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NOAA Fisheries is leading a major effort to evaluate how next-generation ocean gliders can transform ocean monitoring and marine mammal conservation, while also benefitting U.S. fishermen and ocean industries.

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A woman in a red coat wearing sunglasses stands on a boat with fishing reel in the background, holding up a gigantic red snapper.Red snapper, like the one pictured here, is a culturally and economically important fish for South Atlantic fishing communities. It is especially prized by recreational fishermen for their delicious taste and rewarding catch. Credit: NOAA
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Photograph of a gray whale mother and her calf born this year on their northbound migration. Gray whale mother and her calf on their northbound migration. Credit: NOAA Fisheries
Members of the response team lowering a camera into the water with a humback partially submerged in the backgroundA trained response team uses an underwater camera to view the lines entangling a humpback whale off Washington’s Olympic Peninsula in 2019. A proposed rule would help reduce risk of entanglements. Photo credit: Pacific Northwest Large Whale Entanglement Response Network. NOAA Permit #18786-03
A right whale mom and calf pair swimming at the surface of the ocean. Perspective is from above, looking down.North Atlantic right whale #4150 “Accordion” and her first calf swimming close to the shipping lanes at the entrance to the Port of New York and New Jersey. Accordion is named for the propeller scars on her back that resemble the musical instrument. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Tim Cole, taken under NOAA permit #27066.

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