Videos and images from advanced underwater cameras are a critical component of collecting data. We use this information to make informed management decisions for marine species and habitat.

Autonomous vehicles, like gliders, are giving us critical new insights into what is going on in the deeper parts of the ocean.

Satellites provide scientists important data they use to manage and protect fisheries and marine mammals.

To support our efforts to restore resilient coral ecosystems, NOAA has recommended more than $1 million in funding for three new projects and one ongoing, multi-year project under the Ruth D. Gates Coral Restoration Innovation Grants.

Southern Resident killer whale J35, also known as Tahlequah, was spotted carrying her deceased calf off Alki Point in West Seattle on December 31. While monitoring Tahlequah, scientists saw another newborn calf nearby in apparent robust health. We don’t know the gender or the mother of this calf yet.

The U.S. Antarctic Marine Living Resources Program deployed two gliders and hopes for an encore of last year’s near-flawless deployment.

In 2024, NOAA Fisheries’ Pacific Islands Regional Office awarded approximately $7 million in grants and cooperative agreements to 14 U.S. and international agencies and organizations from American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Hawai‘i, and the greater Pacific.

As part of the Faces of the Southeast Fisheries Science Center series, meet Dr. Kelsey Martin, who works for the Gulf and Caribbean Reef Fish Branch in the Population and Ecosystem Monitoring Division.

NOAA has awarded nearly $1.4 million in FY 2024 funds to 16 new projects as part of the Chesapeake Bay-Watershed Education and Training program. These projects are located in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC and some will touch the entire region.