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U.S. Department of Commerce allocates $123.6M in fishery disaster funding to Alaska, Oregon, California and Squaxin Island Tribe June 17, 2026 The Status of Stocks report provides an annual update on the status of U.S. marine fisheries. Working waterfronts such as this ...
How El Niño Could Affect West Coast Marine Species (Image credit: California Department of Fish and Wildlife.) Download Image June 15, 2026 Fisheries climate fisheries marine life 0 Off
Sea turtles Loggerhead Turtle escaping a net equipped with turtle exclusion device (TED) (Image credit: NOAA) Download Image June 15, 2026 Sea turtles breathe air, like all reptiles, and have streamlined bodies with large flippers. They are well adapted to life in ...
Executive Proclamation restores commercial fishing in Pacific marine monuments, unlocks economic opportunity June 11, 2026 The IATTC adopted new three-year management measures for tropical tunas including yellowfin caught by purse seine and longline vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean. (Image credit: Shutterstock/Al ...
NOAA’s SOLAR-1 enters new era of space weather monitoring June 10, 2026 An artist rendering of NOAA's SOLAR-1 satellite (formerly SWFO-L1) in its final position in space orbit next to an image of the sun producing a coronal mass ejection. Earth is ...
Science that goes deep: How NOAA Research is studying our global ocean Researchers deploy an Argo float into the sea to gather data throughout the water column. (Image credit: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)) Download Image June 9, 2026 Research ...
Celebrate National Fishing & Boating Week (Image credit: NOAA Fisheries) Download Image June 8, 2026 Fisheries commercial fishing boating safety recreational fishing 0 Off
A Year in the Life of a Whale Shark Physician Dr. Larry Spetka swims with his namesake, Larry the whale shark, in the Gulf in May 2025. Credit: BWRI/Jamison Smith (Image credit: Blue World Research Group/Jamison Smith) Download Image June 5, 2026 ...
Lake Erie harmful algal bloom seasonal forecast to be issued June 25 June 4, 2026 Green-colored waters of western Lake Erie during a harmful algal bloom. Photo taken August 29, 2022. (Image credit: Kent Baker/NOAA GLERL) Download Image NOAA will provide its ...
World's 4th mass coral-bleaching event likely ended in 2025 A large section of bleached coral as seen in Cheeca Rocks of the Florida Keys in 2023. (Image credit: NOAA) Download Image June 1, 2026 Satellites Ocean & Coasts 0 Off
(Image credit: NOAA CO-OPS) Download Image June 2, 2026 . Ocean & Coasts Climate-Ready Coasts climate reports 0 Off
Join us for National Ocean Month Celebrate the ocean and its resources that inspire, nourish and benefit local economies The island of Nihoa in Hawaii's Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument as seen from aboard a Polynesian canoe. Photo: Office of Hawaiian Affairs. (Image ...
National Ocean Month Celebrate the wonder and importance of our ocean! Monitor National Marine Sanctuary tugboat. (Image credit: NOAA Sanctuaries/Bruce Sudweeks) Download Image June 1, 2026 Did you know that June is National Ocean Month? As America’s leader in coastal and ocean ...
Announcing the 2026 Hollings Scholarship recipients! The 2024 class of EPP/MSI and Hollings undergraduate scholars. (Image credit: Chris Zimmer Photography) Download Image May 20, 2026 NOAA’s Office of Education has selected 128 Ernest F. Hollings undergraduate scholars for the class of 2026-2028. ...