Scientists surveyed coral reef conditions in American Samoa and the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument.

NOAA Fisheries


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
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
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.
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.
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.
Many docked fishing boats at a coastal community at sunrise. Docked fishing boats at Yaquina Bay, Newport, Oregon. Credit: iStock
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Sep 16, 2026

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