Virginia’s Middle Peninsula is a beautiful part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. But it faces challenges due to climate change, a lack of capacity to restore habitat, and rural coastal economic hardship. We’re working with partners to restore and conserve fish habitat and to enhance coastal community resilience to climate change.

A new tool provides a science-based estimate of how much nitrogen oyster farms remove from local waterways. It generates a report that can be used in the aquaculture permitting process.

Ketchikan, Alaska, hosted the third annual Seagriculture, USA International Seaweed Conference.

What’s it like voyaging through the Arctic? In a recent science blog, Heather Tabisola shares moments from a survey researching Alaska’s marine ecosystems.

When research scientist Gary Longo first saw the results of his genomic analysis of sardines, he thought he must have mixed up his samples. Genomic sequencing of Pacific sardine revealed not one but two species of sardine in the California Current in 2022 and 2023.

Imagine living with a disruptive roommate and having no way of asking them to respect your space or, more importantly, your sleep schedule. This is a routine challenge for Hawaiian spinner dolphins, who feed at night and rest during the day. Our Office of Law Enforcement is helping Hawaiian spinner dolphins catch up on some much needed rest.

The Beaufort Laboratory in North Carolina is celebrating its 125th Anniversary! As the second oldest federal marine science laboratory in the nation, this lab predates the establishment of NOAA by more than 70 years.

As a key river habitat warms, researchers race to protect cold water patches critical to salmon survival.

With NOAA funds, the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians will remove 12 fish passage barriers at road-stream crossings on their traditional lands. They will also investigate fish passage options for lake sturgeon at two hydroelectric dams.

Ever wonder what life is like when your office is a large floating marine laboratory? See highlights of the incredible sights and scenes from the 2024 Bottom Trawl Survey season.

Summer 2024 intern Jonathan Lim shares his experiences working at the NOAA Fisheries Milford Laboratory.

We recently released the updated population abundance estimate for North Atlantic right whales. This report serves to update the population size estimate of North Atlantic right whales for the most recent year of available sightings data.