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 American Geophysical Union (AGU) is in the final stages of digitizing their Coastal andEstuarine Studies book series and has approached the NOAA Libraries in an effort to supply theunique ...

NCCOS scientists developed a detection method for paralytic shellfish toxins in shellfish. This method is now approved by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC International) as an Official Method ...

An 'orange goo' covered the shoreline of the Inupiat village of Kivalina, Alaska last summer. It alarmed residents, perplexed local state and federal agencies and caused an international sensation via ...

Researchers studying the Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone' have confirmed what fishermen have probably known for a long time - that trawling for shrimp around its edges yield larger catches ...

New research findings on deep-sea corals and seafloor topography along the US west coast are providing important information for fishery management decisions in the region. These fragile habitats are subject ...

In a recent publication in Microbial Ecology, research funded by NCCOS illuminates the role of organic phosphorus in causing blooms of the toxic Microcystis aeruginosa. Toxic cyanobacteria (once called blue-green ...

Rare aggressive behaviors observed in California sea lion populations, including an attack on swimmers last August, may now be explained as a delayed but temporary symptom of domoic acid poisoning ...

WASHINGTON - Seafood Solutions Inc., a California corporation, was sentenced in federal court in Los Angeles today to pay $1 million in fines and community service payments for its role ...

Seafood Solutions, Inc., convicted in July, 2011 for intentionally mislabeling inexpensive farmed Asian catfish as more desirable wild-caught grouper, was recently sentenced in federal court. The company is to pay ...