Welcome to NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries Service). NOAA Fisheries Service is dedicated to the stewardship of living marine resources through science-based conservation and management, and the promotion of healthy ecosystems.

As a steward, NOAA Fisheries Service conserves, protects, and manages living marine resources in a way that ensures their continuation as functioning components of marine ecosystems, affords economic opportunities, and enhances the quality of life for the American public.

Hot Issues

		New Measures Adopted for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) has reached a new agreement on eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna, which includes lower quotas and an extended closure on the spawning grounds. However, NOAA officials remain concerned about the long-term outlook for this overfished stock. > read more
		NOAA Commissions New Research Vessel and Dedicates New Fisheries Lab On Friday, November 6, officials from NOAA commissioned NOAA Ship Pisces, the nation's most advanced fisheries research vessel, and dedicated a new fisheries laboratory in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The vessel and the NOAA laboratory will support fisheries research in the Gulf of Mexico, southeastern United States and the Caribbean. > read more
		NOAA and Smithsonian Project to Improve Chesapeake and Delaware Bays' Nearshore Habitat Management NOAA has awarded the Smithsonian Institution's Environmental Research Center and several partner organizations $946,000 for the first year of an anticipated five-year, $5 million collaborative project to study the degradation of nearshore coastal habitats in the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays. Research will be used by environmental managers and local officials to better protect and restore these estuaries over the long-term, as well as plan for sea level rise and other consequences of climate change. > read more
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