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Bowhead whales. Image captured during the 2025 aerial survey over the Beaufort Sea. Photo taken while working under authority of NOAA Fisheries Research Permit #25563-02. Credit: NOAA Fisheries & CICOES / Skyla Walcott
St. George Island. Credit: NOAA Fisheries
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Northern Fur Seal Deaths on St. George Island, Alaska, Linked to Harmful Algal Bloom
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An underwater glider ballasting (stabilizing) at the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, in preparation for the 2026 glider challenge. Credit: NOAA Fisheries
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NOAA Fisheries Launches Underwater Glider Challenge in Hawai‘i
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Red snapper, like the one pictured here, is a culturally and economically important fish for South Atlantic fishing communities. It is especially prized by recreational fishermen for their delicious taste and rewarding catch. Credit: NOAA
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Show Seafood Some Love and Get Heart Healthy!
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A trained response team uses an underwater camera to view the lines entangling a humpback whale off Washington’s Olympic Peninsula in 2019. A proposed rule would help reduce risk of entanglements. Photo credit: Pacific Northwest Large Whale Entanglement Response Network. NOAA Permit #18786-03
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NOAA Fisheries Seeks Input on Groundfish Rules Proposed to Reduce Entanglements
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GulfCorps crews clear vegetation to restore habitat in Florida. Credit: John Stanmeyer/The Nature Conservancy.