Beluga whales seen swimming in Cook Inlet, Alaska.

Hawaiian monk seals showed some signs of recovery in 2019

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Monk seals resting on one of the few haul-out areas at Mokumanamana in the Hawaiian Islands in 2019.

New species of algae named after NOAA scientist

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This microscope image of a newly discovered species of diatom -- or micro-algae -- is named for NOAA scientist Dr. Joan Browder.

Secretary of Commerce allocates $65 million for fishery disasters

February 27, 2020

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A fishing boat and crew working in waters off the U.S. Atlantic coastline

NOAA to announce annual report of U.S. seafood and fishing trends February 21

February 20, 2020

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Fishing vessels docked at Point Judith, Rhode Island.

2018 a strong, successful year for U.S. fishermen and seafood sector

February 21, 2020

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Fishing vessels docked at Point Judith, Rhode Island.

Make way for #WhaleWeek 2020

February 10, 2020

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Bowhead whales.

There's little relief in the deep for heat-stressed corals

January 16, 2020

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NOAA scientist Jeannette Clark checks the serial number on a device that records underwater temperatures. Researchers deployed hundreds of these devices at coral reefs across the Pacific Ocean from 2001 through 2017 to learn how warming ocean temperatures may affect deep-water coral reefs.

'NOAA Fisheries Veterans Corps turned my life around'

January 20, 2020

NOAA Veterans Corps member Ryan Shorrow is working to improve salmon habitat

NOAA finds new liquified natural gas pipeline in Oregon will not jeopardize species

January 10, 2020

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Projects will create habitat for protected species, like this project in Oregon that restored estuary and wetland habitat critical to Oregon Coast chinook and coho salmon.

Check out the top 5 Fisheries stories, videos and photos of 2019

December 17, 2019

Beachgoer Jim Duke with a science bottle he and wife Candy found along the shore.

Deepwater Horizon Natural Resources Trustees release restoration plan: December 10

December 10, 2019

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NOAA, partners launch groundbreaking Florida Keys coral reef restoration effort

December 9, 2019

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A thicket of elkhorn coral, most of it dead, at Looe Key Reef, shows the need for this restoration effort.

Prey-size plastics are invading juvenile fish nurseries

November 13, 2019

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A scribbled filefish, about 50 days old and 2 inches long, surrounded by plastics. New NOAA research shows that many larval (juvenile) fish species from different ocean habitats are surrounded by and ingesting plastics in their preferred nursery habitat.

Genetics reveal Pacific subspecies of fin whale

November 5, 2019

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Photo: Fin whales are the second largest species of whale, sleek and streamlined in shape, and can be distinguished by their asymmetrical head coloration. The left lower jaw is mostly dark while the right jaw is mostly white.

Video: Science and management recipe for success for Alaska pollock

November 5, 2019

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Pollock fishermen

Podcast: Looking back on a legacy of seafood sustainability

November 5, 2019

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sustainable seafood

A fish Monger at Pike Place Market catching a fish for tourists late in the day.

Q&A: Sustainable seafood and Hawaii's fishing industry

October 25, 2019

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John Kaneko, program manager for the Hawaii Seafood Council, at the Honolulu Seafood Auction.

New app answers aquaculture siting questions in seconds

October 25, 2019

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Coastal net pens off the coast of Maine.

Alaska kelp farming: a new sustainable seafood opportunity

October 25, 2019

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Barnacle Foods is growing and harvesting bull kelp in Alaskan waters.

Scientists look to artificial intelligence to find seals and polar bears from the air

October 24, 2019

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Ice seals—ribbon, ringed, spotted, and bearded (like the one shown here) are dependent on Arctic sea ice for pupping, resting, and completing their annual molt.

Rare Olive Ridley sea turtle nest discovered on Hawaiian island of Oahu

October 9, 2019

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A rare Olive Ridley sea turtle hatchling found in a nest in Oahu in September 2019.

West Coast fisheries 'comeback of the century'

October 9, 2019

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Fishermen aboard the Miss Sue, of Newport, Oregon, haul in their catch of rockfish from off the U.S. West Coast. Rockfish represent some of the most common groundfish off the West Coast, and several species have been rebuilt in recent years.