National Marine Fisheries Service
Recent News About National Marine Fisheries Service
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NOAA and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Sign New Interagency Agreement on Wind Energy DevelopmentToday, NOAA and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management signed an interagency memorandum to advance wind energy while protecting biodiversity and promoting cooperative ocean use.
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NOAA Fisheries conducts world-class science to support sustainable marine life and habitats. Our new podcast, “Dive In with NOAA Fisheries,” is about the work we do and the people behind it.
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Alaska's arctic and sub-arctic fisheries are among the most productive, sustainable, and profitable in the world, providing millions of people with healthy protein domestically and internationally.
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A new study examines how catch share programs can make fishing safer by providing flexibility in when fishermen can fish.
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NOAA Fisheries is pleased to announce the selection of a new Director for its Operations, Management and Information Services Division for the Alaska Fisheries Science Center.
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Dispatches from the Chesapeake Bay. The mighty Chesapeake Bay is the nation’s largest estuary and one of the most productive bodies of water in the world.
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The U.S. Department of Army’s Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works and the NOAA Administrator signed a joint resolution memorandum.
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In December, NOAA Fisheries held another productive biannual engagement with officials from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada to discuss ongoing efforts by both countries to protect and recover North Atlantic right whales, one of the world’s most endangered large whale species. Fisheries’ Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, Sam Rauch, and our Regional Administrator for the Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, Mike Pentony, joined me for this meeting.
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Every 5 years, NOAA Fisheries reviews the status of species listed under the Endangered Species Act to make sure they have the protection they need.
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Philadelphia: the cradle of American Independence, home of Ben Franklin and the Liberty Bell.
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NOAA’s partners at The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay recently completed a project to restore habitat and improve fish passage on Kids Creek in Traverse City, Michigan.
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The survey successfully sampled all 45 stations this fall with tub-trawl bottom longline gear in the southern Gulf of Maine.