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Innovative Partnerships Fast Track Polluted Portland Harbor Toward Restoration

Through public-private partnerships, restoration banking restores resources affected by pollution in Oregon and helps habitats recover faster.
July 28, 2022 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Creek flows between vegetated stream banks The Alder Creek Restoration Project, shown here several years after project construction, is a restoration banking project along Oregon’s Willamette River. Credit: NOAA.

Oyster Reef Habitat Restoration to Protect Georgia’s Coast

Two projects assisting oyster reef habitat restoration that will protect Georgia’s saltwater marshes and coastline.
July 27, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
Volunteers bagging oyster cultch, a substrate that helps oysters grow, at the Savannah State University Marine Science Research Center. Volunteers bagging oyster cultch, a substrate that helps oysters grow, at the Savannah State University Marine Science Research Center. Credit: Savannah State University/Cameron Atkinson.

NOAA Releases First Comprehensive Policy on Mitigation to Conserve Natural Resources

Improving conservation through effective mitigation of adverse impacts to marine, estuarine, and freshwater resources.
July 25, 2022 - Feature Story ,
National
Side channel and mudflat habitats on Alder Creek with trees in the background. Credit: NOAA Side channel and mudflat habitats restored at the Alder Creek restoration project along Oregon's Willamette River. Credit: NOAA

Celebrating Habitat Month 2022: Healthy Habitat, Resilient Infrastructure

Learn more about the role of healthy habitat in building coastal resilience.
July 25, 2022 - Feature Story ,
National
Graphic showing fish, birds, and coral in marine habitat

Ocean Models Help Link Environmental Conditions to a Fishery Stock Assessment

We are one step closer to using ocean and climate information to improve stock assessments and management measures.
July 22, 2022 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A flat, diamond-shaped fish lying on a sandy ocean bottom. Both eyes are on one side of the head, looking up at the camera. Caption: Yellowtail flounder on a sandy bottom photographed by a towed sampling array called HabCam. Photo Courtesy Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Meet Suzana Blake, Environmental Anthropologist

Part of the Faces of the Southeast Fisheries Science Center series, meet Suzana Dumitrita Blake, Ph.D.
July 20, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
Suzana Blake in her home office, July 2022 Suzana Blake in her home office, July 2022. Photo courtesy of Suzana Blake.

Recent Increase in Seal Deaths in Maine Linked to Avian Flu

NOAA Fisheries working with partners to determine the causes of death, and assess impacts.
July 20, 2022 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
MMoME team member assessing a dead seal. MMoME team member assessing a dead seal.

NOAA Fisheries Announces New Initiative to End Illegal Labor Practices in the Seafood Industry

NOAA Fisheries will pursue public-private partnerships through CALM-CS to accelerate efforts toward ending forced labor and improving working conditions across the seafood sector.
July 19, 2022 - Feature Story ,
International
fishermen working on boat Credit: iStock

Orlando Taylor to Present 2022 Jearld Lecture

Calls for a more diverse scientific workforce.
July 19, 2022 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Color image of a bald African American man wearing a light colored suit and shirt, with a dark tie. He is standing in front of a window in an office setting, smiling at the camera.

2022 Northeast Spring Ecosystem Monitoring Cruise Completed

We completed approximately 85 percent of planned stations, from the mouth of Chesapeake Bay through the Gulf of Maine.
July 19, 2022 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Collection of plankton on screen, dark 'head', clear body with orange interiors.