Seeing Double: Good News for Rare False Killer Whales in Hawaiʻi

Researchers spot two new calves in the islands’ endangered population—an exciting discovery for a group with fewer than 150 individuals.

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A scuba diver swims horizontally above a vibrant pink and purple coral reef, holding a camera to photograph the seabed. A scientist captures thousands of digital images to build a 3-D reef model during the 2026 National Coral Reef Monitoring Program survey at Swains Island. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.
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2026 Pacific Coral Surveys Complete

Pacific Islands
A brown pelican sits at the top of the stairs at the entrance to a brick building, with a sign in the foreground identifying it as the NOAA Panama City Laboratory A brown pelican waits at the main door of NOAA’s Southeast Fisheries Science Center Panama City Laboratory. Credit: Ty Jones, facility manager
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Knocking for Help: A Pelican’s Unlikely Rescue

Southeast
A blue basket holds a pile of tan, pink, orange and red invertebrates from sponges to sea urchins to sea stars Deep-sea sponges and other invertebrates in a collection basket during a bottom trawl survey. Credit: NOAA Fisheries
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Nine Species of Deep-Sea Sponges Discovered in Alaska

Alaska
Fish swim under a net in a pen. Sablefish farmed in net pens at NOAA's Northwest Fisheries Science Center. Credit: Megan Ewald for NOAA Fisheries.
Feature Story

Managing Genetic Risk in Offshore Aquaculture

National
Two coho salmon, a pink colored male and a silver colored female, jump up a frothy white creek. Coho salmon migrate up a creek in Oregon. Funding will support access to high quality habitat for fisheries across the country, including coho on the Oregon Coast. Credit: Adobe Stock.
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$103 Million in NOAA Funding Awarded to Restore Habitat for Fisheries

National
photo of a slow moving creek and vegetation, with pools of water on either side of a small dam created with beaver dam analogues to help improve habitat for coho salmon and other wildlife. Sugar Creek flows over a dam initially created with beaver dam analogues to help improve habitat for coho salmon and other wildlife. Photo courtesy of Scott River Watershed Council.
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Start-Up Beaver Dams Transform Parched California Creeks into Salmon Havens, New Research Finds

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Final Framework and 2026 Limits for Striped Marlin in the Western and Central Pacific

Pacific Islands
Pacific Islands
Fisheries

Western Oregon State Forests Habitat Conservation Plan

West Coast
West Coast
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Incidental Take Authorization: Northeast Fisheries Science Center Fisheries and Ecosystem Research, Atlantic Ocean

New England/Mid-Atlantic
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Incidental Take Authorization: Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to the PetroMarine Services Juneau Rock Dump Terminal Reconstruction Project, Juneau, Alaska

Alaska
Alaska
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Pierce County and Public Works Flood Risk Reduction Structures Maintenance and Operations Habitat Conservation Plan

West Coast
West Coast
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ALWTRP Scoping Period - Public Comment Meeting

Sep 24, 2026

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Webinar: Proposed Rule to Revise Fishing Gear Regulations in Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fisheries

Oct 1, 2026

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Permanent Advisory Committee Meeting–October 2026

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A diver hovers over a pink hued reef while preparing a camera to take images of the benthos. A scientist prepares to photograph a reef at Swains Island during the 2023 National Coral Reef Monitoring Program survey in American Samoa. Credit: NOAA Fisheries (Permit #NMSAS-2023-002)
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How Researchers Are Bringing the 2026 Pacific Coral Survey to You

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Three people hold the angled trunk of a tree GulfCorps crews clear vegetation to restore habitat in Florida. Credit: John Stanmeyer/The Nature Conservancy.
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Building Futures: How GulfCorps Combines Habitat Restoration with Job Training

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