NOAA is seeking proposals for transformational projects that will restore coastal habitat and strengthen community resilience under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Applications are due by April 16, 2025.

NOAA Fisheries and partners examined the global extinction risk and biodiversity loss of sharks and rays. While they’re in bad shape globally, countries with sustainably managed fisheries—like the United States—may provide a safe place to survive.

With support from the NOAA Marine Debris Program, the William and Mary's Batten School and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science announced $1.4 million for 11 marine debris removal projects. They were selected under the Nationwide Fishing Trap Removal, Assessment, and Prevention Program. The projects will detect and remove derelict fishing traps across nine coastal states and the Freely Associated State of Palau.

On the evening of November 16, the NOAA Fisheries Alaska Statewide 24-hour Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline received a report of a dead whale. We worked with our partners to collect information about the whale and determined it was a female fin whale, estimated to be less than 2 years old.

New research on ice seal haul-out behavior helps to more accurately estimate the number of ice seals in the Arctic, and improve our efforts to conserve and monitor their populations.

NOAA Fisheries releases their annual Ecosystem Status Reports, including a new report card for the northern Bering Sea which shares some promising news about sea ice conditions.

Mabel Baldwin-Schaeffer, the Tribal Research Coordinator for the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, writes about the pivotal role of educators, parents, communities, and mentors in shaping our future.

A strong El Niño was a major driver of ocean conditions and changes to the food web last  winter.

NOAA Fisheries has completed 5-year reviews of the recovery progress and prospects of four salmon and steelhead species in Northern California and Southern Oregon. We found that all four should remain threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

The team changed focus to collect passive acoustic monitoring instruments, then had record-breaking days of marine mammal and bird sightings and observed a species native to the Pacific.

Marine mammal observer Alison Ogilvie shares a few memorable highlights from this year’s North Atlantic Right Whale Shipboard Survey.

Two Northeast Fisheries Science Center scientists visited their Canadian counterparts to measure oxygen consumption in baby sea scallops exposed to ocean temperatures and pH levels expected in the future.

Craft yourself a wondrous winter wonderland with our new paper snowflake designs! This year’s designs highlight four of our Woods Hole Science Aquarium residents: black sea bass, northern sea robin, planehead filefish, and short big-eye.