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Why Do Some Jellyfish Bloom? A New Theory Emerges

Jellyfish at Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. Credit: Greg McFall. The authors of a study partially funded by NCCOS theorize that the recent global increase in jellyfish blooms ...

Shellfisheries Reopen at Georges Bank, Massachuset...

Something good is happening at Georges Bank, a large area off the coast of Massachusetts that separates the Gulf of Maine from the Atlantic Ocean. After 22 years, some 6,000 ...

Research Provides Parameters to Model Ciguatoxin's...

Hawaiian monk seal and her pup. Photo courtesy of the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center A single-celled plant known as Gambierdiscus is responsible for the most common cause of harmful ...

NOAA Scientists: Fish Spawning Hotspots Located by...

Scientists at the Caribbean Coral Reef Institute at the University of Puerto Rico identified locations and size of reef fish spawning aggregations by the sounds they make. The success of ...

NOAA-funded research investigates where Caribbean ...

NOAA-funded research in the Caribbean is using the underwater sounds of reef fish, such as groupers, to identify areas where they gather to spawn - a behavior that makes the ...

Ocean scientists find how size of Coral Triangle m...

A new study of Asia's Coral Triangle, which contains nearly 30 percent of the world's reefs, shows that when it comes to ensuring a rich and diverse range of species, ...

Tracking Coral Larvae Sources Helps Protection Pla...

NOAA investigators and their partners embarked on a year-long study to determine the origins of coral polyps and fish species seeding the reefs of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana ...

New Report Helps Wind Farm Planners Avoid Bird Fly...

Researchers from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science recently evaluated techniques to design robust marine bird surveys to support offshore wind energy sites that are in the same location ...
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New Maps Offer Updated Perspective of Southwest Pu...

In support of a watershed restoration initiative in Guanica Bay, researchersfrom the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science released new shallow-water (less than 30 meters deep) sea floor habitat maps ...

Florida Keys marine reserve a keeper: Fish rebound...

Both fishermen and fish species have benefited from "no-take" protections at a marine reserve in the Florida Keys, according to a government report. The report found that overfished species - ...

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