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A woman with sunglasses smiles as she holds a large red grouper on a boat with a clear blue sky in the background. Anglers in the Gulf of America will have an extended 2025 season and increased catch limit with the publication of a new emergency rule. Credit: Hubbard’s Marina.
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Emergency Rule Increases Red Grouper Opportunities for Commercial and Recreational Fishermen

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Chris Anderson stands on the deck of a fishing vessel and smiles while holding a walleye pollock in his right hand and a Pacific cod in his left. On deck of the FV Northwest Explorer during the annual Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey, Chris Anderson holds up a walleye pollock and a Pacific cod, which represent two of Alaska’s largest fisheries. Credit: NOAA Fisheries
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Life at Sea on a Fisheries Survey with Chris Anderson

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A minke whale carcass lies on a rocky beach. There are several lines to secure it in place while responders take measurements and samples. A complete necropsy of a minke whale on Blakely Island, Washington. The necropsy revealed injuries—including severe bruising and broken ribs and vertebrae—consistent with a vessel strike. Credit: The Whale Museum
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2022 and 2023 Combined Report of Marine Mammal Strandings in the United States

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A diver getting into the water to view coral in the Florida Keys. Credit: Adobe Stock A diver getting into the water to view coral in the Florida Keys. Credit: Adobe Stock
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Coral Reefs Fuel Florida’s Economy—Restoration Ensures Their Future

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Trained and authorized responders use a grapple to grab the entanglement trailing behind a North Atlantic right whale (#4545). Credit: Center for Coastal Studies, taken under NOAA Permit # 24359 Trained and authorized responders use a grapple to grab the entanglement trailing behind a North Atlantic right whale (#4545). Credit: Center for Coastal Studies, taken under NOAA Permit # 24359
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NOAA Announces Confirmed Large Whale Entanglement Numbers for 2023

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head of bowhead whale peaking out of the water First sighting of subadult bowhead whale on March 27, 2024 at 11:45 am in Sitka Sound, Alaska, USA (57.06N, 135.53W). Credit: Ellen Chenoweth from the vessel Pioneer. NOAA Fisheries MMPA/ESA Permit No. 24378.
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First Bowhead Whale Sighting in Southeast Alaska

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Closure: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Angling Category Fishery (Recreational) - All Sizes, All Areas

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Final Rule: Gulf of America Regulatory Changes

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Incidental Take Authorization: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC's Northeast Supply Enhancement Project in Raritan Bay, Lower New York Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean

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Amendment 125 to the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Fishery Management Plan; Pacific Cod Small Boat Access

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Availability of Snake River Fall-run Chinook salmon HGMPs and associated addendums open for Public Comment

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TNC18005_170314_0257.jpg GulfCorps crews clear vegetation to restore habitat in Florida. Credit: The Nature Conservancy/John Stanmeyer
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Building Futures: How GulfCorps Combines Habitat Restoration with Job Training

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Fish sitting on ice in a metal bowl. Fresh-caught taʻape on ice. Credit: Conservation International Hawaiʻi.
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Reducing Waste and Feeding Communities in Hawaiʻi with a Whole Fish Approach

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Three people wearing rubber boots, chest waders, and protective gear, haul a large yellow and white passive acoustic recorder out of the ocean at the end of a large boat. Researchers retrieve a passive acoustic recorder. Courtesy: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
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Listening for Whales: Using Passive Acoustic Monitoring to Track North Atlantic Right Whales

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