In our new podcast episode, we'll meet Rob Dumas and Denise Skonberg—two food scientists working to reduce waste by turning squid fins into a new, convenient frozen food product. They even held a cooking competition to create new dishes! Tune in to learn more about their work to reduce food waste and open new markets.

NOAA Fisheries is making $2.3 million in funding available for innovative bycatch reduction solutions. We are accepting proposals for bycatch reduction projects that increase collaborative research and partnerships for innovation. The deadline for pre-proposals is December 13, 2024. Full proposals are due March 21, 2025.

NOAA Fisheries released a new economic snapshot focused on the Alaska seafood industry. Economists estimate that the Alaska seafood industry suffered an $1.8 billion loss and the Alaska fishing industry saw a 50 percent decline in profitability from 2021 to 2023.

Mabel Baldwin-Schaeffer, the tribal research coordinator for the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, writes about her work supporting Alaska communities through equity and environmental justice.

NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to a civil penalty or criminal conviction in the shooting of a California sea lion. It was found alive between lifeguard stations 22 and 23 at Bolsa Chica State Beach in Orange County, California on August 7. The Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Orange County rescued the male sea lion, but it died from its injuries the following day.

Tribal, federal, and state leaders gathered at the Tulalip Reservation on October 3 to celebrate $240 million in federal funding for tribal hatcheries. This Inflation Reduction Act investment will help 27 tribes from Northern California to Southeast Alaska meet urgent maintenance and modernization needs of tribal Pacific salmon and steelhead hatcheries.

Increased catch limits culminate a decade-long international effort to rebuild the once-imperiled species.

With support from NOAA, Hawaiʻi Land Trust is restoring a 15th-century Native Hawaiian aquaculture site. This human-made ecosystem will provide food for community members and habitat for wildlife while protecting coral reefs offshore.

Get a behind-the-scenes look at life aboard the NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker during the Coastal Pelagic Species Survey.

NOAA offers a variety of student internship and fellowship opportunities. Learn about the work students are doing with mentors at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center.

Since 2006, NOAA has partnered with colleges to provide undergraduate students college-funded summer internship opportunities.

This survey sees some pretty incredible things while working in the Gulf of Maine. From marine mammals, fish, and birds, to gorgeous sunrises and exciting moments, check out some of the sights and scenes in 2024.

During the 2024 survey season, scientists from the Northeast Fisheries Science Center captured their work, day-to-day life, and amazing moments. Check out the photos to see what survey life is like when your office is a large floating marine laboratory.

Meet some of the most amazing marine and estuarine animals on exhibit at our Woods Hole Science Aquarium.