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Restored oyster reefs are monitored to ensure the oysters that grow there are thriving. Photo: Oyster Recovery Partnership.

Celebrating Oysters During Oyster Week

By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. Oysters are great multitaskers! They provide many benefits to the ecosystem they… More

Marine EconomyOcean Science

A snow-Tanner hybrid crab collected during the 2026 eastern Bering Sea bottom trawl survey. Hybrid crab exhibit intermediate morphological traits—such as a curved mouth—relative to snow and Tanner crab parent species. Credit: NOAA Fisheries / Leah Zacher

Marine Heatwave Triggered a Hybrid Crab Surge in the Bering Sea

By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. A team of scientists at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s Kodiak Laboratory… More

Ocean Science

A car drives through a snowstorm in Broomfield, Colorado, in 2024. (Image credit: Bob Hyatt/NOAA)

El Nino looms large over U.S. Winter Outlook

By noaa.gov, noaa.gov. NOAA’s U.S. Winter Outlook, released today, shows how El Nino will likely influence the… More

Coastal NewsWeather & Tides

Archival photo of New England swordfishing vessel (left) courtesy of NOAA Fisheries; Background photo and photo offloading fish (right) courtesy of Hawaii Longline Association/Eric Kingma

Highly Migratory Species Management: Managing Shared Resources at Home and Around the World

By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. Highly migratory species—like Atlantic yellowfin tuna, Pacific albacore, and Atlantic swordfish—travel thousands of miles across… More

Coastal NewsOcean Science

A freediver from the Papahānaumokuākea Marine Debris Project works to carefully remove a ghost net from the reef at Kamokuokamohoali‘i (Maro Reef) in Hawaii. (Image credit: Andrew Sullivan-Hawkins/Papahānaumokuākea Marine Debris Project (Under permit # PMNM-2024-003))

Large-scale Marine Debris: 4 Ways to Clean up the Big Stuff

By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. Marine debris is a challenging problem. Across the country, NOAA and partners… More

Coastal NewsOcean Science

Map showing sea surface height anomalies using Darker reds to show sea levels higher than normal, while darker blues show heights below normal

Kelvin Waves, Explained

By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. You may be hearing a lot about Kelvin waves in the news.… More

Coastal NewsOcean ScienceWeather & Tides

Southern Resident killer whales swim just off Seattle’s shore. NOAA experts anticipate that the West Coast and the Pacific Islands will feel the effects of the 2026–2027 El Niño event most directly. Credit: NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center; taken under NOAA permit #781-1824

How Will El Niño Affect Your Local Fisheries?

By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. What does El Niño mean for U.S. fisheries and marine life? What… More

Coastal NewsOcean ScienceWeather & Tides

NOAA's flood inundation map (left) depicting the forecast for flooding extent in New London, Wisconsin, and a photo of flooded streets in New London (right), dated April 17, 2026. (Image credit: NOAA NWS)

NOAA’s flood mapping tool now covers nearly 100% of U.S.

By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. NOAA’s National Weather Service announced today that Flood Inundation Mapping (FIM), a… More

Coastal NewsWeather & Tides

Image Credits: Noaa fisheries.

Meet Hawaii Fish Company, Tilapia Farmers in Hawaiʻi

By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. For husband and wife duo Ron and and Estralita Weidenbach, fish farming… More

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