Photo Gallery

This golf ball-sized Atlantic batfish was caught during Leg 1 of our spring 2026 Bottom Trawl Survey. Batfish have wide...

Sarah Shea, Julia Studley, and Katie Dever (left to right) pick up Twix, a female split-colored (bilateral) lobster and ...

Newportal contour map 01/01/2026

We love this photo from fish biologist Mary Kate Munley September 2025 blog ”Shortfin Squid Project ‘Squids Their Stride...

Field scientist Maura Flynn holds a large Northern stone crab on the fall Gulf of Maine Bottom Longline Survey. Credit: ...

Scientists Bridget St Amand, Cameron Fairclough, and Catie Foley process and prepare sea scallops for data collection. H...

Catherine G., 7th grade, Michigan.

The team prepares to depart Pearl Harbor aboard the M/V Imua, bound for the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. ...

Oscar Elton Sette getting ready to set sail from Guam Naval Base for the Northern Mariana Islands on July 7, 2025. Credi...

ORLANDO, FLORIDA (July 2025)—From left to right: Sean Meehan, Southeast Regional Office; Andy Strelcheck, Southeast Regi...

Newportal contour maps 01/22/2025

How do scientists reach remote Dutch Harbor, AK? With its short island runway, travelers arrive aboard a twin-propeller ...

Atlantic cod are an iconic New England fish. In the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, they range from Greenland to Cape Hatteras...

Our aerial survey team captured right whale Surf (#2910) raising his tail in a dive while surveying east of Cape Cod on ...

This year, we’re returning to the Mariana Archipelago to continue stewardship of U.S. coral reef ecosystems. Here, the N...

Scientists aboard NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow sort a catch during the fall 2024 Bottom Trawl Survey. This particular tow ...

A bottlenose dolphin in mid-air, wake-riding behind the vessel. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Emma Fowler

Abigail M., Grade 8, Mississippi

Baby barracudina! Even as small as this fish was, it was clear not to mess with it as the teeth were still very evident ...