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Topic: Fish

An invasive lionfish in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

The invasive turkeyfish: To beat it, try eating it

November 20, 2019

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An invasive lionfish in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

A scribbled filefish, about 50 days old and 2 inches long, surrounded by plastics. New NOAA research shows that many larval (juvenile) fish species from different ocean habitats are surrounded by and ingesting plastics in their preferred nursery habitat.

Prey-size plastics are invading juvenile fish nurseries

November 13, 2019

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A scribbled filefish, about 50 days old and 2 inches long, surrounded by plastics. New NOAA research shows that many larval (juvenile) fish species from different ocean habitats are surrounded by and ingesting plastics in their preferred nursery habitat.

A grocery store counter displaying fish fillets.

Online tool screens finfish fillets for mislabeling, substitution

September 30, 2019

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A grocery store counter displaying fish fillets.

A juvenile shortfin mako shark swimming in the waters off California.

Mako shark tracking off U.S. West Coast reveals impressive memory and more

September 19, 2019

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A juvenile shortfin mako shark swimming in the waters off California.

An Atlantic salmon leaps upstream.

Penobscot River salmon run is the highest since 2011

August 8, 2019

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An Atlantic salmon leaps upstream.

Channel Islands.

Researchers track giant sea bass in Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary

February 15, 2019

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Channel Islands.

October is National Seafood Month.

During National Seafood Month, the world is your oyster. Or shrimp? Skate? Halibut?

September 30, 2019

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October is National Seafood Month.

This medusa belongs to the genus Cyanea, a jellyfish well-known to bloom and occur in large numbers in surface waters.

Fact vs. fiction: 3 things you thought you knew about jellyfish

August 30, 2018

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ocean exploration

This medusa belongs to the genus Cyanea, a jellyfish well-known to bloom and occur in large numbers in surface waters.

Crab pots (traps) that are lost or abandoned in the Chesapeake Bay can have serious environmental and economic impacts. In this photo a Maryland crab boat fishes in the Chesapeake.

Derelict fishing gear makes the Chesapeake crabby, and not in a good way

March 27, 2017

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Crab pots (traps) that are lost or abandoned in the Chesapeake Bay can have serious environmental and economic impacts. In this photo a Maryland crab boat fishes in the Chesapeake.

Désirée Tommasi: Pioneer in new field of fish forecasting

Meet Désirée Tommasi: Pioneer in new field of fish forecasting

February 23, 2017

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Désirée Tommasi: Pioneer in new field of fish forecasting

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