Statement From NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco on the Passing of Renowned Seaweed Expert, Dr. Isabella Abbott

I am deeply saddened to share news of the passing of Dr. Isabella Abbott on October 28 at the age of 91. A pioneer in the study of central-Pacific seaweeds, Izzie was a font of knowledge and a beacon of inspiration for generations of marine biologists around the world, but especially at the two institutions where she taught, Stanford University...

NOAA: Ship Speed Restrictions to Protect Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales

NOAA has announced seasonal vessel speed restrictions along the U.S. East Coast where the endangered right whale travels to protect them from being injured or killed by colliding with ships. The restrictions - the same as imposed last year - require vessels 65 feet or longer to travel at 10 knots or less in key right whale areas, reducing the...

NOAA Explores the Pacific Ocean While Supporting Fisheries Research

NOAA Fisheries scientists onboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer are collecting plankton samples from Hawaii to the U.S. West Coast and collecting floating plastic debris from the so-called great Pacific garbage patch, a concentrated area of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean....

NOAA Awards Multiple Contracts Totaling up to $550 Million for Scientific, Technical Support Services

NOAA today awarded three Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts, totaling up to $550 million, for scientific and technical services to support the agency's key mission and its five line offices....

NOAA-Funded Tagging of Narwhals Finds Continued Warming of Southern Baffin Bay

In a research paper published online Saturday in the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, a publication of the American Geological Union (AGU), scientists reported the southern Baffin Bay off West Greenland has continued warming since wintertime ocean temperatures were last effectively measured there in the early 2000s.Temperatures in the study...