The North Carolina Biotechnology Center funded NOAA and academic researchers to develop a training facility for public health officials and resource managers in advanced molecular methods to detect pathogens and ...

A photograph of the microscopic algae Karenia brevis, the plant responsible for toxic red tides in the Gulf of Mexico A species of algae responsible for red tides plaguing Gulf ...

Watch as hunters become the hunted in this story of a delicious but damaging invasive predator and efforts to remove them from our fragile reefs. Lionfish released in U.S. waters ...

As part of a pilot initiative known as "beach hazard statements," NOAA's National Weather Service in Tampa Bay began to issue red tide warnings to beachgoers in an area where ...

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 - ...

A new NOAA research report finds that both fish populations and commercial and recreational anglers have benefited from 'no-take' protections in the Tortugas Ecological Reserve in the Florida Keys National ...

A scanning electron micrograph showing a ventral (topside) view of Gambierdiscus caribaeus collected from Marathon Key, Florida. A recently published finding may contribute to the development of a long-elusive affordable ...

While fishing in about 10 feet of water on the hard-bottom reef patches just 200 yards from shore near the Ritz Carlton, Mike Damanski confirmed the inevitable when something unexpected ...

Since 2000, the National Ocean Service and its partners have mapped more than 3 million acres (12,100 km2) of shallow-water (0–30 meters) coral reef habitats spanning the Pacific, Atlantic and ...

NOAA researchers recently publishedAn Integrated Biogeographic Assessment of Reef Fish Populations and Fisheries in Dry Tortugas: Effects of No-take Reserves,an analysis of both biological and socioeconomic changes resulting from the ...