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Trained and authorized responders use a grapple to grab the entanglement trailing behind a  North Atlantic right whale (#4545). Credit: Center for Coastal Studies, taken under NOAA Permit # 24359 Trained and authorized responders use a grapple to grab the entanglement trailing behind a North Atlantic right whale (#4545). Credit: Center for Coastal Studies, taken under NOAA Permit # 24359
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head of bowhead whale peaking out of the water First sighting of subadult bowhead whale on March 27, 2024 at 11:45 am in Sitka Sound, Alaska, USA (57.06N, 135.53W). Credit: Ellen Chenoweth from the vessel Pioneer. NOAA Fisheries MMPA/ESA Permit No. 24378.
Three people work together on a small vessel floating in dark blue water, with a lush, green island rising in the background. One of them prepares to fish as part of a research survey while another other works to remove a hook from a colorful fish that’s already been caught. NOAA scientists Eric Cruz and Erin Bohaboy unhook a colorful gindai (oblique-banded snapper), caught by local fisherman Lino Tenorio. Blending local know-how and fisheries science is helping NOAA Fisheries better understand fish stocks in the Mariana Islands. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Benjamin Richards
Recreational fishermen hold up two red snapper during a day fishing in the Gulf. Photo courtesy of Captain Grayson Shepard Recreational fishermen hold up two red snapper during a day fishing in the Gulf. Photo courtesy of Captain Grayson Shepard
An underwater photo shows various corals and fish. In the foreground, a round, greenish-brown-colored coral with finger-like branches peeks above a reddish-brown reef. To its right are two flatter, tan, plate-shaped corals. Acropora globiceps (center left) and Isopora crateriformis (center right) in the waters off American Samoa. Both species are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

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