Sub-surface view from below a net pen. Net pens enclose commercial fish raised for market, such as salmon, keeping them in coastal waters while separating them from wild populations. Advances ...

In support of restoration and resilience of marshes impacted by Hurricane Sandy, the U.S. Department of Interior chose an NCCOS-supported forecast model to predict marsh ecology and hydrology related to ...

Scientists from NCCOS and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution embark today aboard NOAA's research ship, the Okeanos Explorer, on a nine-day sediment sampling mission in the Gulf of Maine. Researchers will ...

Two instruments developed with NCCOS support are revolutionizing the detection of harmful algal blooms (HABs). The Environmental Sample Processor, or ESP, and the Imaging Flow Cytobot, or IFCB, are receiving ...

NCCOS and the U.S. National Office for HABs established a new listserv to address diarrhetic shellfish poisoning. This emerging harmful algal bloom (HAB) issue has caused shellfish harvesting closures in ...

Quay Dortch, Ph.D. - program coordinator for NCCOS's Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB) Program and acting program manager for NCCOS's Prevention, Control, and Mitigation of Harmful Algal ...

A new study shows that some coastal fish may be able to condition their offspring to tolerate seasonally acidifying environments, a result never shown before in wild fish populations. Experiments ...

A team of NOAA and academic researchers led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has issued a seasonal red tide forecast for the Gulf of Maine as part of ...

NCCOS-funded researchers at the University of Maine have developed a new, hand-held device for pathogen detection. The portable, easy-to-use, and inexpensive design of this sensor meets key use needs of ...

Ocean chemistry is rapidly changing due to rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, which has increased the acidity of seawater worldwide. Ocean acidification can affect marine resources such as fish ...