NOAA Fisheries announced the availability of up to $12 million in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding for new NOAA Great Lakes Fish Habitat Restoration Partnership Grants. Habitat restoration projects supported through this funding opportunity will lead to significant and sustainable benefits for Great Lakes native fish species.

Climate change will continue to amplify existing threats to our Species in the Spotlight—10 endangered, highly at-risk marine and anadromous species. Our recovery efforts for these species are increasingly important as they face the additional challenges of a changing climate.

Following an eventful 22 days, Leg 2 of the Coastal Pelagic Species Survey came to a successful end as the NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker pulled into port in San Francisco.

With $9.5 million in NOAA funds, the Nooksack and Lummi tribes are restoring habitat for spring Chinook using engineered log jams to recreate healthy river processes.

NOAA Fisheries and the Native Hawaiian Organization Kiaʻi Kanaloa are developing a new partnership for whale and dolphin stranding responses on Hawaiʻi Island.

Who knew basking sharks leap?! Survey scientists get to see all kinds of interesting things while working at sea. Check out new photos of sights and scenes from the spring Ecosystem Monitoring Survey, an ongoing program tracking the oceanographic conditions and marine resources in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. The scientists saw plankton, whales, sea turtles, basking sharks, dolphins, and more!

The Gulf of Maine Research Institute recently launched the Climate Adaptation Resource Hub for Fishing Communities. This online platform is designed to support adaptation planning efforts in fishing communities in the coastal northeastern region of the United States. This work is funded through the Climate and Fisheries Adaptation Program, a partnership between NOAA Fisheries’ Office of Science and Technology and the NOAA Climate Program.