Environment
NOAA, NASA Release Measurements of 2026 Ozone Hole
By noaa.gov, noaa.gov. Atypical weather conditions caused the Antarctic ozone hole to grow to an unusually large size in 2026, NOAA and NASA scientists reported today,…
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Ocean Science
Large-Scale Coral Restoration Underway on Puerto Rico’s Cayo Largo
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. Earlier this year, Sea Ventures coral biologist Manuel Nieves returned to a restoration site off Fajardo, Puerto Rico, to check on outplanted corals. As he…
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Ocean Science
Advancing Active Acoustics: How Scientists Use Sound to Monitor a Three-Dimensional Ocean
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. The ocean is a three-dimensional world. Life moves vertically and horizontally through the water, often across large areas and at depths scientists cannot…
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Boating
Ouzel: A Modern Classic Built with Purposeful Elegance
Rockport Marine’s 95-foot Ouzel: a modern classic sailing Superyacht built for world cruising By US Harbors - On a Sunday in November 2025, a mast standing…
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Coastal Life
A Guide to Ordering, Shucking, and Eating Oysters
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. October was National Seafood Month, and on the Maine coast it was also a month for oysters. We spent an afternoon at the…
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Coastal News
Strengthening U.S. Fisheries, Coastal Economies, and Food Security
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. The United States manages some of the world’s most productive and sustainable fisheries. American commercial fishermen and seafood businesses operate on a foundation…
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Boating
Right Whale Speed Zones Take Effect Nov 1 2026
By US Harbors Starting November 1, most vessels 65 feet and longer must slow to 10 knots or less inside federal Seasonal Management Areas along the…
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Boating
Stray Current vs. Galvanic Corrosion: What Every Boat Owner Needs to Know
By Captain Ken Kreisler, Best4Boats.com. If you keep a boat in a marina — or anywhere in saltwater — corrosion is working on it right now.…
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Marine Economy
Celebrating Oysters During Oyster Week
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. Oysters are great multitaskers! They provide many benefits to the ecosystem they live in. They are filter feeders—they clean the water as they…
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Ocean Science
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 has uncovered an unexpected ecological aftermath following the major 2018–2019 Bering Sea…
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Coastal News
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 upcoming winter months (December 2026 to February 2027), with warmer-than-average temperatures…
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Coastal News
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 state, national, and international boundaries throughout their lives. These important commercial…
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Coastal News
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 remove everything from lost fishing gear tangled on the seafloor to…
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Coastal News
Kelvin Waves, Explained
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. You may be hearing a lot about Kelvin waves in the news. What are Kelvin waves, and how are they related to El…
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Coastal News
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 can fishermen and coastal communities expect to observe and experience as…
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Coastal News
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 revolutionary tool for predicting river flooding, is now available on an…
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Coastal Life
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 is a family business. The couple met in the 1970s while…
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Coastal Life
Kelp Farms and Marine Life Co-Exist in Southeast Alaska
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. Marine aquaculture, or mariculture, provides economic opportunities for coastal communities in Alaska through farming shellfish and seaweed. NOAA Fisheries continues to support Alaska’s…
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Coastal Life
Celebrate National Seafood Month
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. As we welcome autumn, we also celebrate National Seafood Month! Join us all month long to celebrate sustainable seafood with new feature stories,…
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Coastal News
NOAA Announces 2026 Federal Recreational Red Snapper Season, Exempted Fishing Permits in South Atlantic
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. NOAA Fisheries announced today the 2026 federal recreational red snapper fishing season in the South Atlantic and the issuance of three exempted fishing…
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Boating
Newport Boat Show 2026: Award Winners, New Boats and a Castle Hill Sunset
By US Harbors The weather was perfect as the US Harbors crew arrived in Newport on Thursday for the opening day of the 55th Newport International…
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Weather & Tides
A Hurricane Season Without Hurricanes, So Far
By US Harbors Every Atlantic hurricane season from 1915 through 2025 produced at least one hurricane by September 21, and most produced about four. This year…
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Coastal News
First-Ever Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Nested in California
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. An olive ridley sea turtle was observed digging a nest and laying eggs on the beach near Seal Beach, in Orange County, California on September 16, 2026.…
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Coastal News
Weekend nor’easter likely to bring damaging winds, coastal flooding
By noaa.gov, noaa.gov. Forecasters at NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) are monitoring a powerful nor’easter bringing damaging wind gusts and dangerous coastal flooding to the Northeast…
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Coastal News
Seeing Double: Good News for Rare False Killer Whales in Hawaiʻi
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. Research partners spotted two endangered main Hawaiian Islands insular false killer whale calves this year, and they’re starting to grow up! This is…
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Coastal News
2026 Pacific Coral Surveys Complete
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. NOAA scientists returned from American Samoa and the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument after conducting coral reef monitoring surveys. The team sailed…
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Fishing
Managing Genetic Risk in Offshore Aquaculture
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. Aquaculture can sustainably produce seafood to complement wild-caught fisheries. However, like all food systems, aquaculture requires sound science to ensure farmed species don’t…
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Ocean Science
Nine Species of Deep-Sea Sponges Discovered in Alaska
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. Scientists have discovered nine new species of sponges in the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands. The specimens were collected during the Alaska…
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Coastal News
Start-Up Beaver Dams Transform Parched California Creeks into Salmon Havens, New Research Finds
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. Battered by early gold mining and diminished by logging and diversions,the lower section of Sugar Creek often ran dry in summer. The tributary…
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Coastal Life
Concrete Ships Hiding in Plain Sight: The Forgotten Breakwaters of America’s Harbors
By Jordan Hanssen, best4boats. There's a good chance a concrete ship is lurking in your local harbor — and you've never noticed. Built during both World…
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