At first glance, seals and sea lions look fairly similar. But if you look closer, you can spot the differences—like their ears and flippers, the noises they make, and even the way they move. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQSa... www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor... #SealandSeaLionWeek

“Hope this email finds you well!” *How your email finds me* An email? On a Monday? These sea lion pups would never. #SealAndSeaLionWeek

It’s #SealAndSeaLionWeek! These adorable marine mammals have been around for about 30 million years and are indicators of ocean health. 🌊 Some species can hold their breath for up to 2 hours and dive deeper than a mile when looking for food! Follow along: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...

It's official: the number of North Atlantic right whale calves born this season is the highest in 17 years! On March 14, an aerial survey team from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission saw right whale 4617 and her new calf off Crescent Beach, Florida.

Why are wetlands important? They’re great all-around players! They’re stat leaders in multiple categories—from abundant seafood, to cleaner water, to storm protection. 🏆 #MarshMadness Learn more about their winning strategy: www.youtube.com/shorts/g3TOp...

This colossal coral in the Mariana Islands is the largest of its kind! @noaa.gov scientists recently took the first approximate measurements of the coral during the 2025 National Coral Reef Monitoring Program surveys. It measured a whopping 14,500 square feet! oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/mar26/c...

Look what we found at the end of the rainbow! No pot of gold here—it’s a sleepy Hawaiian monk seal. These seals are only found in the Hawaiian Islands, so it’s always lucky to see one. We help conserve their habitat & protect them from threats. www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/hawa... #StPatricksDay

We’re hiring four Fish Biologists - Surveyors across multiple duty station locations. Applications are due by March 23, 2026. For more information, including details on how to apply to on USAJobs: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/careers-more... #FisheriesScience #Careers #NOAA #WorkAtNOAAFisheries

We’re celebrating #MarshMadness this week! While the teams duel it out on the basketball court, we’re keeping an eye on our brack… ish areas 🌊 Learn more about these important habitats and how we’re helping them rebound ⛹️‍♂️ www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...

They might be ranchers, but there’s not a cowpoke in sight—they’re rounding up sea urchins! Meet OoNee, sea urchin ranchers in Oregon and learn more about their efforts. Check out some fun facts about urchins too: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...

When she's not flying into hurricanes🌀, NOAA Corps Commander Megan Gaston is serving at our Southeast Regional Office! This former test pilot & Navy veteran shares her epic journey, from aspiring pilot in the 5th grade to her new land-based shore assignment: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...

Getting ready for St. Patrick’s Day? ☘️🌈 Add Irish-inspired flavors to your dinner prep! This beer-battered fried fish recipe uses Irish stout for a crispy, golden bite. Pair with fries and a squeeze of lemon, and you’ve got a seafood dish ☘️worth gabbing about☘️ www.fisheries.noaa.gov/insight/main...

Habitat restoration is paying off in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon! We invested $4.6 million in an ecosystem-wide restoration effort—and that investment is expected to produce more than $106 million in ecosystem services over 10 years! More about the project: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...

Meet Jordyn Zacharias, a third-generation seafood harvester and seafood marketing specialist for Tuna Harbor Dockside Market in California. The Market is one of many U.S. companies selling wild-caught and farm-raised seafood directly to consumers, fish markets, restaurants, and more.

The Indian River Lagoon is home to more than 4,000 species of plants and animals! With $9.4 million in @noaa.gov funding, the Indian River Lagoon Council and its partners are carrying out 15 projects across the estuary to restore seagrass, wetlands, shellfish populations, and shorelines. 👏

We’re hiring four Fish Biologists across multiple duty station locations. Applications are due by March 10, 2026. For more information, including details on how to apply to on USAJobs: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/careers-more... #FisheriesScience #Careers #NOAA

#WorldWildlifeDay is every day at NOAA Fisheries! We use science to study and conserve marine life and their habitats. Join us in celebrating World Wildlife Day 2026 and take a look at some of the marvelous marine creatures our scientists have encountered in their work. #WWD2026

Calling all budding artists! 🎨 We’re accepting entries for our art contest from students in kindergarten through 8th grade. This year's theme is sharks, tunas, swordfish, and billfish. Entries are due by 3/31/26. Check out past entries and submit your artwork: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/atlantic-hig...

Reminder: The Off Race Point Seasonal Management Area is in effect March 1 until April 30. During this time, most vessels 65 feet or longer must travel at 10 knots or less within the area to the north and east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/end...

From sonar to satellites! 🛰️ NOAA Fisheries is adopting cutting-edge technologies to revolutionize our understanding of the ocean. This also builds a faster, more efficient data system that helps scientists and managers more effectively manage marine resources: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...

5 ways NOAA scientists helped improve human and marine life in 2025: Highlights from the NOAA Science Report research.noaa.gov/five-ways-no...

Our scientists’ mission, should they choose to accept it … (cue the fun theme 🎶): enter the underwater glider challenge! NOAA Fisheries scientists, alongside industry and academic partners, accepted the mission to guide and assess a fleet of eight passive acoustic monitoring gliders.

In 2024, there were 8,028 confirmed marine mammal strandings (including whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, fur seals, and sea lions) in the United States. This number is higher than the average for the previous 17 years. Read more in our latest report: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...

New atlas identifies potential opportunities for #aquaculture in Gulf of #Alaska Publication will strengthen nation’s seafood industry News release: noaa.gov/news-release... via noaa.gov, NOAA Ocean Service

February is American Heart Month ❤️ One way to show your heart—and your tastebuds—some love is to eat more seafood! Studies show this can help lower blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke. Heart healthy seafood: fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor... #AmericanHeartMonth #Seafood

Habitat restored ✅ Contaminated soils removed ✅ Living shorelines created ✅ Trash removed ✅ Recreational access improved ✅ And...done! With @glcommission.bsky.social, we've helped restore what was once one of the Great Lakes region’s most degraded areas: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...

We are hiring a Supervisory Fish & Wildlife Administrator in either Seattle, WA or Juneau, AK to serve as the Division Director of the Fisheries Monitoring & Analysis Division at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center. Applications are due 2/23/26. More details: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/careers-more...

Today is World Whale Day. ✨🐳 ✨ The main threats to large whales are entanglements and vessel strikes. Luckily, you can help! From boating safely to reporting whales in distress, learn what actions you can take this #WorldWhaleDay to help these marine mammals. #WhaleWeek

Roses are red, violets are blue… …You didn’t know blue whale hearts weigh as much as a piano, did you? Blue whales are the largest animals to ever live on our planet, and that also means they have the biggest hearts. 💙💙💙 www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor... #WhaleWeek

We have a special place in our hearts for farm-fresh seafood. It’s hard not to fall for savory mussels, steaming salmon, and succulent seaweeds at first sight! This Valentine’s Day, @noaa.gov experts share their seafood love stories. ❤️🦪❤️ www.fisheries.noaa.gov/news/falling...

Last summer, scientists from @noaa.gov and Alaska North Slope Borough surveyed bowhead and beluga whales in the Beaufort Sea and Amundson Gulf. Together the three teams flew more than 30,000 miles—that’s more than one time around the Earth! fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor... #WhaleWeek

To help us learn about whale health, we’re using drones to collect their snot 🤧 And snot tells us a lot! It can show researchers if whales are stressed, whether they are getting enough to eat, and even when they are pregnant. www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor... #WhaleWeek

While this week is a time to celebrate whales, we also know they face many risks & we wanted to share some sad news. On 2/10/26, the VA Aquarium & Marine Science Center notified us of a dead North Atlantic right whale on a barrier island off VA’s eastern shore: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/end...

To track the movements of whales, scientists and emergency responders use electronic tags. These tags rely on the same technology—telemetry—that lets people navigate with GPS or find a lost smartphone. See how tagging supports key whale research: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor... #WhaleWeek

Want to make something special for your Valentine? These delicious, heart-healthy brown butter sage scallops will be love at first bite. Served over ravioli with creamy butternut squash sauce, these golden seared scallops are sure to impress. www.fisheries.noaa.gov/insight/scal...

What do whales and trees have in common? Like trees in a rainforest, whales capture and store atmospheric carbon—directly in their large bodies—throughout their long lives. In fact, whales are even more efficient at capturing carbon than trees are! www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor... #WhaleWeek

Quick, brush up on your whale facts. There will be a quiz: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor... #WhaleWeek

It’s #WhaleWeek! We’re celebrating these majestic marine mammals, which are among the largest and oldest animals on Earth. Found in every ocean, they range in size from the small dwarf sperm whale to the massive blue whale—the largest animal on the planet. 🤯 🌎 www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...

We are hiring a Supervisory Consumer Safety Officer with multiple options for duty station location. The position will serve as Division Chief to plan, manage, and oversee the activities of the Seafood Inspection Program. Applications are due by Feb. 11, 2026: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/careers-more...

LSATs: Same name, different stressors. While “the LSATs” are a stressful exam for law school applicants, these LSATs—long sediment-laden algal turfs—are a major stressor for Florida’s coral reefs. More on the turf trap and next steps for a coral recovery rut: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...

Looking for a quick, no-cook snack for game day? Whip up this crab dip—creamy, zesty, and packed with tangy crab flavor. It’s a total crowd-pleaser with zero oven time. To find more delicious seafood dishes, dive into North Carolina Sea Grant’s Mariner’s Menu: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/insight/appe...

We are hiring a Supervisory Management and Program Analyst with multiple options for duty station location. The position will serve as the Program Manager and primary instructor for NOAA Fisheries CORE Policy (acquisition training). Applications due by 2/9/26: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/careers-more...

Sometimes, restoring salmon habitat requires … helicopters? Yep. With @noaa.gov funding, the Quinault Indian Nation and its partners are using helicopters to build more than 130 log jams along 8 miles of habitat on the Queets-Clearwater watershed. Check it out: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/video/helico...

Wetlands—including marshes, mangroves, swamps, and floodplains—provide many benefits. They serve as homes for the fish we eat, protect coastal communities from storms, and help filter pollution out of our water. See 5 reasons we ❤️ wetlands: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor... #WorldWetlandsDay

We are hiring a Supervisory Fish and Wildlife Administrator in St. Petersburg, Florida. Applications are due by February 5, 2026. Check out more information about the position, including details on how to apply via USAJobs: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/careers-more...

(1 of 3) Sad update: North Atlantic right whale “Division” has died. He was found off the coast of North Carolina this week. We and our partners have monitored his movement using telemetry since his partial disentanglement in December 2025. www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/end...

We're hiring a Supervisory Fish Biologist in Honolulu, HI to lead the Science and Operations of the NOAA Fisheries Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Ecosystem Sciences Division. Applications are due by 2/3/26. More information on how to apply on USAJobs: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/careers-more...

Amazing news: There are six new North Atlantic right whale calves, bringing this year's total to 21! This is the highest number of births recorded in the last 15 years. While we don’t know if this trend will continue, 21 newborns in a calving season is a relatively productive year.

1/17/26: Entangled N. Atlantic right whale seen in Cape Cod Bay, MA. Scientists identified it as the 2025 calf of right whale #2460 “Monarch.” Trained responders were able to recover some gear and will continue entanglement response efforts as conditions allow: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/end...

Looking for new ways to cook your favorite seafood? Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center has you covered with these fritters. They’re made with salmon—its buttery meat is full of heart-healthy Omega-3s and essential vitamins. www.fisheries.noaa.gov/insight/salm...