NOAA Fisheries—the trusted government authority on the science and management of fish, other marine life, and their habitats.

Wade into a week of scientific discovery with campers exploring marine science through aquaculture.

Researchers spot two new calves in the islands’ endangered population—an exciting discovery for a group with fewer than 150 individuals.

It is not every day a patient knocks directly on the doctor's door, but for one clever seabird, desperate times called for an unusually precise house call. A brown pelican with monofilament trailing ...

We also toured the Milford Laboratory and saw oyster farming research, the local fish processing factories, the Woods Hole ...

As our three children have grown up, we’ve enjoyed seeing them involved in different farm tasks, from helping with daily fish ...

This Fishery Management Plan (FMP) governs scallop fisheries in the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and the Gulf of Alaska, and includes weathervane scallops ...

Scientists teamed up to investigate how kelp farms may provide novel habitat for fish and invertebrate species.

NOAA Fisheries Announces 2026 Federal Recreational Red Snapper Season and Issuance of Exempted Fishing Permits for Recreational Red Snapper Harvest in the South Atlantic FB26-052: South Atlantic ...

Parts from marine mammals and Endangered Species Act-listed species: what they are, how you can get them, what you can do with them, and what authorizations or permits you need. Protected species are ...

NOAA Fisheries announces a sixth fishing period for the 2026 Area 2A non-Tribal directed commercial Pacific halibut fishery. NOAA Fisheries Announces Update the Greater Atlantic Region’s Catch Share ...

Winter skate is managed as a part of the Northeast Skate Complex along with six other skate species in the same fishery management plan. Of these species, winter skates are the primary species ...