Marine Life Studies team uses insight to locate and cut the whale free.

NOAA Fisheries


A digital collage featuring two vintage, black-and-white photos layered over a modern, slightly blurred color background of a marina with fishing boats. (Overlay) L: Goliath grouper circa 1945. Credit: Wally Ericson. R: Shrimp fishing in Galveston, Texas. Date unknown. Credit: NOAA Library/NOAA Fisheries Archives/Bob Brigham; (Background): Boats in harbor. Credit: Mississippi Alabama Sea Grant
A diver snips a small section of a bright orange coral underwater During this 2026 mission, technical divers successfully propagated 16 mesophotic coral fragments in the field to start new colonies to help restore habitats injured by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Credit: NOAA/Dave Witting
A smiling woman on the deck of a kelp boat, next to a full line of sugar kelp. Adelia Myrick harvesting kelp on her farm in Kodiak, Alaska.
Collage of photos of NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office summer 2026 interns Interns (clockwise from top left) Elizabeth Moty, Oluwole Okusanya, Kate Koblegarde, and Ruby Ondatje are spending 12 weeks this summer supporting our operations and projects in the Chesapeake Bay.
Feature Story

The Chesapeake Bay Gets a Boost from Our Summer Interns

New England/Mid-Atlantic
A banner image that says "Culinary Arts Month" overlaid on a picture of various types of fish and shellfish. The text is capped by a chef's hat and a fork and spatula knife are criss-crossed above the text Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Shutterstock
Feature Story

Celebrate National Culinary Arts Month

Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
National
Several people posing for a group photo in front of a series of docked commercial fishing vessels. Sixteen members of the Scottish Fishermen’s Organisation, members of the commercial fishing industry, and scientists visited Point Judith, Rhode Island, as part of a cooperative research gathering. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Heather Soulen

Upcoming Events

Longfin Inshore Squid: 2026 Research Track Peer Review

Aug 3, 2026 - Aug 7, 2026

Woods Hole Science Stroll

Aug 8, 2026

Atlantic Shark Identification Workshop

Aug 17, 2026

Safe Handling, Release, and Identification Workshops

Aug 17, 2026