NOAA Fisheries scientists, local fishermen, and the Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources joined forces to collect ...

Bluntnose sixgill sharks are something of an enigma, even to scientists who study them. Using data collected over more than ...

Successful fisheries management is dependent upon the collection of data from fishing activities. Learn how NOAA Fisheries is investing in technology fishermen use to track their catch. These new ...

Dr. Kylie Smith received the national award for her exceptional work engaging communities and restoring Florida’s coral reef ...

A fishery stock assessment is the scientific process of collecting, analyzing, and reporting on the condition of a fish stock and estimating its sustainable yield. Stock assessments are the backbone ...

Two female olive ridley turtles emerged onto beaches in Orange County to lay eggs, bringing together agencies and community ...

Using micro-drills, scientists extract material from an otolith’s individual annual rings to measure ocean chemistry year by ...

I grew up in Bethesda, Maryland, just 20 minutes outside of Washington, D.C. I spent much of my childhood on the New England ...

This is the first time sea turtles have nested on the U.S. West Coast. An olive ridley sea turtle was observed digging a nest and laying eggs on the beach near Seal Beach, in Orange County, California ...

The white shark is a large, wide-ranging species that occurs in temperate and subtropical seas worldwide. As an apex predator, the white shark is at the top of the food chain and plays an important ...

NOAA Fisheries summarizes public input received on the Notice of Intent to help inform the next phase of environmental review ...

The Northeast Fisheries Science Center has conducted a comprehensive marine science program in the region since 1871. We study fishery species and fisheries, monitor and model ocean ecosystems, and ...