An invasive species is threatening to harm the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico shrimp industry. Biologists say there are more Asian tiger shrimp in the east than ever. Last ...

The recent rise in sightings of non-native Asian tiger shrimp off the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts has government scientists working to determine the cause of the increase ...

On April 8, 2012, the European Space Agency lost contact with its main environmental monitoring satellite, a key data source for developmental harmful algal bloom forecasts in Lake Erie, the ...

Research results on the causes and impacts of the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic, or 'dead' zone, were featured during a panel discussion on Ocean Hypoxia held in conjunction with the ...

Underwater acoustics for mapping the water column Underwater acoustics (ie. fisheries sonars) uses sound to detect and map the presence of fish and other organisms in the water column. An ...

On March 20, 2012, NOAA and New York's Department of State jointly announced the release of A BiogeographicAssessment of Seabirds, Deep Sea Corals and Ocean Habitats of the New York ...

EDMONDS -- On the jetty at Brackett's Landing this past week, volunteers pried mussels from barnacle-encrusted boulders using serrated table knives. The tiny black bivalves dislodged to crinkling sounds on ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - One of the largest and longest red tides in Texas history appears to be disappearing, thanks in part to recent and much-needed rains, giving a well-deserved ...

The January 2012 issue of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)'sHarmful Algae News No. 45 featuredNCCOS harmful algal bloom forecasts--both under development and operational. The article, 'Harmful Algal Bloom Operational ...

It was October 31, 1987 - HalloweenDay in the U.S. It seemed to be an otherwise ordinary day, but people on the beaches near Beaufort, North Carolina,were experiencing out of ...