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image: offshore wind turbines in front of a sunset.

Mar 26, 2024

Hook, Line & Science

Fishing at Wind Farms, Live Imaging Sonar, and More...
image: oyster toadfish. Credit: Allison Scott/NOAA.

Dec 20, 2023

Hook, Line & Science: Are Fish Noisier Today Than They Used to Be?

Using a new acoustic recording device, a research team captured the underwater soundscape and compared it to recordings that the U.S. Navy made decades ago.
image: red snapper.

Sep 18, 2023

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Fish Age, Life Jacket Safety, Hypoxia, and How Fishing Tournaments Help Science...

Oct 16, 2024

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The latest science on shrinking fish, saving Manta Rays, and tracking species by measuring environmental DNA.
image: The view from Hatteras Lighthouse with the sky and landscape in background to show the stretch off Hatteras.

Jun 2, 2023

Out at Hatteras: With Cap’n Ernie Foster and Albatross I

A day’s journey on the “Graveyard of the Atlantic” loosens stories of lost ships — while aboard an 85-year-old vessel the U.S. Navy once tried to keep from its owner.

Jun 2, 2023

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Sonar imaging revealed when different-sized fish visit oyster reefs. 

Mar 28, 2023

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As part of the world’s largest fish tagging program, anglers up and down the East Coast have played a key role in tracking the species’ movements — and you can help, too.
Tex-Mex Shrimp. Photo by Vanda Lewis.

Dec 1, 2022

Hook, Line & Science

Three videos from the award-winning series answer three questions with the latest science for anglers.

Sep 13, 2022

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Southern flounder move offshore to spawn, but their migration patterns might be more mysterious than we thought.
image: fishing poles.

Jun 21, 2022

Hook, Line & Science

Shark Thievery, American Shad in the Albermarle Sound, and How We Fished 12,000 Years Ago