Stories from harbors across the coastal U.S.

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Ouzel: A Modern Classic Built with Purposeful Elegance

Nov 2, 2026 · 5 min read

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…

Aquaculture NOAA Fisheries Oyster Festival

A Guide to Ordering, Shucking, and Eating Oysters

Nov 1, 2026 · 2 min read

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…

A signboard thanking patrons at Tuna Harbor Dockside Market in San Diego. Credit: Tuna Harbor Dockside Market.

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Strengthening U.S. Fisheries, Coastal Economies, and Food Security

Oct 31, 2026 · 2 min read

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…

North Atlantic right whale and her 2026 calf swimming off the Florida coast

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Right Whale Speed Zones Take Effect Nov 1 2026

Oct 30, 2026 · 3 min read

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…

Oyster Festival Oyster Reef Restoration

Stray Current vs. Galvanic Corrosion: What Every Boat Owner Needs to Know

Oct 25, 2026 · 2 min read

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

Marine Economy

Celebrating Oysters During Oyster Week

Oct 21, 2026 · 2 min read

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…

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

Ocean Science

Marine Heatwave Triggered a Hybrid Crab Surge in the Bering Sea

Oct 21, 2026 · 2 min read

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…

NOAA Fisheries Snow Crabs

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

El Nino Extreme Weather Weather Forecast

El Nino looms large over U.S. Winter Outlook

Oct 17, 2026 · 2 min read

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…

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

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

Oct 16, 2026 · 2 min read

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…

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))

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

Oct 12, 2026 · 2 min read

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…

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

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Kelvin Waves, Explained

Oct 11, 2026 · 2 min read

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…

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

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How Will El Niño Affect Your Local Fisheries?

Oct 10, 2026 · 2 min read

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…

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)

Extreme Weather flooding Forecast

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

Oct 7, 2026 · 2 min read

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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Meet Hawaii Fish Company, Tilapia Farmers in Hawaiʻi

Oct 4, 2026 · 2 min read

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…

NOAA Fisheries and Sea Quester Farms partnered up to evaluate if kelp farms provide habitat for marine life in Alaska. Pictured here is one of Sea Quester’s farms in southeast Alaska near Juneau. Credit: Hatch Blue, Alaska Mariculture Cluster

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Kelp Farms and Marine Life Co-Exist in Southeast Alaska

Oct 3, 2026 · 2 min read

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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Celebrate National Seafood Month

Oct 2, 2026 · 2 min read

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,…

A group of women aboard a boat hold large red snappers caught during a recreational fishing trip. Credit: Grayson Shepard

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NOAA Announces 2026 Federal Recreational Red Snapper Season, Exempted Fishing Permits in South Atlantic

Oct 2, 2026 · 2 min read

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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Newport Boat Show 2026: Award Winners, New Boats and a Castle Hill Sunset

Sep 30, 2026 · 5 min read

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…

Hurricane tracks on a map, compared to another map with no tracks

Weather & Tides

A Hurricane Season Without Hurricanes, So Far

Sep 29, 2026 · 3 min read

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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Olive ridley sea turtle near Seal Beach in Orange County, CA. Credit: Huntington Beach Fire Department

NOAA Fisheries Sea Turtles

First-Ever Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Nested in California

Sep 27, 2026 · 2 min read

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.…

Large waves crash over a jetty as a large coastal storm bears down on the region on March 2, 2018 in Scituate, Massachusetts. A powerful nor'easter is bringing snow, rain and high wind to much of the U.S. Northeast. (Image credit: Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

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Weekend nor’easter likely to bring damaging winds, coastal flooding

Sep 26, 2026 · 1 min read

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…

Endangered insular false killer whale HIPc0280 with her new calf. Credit: Captain Zodiac/Andrea McCormick (NOAA Fisheries Permit #26596)

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Seeing Double: Good News for Rare False Killer Whales in Hawaiʻi

Sep 24, 2026 · 2 min read

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…

A scientist captures thousands of digital images to build a 3-D reef model during the 2026 National Coral Reef Monitoring Program survey at Swains Island. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.

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2026 Pacific Coral Surveys Complete

Sep 23, 2026 · 2 min read

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…

Sablefish farmed in net pens at NOAA's Northwest Fisheries Science Center. Credit: Megan Ewald for NOAA Fisheries.

Fishing

Managing Genetic Risk in Offshore Aquaculture

Sep 19, 2026 · 2 min read

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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Deep-sea sponges and other invertebrates in a collection basket during a bottom trawl survey. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Ocean Science

Nine Species of Deep-Sea Sponges Discovered in Alaska

Sep 18, 2026 · 2 min read

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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Sugar Creek flows over a dam initially created with beaver dam analogues to help improve habitat for coho salmon and other wildlife. Photo courtesy of Scott River Watershed Council.

Start-Up Beaver Dams Transform Parched California Creeks into Salmon Havens, New Research Finds

Sep 17, 2026 · 2 min read

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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Concrete Ships Hiding in Plain Sight: The Forgotten Breakwaters of America’s Harbors

Sep 11, 2026 · 2 min read

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…