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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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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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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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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Ocean Science
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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Ocean Science
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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Ocean Science
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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Ocean Science
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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Ocean Science
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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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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Ocean Science
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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Is Offshore Construction Noise Stressing New England’s Lobsters? WHOI Scientists Want to Know
By Kiran Johnson, whoi.edu. As offshore wind farms multiply along the New England coast, a question with real consequences for one of the region's most valuable…
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Charting the Future of Fisheries-Independent Surveys
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. Fisheries-independent surveys operate on dedicated survey vessels and are the foundation of sustainable fisheries management. They provide the consistent data on marine resources…
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Ocean Science
Ocean Indicators Help Track El Niño’s Arrival on the West Coast
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. Has El Niño reached the West Coast? You might think it has. After all, the ocean off Southern and Central California is unusually…
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Ocean Science
Coral IVF: How Scientists Are Breeding Heat-Resistant Reefs for Florida’s Future
By Dawn Anderson, best4boats.com. The reefs that protect South Florida's coastlines, harbors, and marinas are in crisis — and scientists at the University of Miami are…
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Ocean Science
A Secret to Survival for California’s Most Endangered Salmon
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. Traditional field research combined with new technology has revealed a secret to the survival of juvenile salmon as they form in their eggs,…
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Ocean Science
A Winter at Sea Reveals Seasonal Habits of Whales, Dolphins, and Seabirds in Hawaiʻi
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. The Hawaiian archipelago is teeming with marine life, and winter brings some of the most exciting activity of the year. It’s a season…
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Ocean Science
Beyond Ocean Mapping: Using Uncrewed Vehicles to Advance Ocean Research
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. It’s January off of Nantucket Shoals. An uncrewed surface vehicle begins a series of carefully planned transects through Southern New England, collecting data…
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Ocean Science
New Satellite Tag Offers Longer Tracking of Baleen Whales
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. How do you track a 40-ton ocean giant without leaving a mark? Monitoring large whales is a delicate balancing act between science and…
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Ocean Science
Technology Week: Launching into the Future with Advanced Technologies
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. NOAA scientists rely on cutting-edge technology to collect and analyze the data needed to manage our ocean resources and habitats. Because some ocean…
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Giving North Atlantic Right Whales a Check-Up Using Advanced Technology
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. This story is part three of a three-part series. Read about how we are listening for North Atlantic right whales with passive acoustics, monitoring them…
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Can Habitat Restoration Help Salmon Recover? Prairie Creek Offers Clues
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. This story is part 2 of a 2-part series. Read part 1. When any habitat restoration project finishes, a critical question remains: Will the…
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Restoring California’s Prairie Creek Supports Salmon Recovery and Local Community
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. This story is part 1 of a 2-part series. Read part 1. For more than a decade, NOAA Fisheries and a broad coalition of partners…
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Fishing Vessel Joins Trained Team to Free Injured Humpback Whale 20 Miles off Oregon Coast
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. An Oregon team joined by experts from Washington and a local fisherman freed a severely entangled humpback whale about 20 miles off the…
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NOAA Scientists Discover Repeat Spawning in Pacific Capelin
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. For certain fish species, like Pacific salmon, reproduction is a once-in-a-lifetime event, known as semelparity. Many other fish are iteroparous—meaning they can spawn repeatedly…
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U.S. Aquariums and Universities Collaborate on Transformative Aquaculture of Marine Fish
By Seagrant.noaa.gov, Seagrant.noaa.gov. A nationwide collaboration among public aquariums and research institutions has developed new methods to breed more than 20 marine fish species in human…
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The Hadal Zone’s Squishy Survivor: How the World’s Deepest Fish Thrives Under Crushing Pressure
By Evan Lubofsky, whoi.edu. At the very bottom of the ocean — in the hadal zone, where pressure is 1,100 times greater than at the surface…
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NOAA’s Use Of Cloud Infrastructure Grows To Include Weather Prediction Models
By noaa.gov, noaa.gov. In the latest innovation to NOAA’s operational weather forecast model technology, the agency announced today that it is moving its high-performance supercomputing operations…
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