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NOAA locates wreckage of crab fishing vessel off St. George Island, Alaska

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commercial fishing

NOAA announces $13.8 million in coastal resilience grants

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coastal restoration

Nature-based solutions are emerging as a preferred way for communities to protect shorelines, infrastructure, and people from coastal flooding.

NOAA, partners predict significant summer harmful algal bloom for western Lake Erie

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harmful algal blooms (HABs)

A satellite view of Lake Erie in 2014, showing that year's algal bloom in the western basin. 2017's bloom is expected to resemble 2014's.

NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program awards $16.7 million for Gulf of Mexico research

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Fishermen collect oysters in the Gulf of Mexico. Several of the RESTORE Act Science Program awards are going towards projects looking at effects on oyster reefs and optimizing oyster resources.

U.S. Commerce Department announces appointments to regional fishery management councils for 2017

Deck of a fishing vessel.

Chris Oliver named assistant administrator for NOAA Fisheries

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NOAA Fisheries provides science-based conservation and management for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, marine mammals, endangered species, and their habitats.

NOAA, USGS and partners predict third largest Gulf of Mexico summer ‘dead zone’ ever

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Scientists from Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium deploy a water sensor called a CTD sonde rosette to collect water samples to test for oxygen levels during the 2015 R/V Pelican's shelf wide hypoxia cruise.

Global coral bleaching event likely ending

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A bleached colony of table Acropora at Fagatele Bay, Tutuila, American Samoa.

NOAA, USGS and partners predict larger summer ‘dead zone’ for Chesapeake Bay

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A variety of economic sectors, ranging from commercial and recreational fishing to tourism, rely on a healthy Chesapeake Bay.

Comments sought on proposals for Atlantic geophysical survey interaction with marine mammals

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Atlantic spotted dolphin swims through the water.

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