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Recreational Fishery Data Reveals Climate-Driven Shifts for Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Catch

A new study identifies shifting distributions of Atlantic Highly Migratory Species catch, including tunas, billfish, and sharks, off the northeastern United States, providing understanding about climate change impacts to the recreational fishery.
April 19, 2023 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Man in blue shirt on stern of boat holding large fish.

Al Roker Showcases Aquaculture as a Climate Solution

Al Roker and his team visited aquaculture efforts in California and Connecticut to learn firsthand how aquaculture can support working waterfronts, local businesses, and the coastal economy, all of which are threatened by climate change.
April 17, 2023 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
West Coast
Al Roker with Danielle Blacklock, Director of NOAA's Office of Aquaculture Al Roker with Danielle Blacklock, Director of NOAA's Office of Aquaculture. Credit: NOAA.

Cusk on the Cusp: Investigating a Hard-to-Find Fish

How do you learn enough about a species that lives in hard-to-reach pockets of the ocean floor to help it rebuild and sustain its population?
April 11, 2023 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Underwater view of a fish swimming along the rocky ocean floor toward the camera.

Researchers Investigate Innovative Way to Plant Oysters for Restoration

NOAA and the U.S. Naval Academy explore whether using “direct setting” of oyster larvae is effective.
March 16, 2023 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Five oyster shells, each with multiple smaller oyster shells stuck to them Oyster hatcheries can produce "spat on shell"—multiple juvenile oysters attached to other, larger oyster shells—through an intensive process. Spat on shell are often used in oyster reef restoration projects. Photo: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Oyster Hatchery.

Study Sharpens Atlantic Cod Stock Delineation

The U.S. Northwest Atlantic is home to five distinct populations of Atlantic cod.
March 06, 2023 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Photographs of four cod, each a different color, different proportion, and overall size.

How Will Changes in Habitat Affect Fish in and Near the Chesapeake Bay?

NOAA-funded research has explored how different species, including the commercially important summer flounder and black sea bass, may change their habitat use due to climate change.
March 03, 2023 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
In the foreground, a clump of marsh grass; in the middle, a sandbar; in the background, a wide river. Habitats including marsh are being affected by climate change. Recent research has explored how changes in habitat can affect commercially and recreationally important fish species in the Chesapeake Bay. Photo: Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve—Virginia

New Study Finds Ocean Acidification and Warming Hinder Juvenile Atlantic Sea Scallop Growth

Study provides the first information on post-larval scallop growth under ocean acidification conditions.
March 01, 2023 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Small marine animals called sea scallops with two light brown rounded shells and numerous blue eyes along the shell margins sit in clear seawater on the mesh bottom of an aquarium. Juvenile sea scallops obtained from ​​Pine Point Oyster Company in Maine were used in this ocean acidification exposure study.

Kitt The Harbor Seal Has Died

Wildlife medical specialists continue to look for what caused her death.
February 02, 2023 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A young woman crouches on the step of a cement saltwater pool, holding a stick with a rubber target on its end. At her feet, two harbor seals await rewards as they respond to her whistle and touch the target with their noses. Aquarium staffer Sarah Shea training harbor seals Bubba (center) and Kitt (lower center) in the summer of 2022 at the Woods Hole Science Aquarium. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Katie Dever

Information About Offshore Wind and Whales

Get answers to frequently asked questions about interactions between offshore wind energy projects and whales on the East Coast.
January 18, 2023 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Wind generators off Block Island.

2019 Report of Marine Mammal Strandings in the United States

These national and regional marine mammal stranding overviews detail marine mammal stranding rates, trends, and activities in the United States in a given year. In 2019, there were 7,719 confirmed marine mammal strandings in the United States.
January 05, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Stranding Network members perform an animal autopsy on a stranded gray whale that lies within a sectioned off area of the beach. A team of scientists from The Marine Mammal Center and the California Academy of Sciences perform a necropsy on a stranded gray whale at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach. Photo: Katie D’Innocenzo/The Marine Mammal Center.