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Topic: Conservation

Scuba diver maintains a square underwater frame containing suspended coral fragments over a seagrass bed

NOAA partners restore bioluminescent bay in Puerto Rico

March 6, 2026

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coastal restoration

Scuba diver maintains a square underwater frame containing suspended coral fragments over a seagrass bed

Welcome to noaa.gov

NOAA seeks information to support improvements to vessel speed regulations

March 4, 2026

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Welcome to noaa.gov

Marine animals, including humpback whales, use underwater sound to communicate, navigate, find food and mates, and avoid predators.

Join us for Whale Week 2026

February 10, 2026

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Marine animals, including humpback whales, use underwater sound to communicate, navigate, find food and mates, and avoid predators.

Youth Ambassador holds up ocean themed book

Meet the leaders of NOAA’s Ocean Guardian Youth Ambassador Program

June 11, 2025

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Youth Ambassador holds up ocean themed book

Aerial view of a grass covered cliff that wraps around a rocky beach

Oregon tribe regains stewardship of 27 acres of ancestral lands

March 19, 2025

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Tribal Nations and Indigenous Peoples

Aerial view of a grass covered cliff that wraps around a rocky beach

Bright yellow trunkfish swimming near corals in the ocean

Rare species found in National Marine Sanctuaries and Monuments

February 27, 2025

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Bright yellow trunkfish swimming near corals in the ocean

Bright yellow trunkfish swimming near corals in the ocean

Rare species found in National Marine Sanctuaries and Monuments

February 26, 2025

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Bright yellow trunkfish swimming near corals in the ocean

Several fishing boats in a calm ocean with passengers holding fishing rods

How NOAA sanctuaries fuel local economies

February 20, 2025

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recreational fishing

Tribal Nations and Indigenous Peoples

Several fishing boats in a calm ocean with passengers holding fishing rods

Photo showing a variety of fish species swim above a patch reef 80 feet deep at French Frigate Shoals within the Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Sanctuary. The sanctuary includes an expansive area of coral reefs, seamounts, banks, and shoals and is home to a wide variety of invertebrates, fish, birds, marine mammals, and other wildlife, many of which are found only in the Hawaiian Islands.

Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA designate 18th national marine sanctuary

January 15, 2025

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resource management

Photo showing a variety of fish species swim above a patch reef 80 feet deep at French Frigate Shoals within the Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Sanctuary. The sanctuary includes an expansive area of coral reefs, seamounts, banks, and shoals and is home to a wide variety of invertebrates, fish, birds, marine mammals, and other wildlife, many of which are found only in the Hawaiian Islands.

Researches with the Fisheries Collaborative Program at the University of California at Santa Cruz deploy equipment to measure predation rates on juvenile salmon in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

$9.2 Million awarded to academic partners for Pacific salmon recovery

November 19, 2024

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Researches with the Fisheries Collaborative Program at the University of California at Santa Cruz deploy equipment to measure predation rates on juvenile salmon in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

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