National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Homepage

NOAA's "Fisheries" portal page

NMFS Programs:

Office of Aquaculture

Office of Habitat Conservation

• Habitat Protection Division
• NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
• NOAA Restoration Center

Office of International Affairs

Office of Law Enforcement

Office of Management and Budget

Office of Protected Resources

OPR Programs:

• Conservation, Protection & Recovery Program
• Human Impacts Program
• Marine Mammal Health & Stranding Response Program

OPR Divisions:

• Permits and Conservation Division
• Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Conservation Division
• Endangered Species Conservation Division
• Planning and Program Coordination Division
• Endangered Species Act Interagency Cooperation Division

Office of Science and Technology

• Marine Recreational Information Program - Recreational Fisheries Statistics
• Fisheries Statistics Divison - Commercial Fisheries Statistics
• National Cooperative Research Program
• National Observer Program
• Marine Mammals & Turtle Science
• Ecosystem Science
• Stock Assessments
• Economics Program
• Human Dimensions Program
• Applications & Technology
• Scientific Publications Office

Office of Sustainable Fisheries

• Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Management Division
• Domestic Fisheries Division
• National Seafood Inspection Laboratory
• Partnerships and Communications
• Environmental Liaison
• Outreach Services
• Recreational Fishing Services
• State/Federal Services
• Trade and Commercial Services
• Regulatory Services Division
• Sustainable Fisheries Act

Seafood Inspection Program

NMFS Staff Offices:

• Office of the Chief Information Officer (for NOAA Fisheries)
• Office of Policy
• Equal Employment Opportunity/Diversity Office
• Office of Communications
• Healthy Oceans Goal Team

NMFS Regional Offices:

• Alaska Regional Office (Juneau, AK)
• Sustainable Fisheries Division
• Restricted Access Management Program - permits, licenses, reports, etc.
• Protected Resources Division
• Habitat Conservation Division
• Operations and Management Divison
• Information Services Division


• Northeast Regional Office (Gloucester, MA)
• Analysis and Program Support Division
• Fisheries Data Services Division - Fishery statistics
• Habitat Conservation Division
• Sustainable Fisheries Division
• Information Resource Management Division
• Protected Resources Division
• Marine Mammal Program
• Stranding and Disentanglement Program
• Endangered Species Program
• Proactive Conservation Program
• Environmental Analysis and NEPA Program
• Operations and Budget Division
• Outreach and Communications Division


• Southeast Regional Office (St. Petersburg, FL)
• Habitat Conservation Division
• Office of Law Enforcement
• Aquaculture in the Southeast
• National Environmental Policy Act Program
• Operations, Management, and Information (OMI) Division
• Constituency Services Branch
• Permits Office
• Individual Fishing Quota for Gulf Reef Fish Program
• Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Home Page
• Information Technology Branch
• Management and Budget Branch
• State/Federal Liaison Branch - grants
• Sustainable Fisheries Division
• Protected Resources Division
• Southeast Section of the NOAA Office of the General Counsel
• Southeast Section of NOAA's Damage Assessment, Remediation, & Restoration Program (DARRP)


• Northwest Regional Office (Seattle, WA)
• Habitat Conservation Division
• Salmon Management Division
• Sustainable Fisheries Division
• Protected Resources Division
• Hydropower Division
• Operations, Management & Information Division
• Public Affairs Office
• Financial Services Branch


• Southwest Regional Office (Long Beach, CA)
• Protected Resources Division
• Sustainable Fisheries Division
• Permits Program
• Tuna Tracking and Verification Program
• Highly Migratory Species Program
• Coastal Pelagic Species Program
• Marine Recreational Fisheries Program
• Recreational Fishing Services Team - Pacific
• Fisheries Observer Branch
• Habitat Conservation Division
• Southwest Section of the NOAA Office of the General Counsel
• Southwest Section of NOAA's Damage Assessment, Remediation, & Restoration Program (DARRP)
• Southwest Division of the Office of Law Enforcement


• Pacific Islands Regional Office (Honolulu, HI)
• Sustainable Fisheries Division
• Recreational Fisheries Division
• Habitat Conservation Division
• Observer Program
• Protected Resources Division
• International Fisheries Division
• Operations, Management & Information Division
• Federal Programs Office - grants
• Marine National Monument Program
• Pacific Islands Division of the Office of Law Enforcement
• Outreach and Education Office
• Public Affairs Office

NMFS Science Centers:

• Alaska Fisheries Science Center
• Auke Bay Laboratories
• Fisheries Monitoring and Analysis Division
• Habitat and Ecological Processes Research Program
• International Affairs and Research Collaboration
• Kodiak Laboratory
• National Marine Mammal Laboratory
• Alaska Ecosystems Program
• California Current Ecosystems Program
• Cetacean Assessment & Ecology Program
• Polar Ecosystems
• Systemic Management Studies Program
• Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering Division
• Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management Division


• Northwest Fisheries Science Center
• Conservation Biology Division
• Environmental Conservation Division
• Fish Ecology Division
• Fishery Resource Analysis and Monitoring Division
• Office of the Science Director
• Operations, Management, and Information Division
• Resource Enhancement and Utilization Technologies


• Southwest Fisheries Science Center
• La Jolla Laboratories
• Antarctic Ecosystem Research
• Fisheries Resources Division
• Protected Resources Division
• Operations, Management and Information Division
• Santa Cruz Laboratory
  • Fisheries Ecology Division
• Pacific Grove Laboratory
  • Environmental Research Division


• Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
• Coral Reef Ecosystem Division
• Applied Research
• Census of Coral Reefs
• Ecological Assessment
• Habitat Mapping
• Marine Debris Removal
• Oceanography
• Ecosystems and Oceanography Division
• Fisheries Research and Monitoring Division
• Fishery Biology and Stock Assessment Branch
• Fisheries Monitoring Branch
• Socioeconomics Research Division
• Economics Program
• Human Dimensions Research Program
• Protected Species Division
• Cetacean Research Program
• Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program
• Marine Turtle Assessment Program
• Marine Turtle Research Program

• Northeast Fisheries Science Center

NEFSC Divisions

• Aquaculture and Enhancement Division
• Biotechnology Branch
• Culture Systems and Habitat Evaluation Branch
• Ecosystems Processes Division
• Behavioral Ecology Branch
• Oceanography Branch
• Coastal Ecology Branch
• Marine Chemistry Branch
• Fisheries and Ecosystems Monitoring and Analysis Division
• Population Biology Branch
• Fishery Biology Program
• Apex Predators Program
• Food Web Dynamics Program
• Ecosystems Surveys Branch
• Fisheries Sampling Branch
• Resource Evaluation and Assessment Division
• Social Sciences Branch
• Population Dynamics Branch
• Northeast Salmon Team
• Protected Species Branch
• Operations, Management and Information Division



NEFSC Research Programs

• National Systematics Laboratory
• Northeast Cooperative Research Program
• Ecosystem Assessment Program



NEFSC Laboratories

• James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory at Sandy Hook, NJ
• Maine Field Station (Orono, ME)
• Milford, CT Laboratory
• Narragansett, RI Laboratory
• Office of Marine Ecosystems Studies
• Woods Hole, MA Laboratory


• Southeast Fisheries Science Center
• Beaufort, NC Laboratory
• Fisheries Ecosystems Branch
• Protected Resources Branch
• Sustainable Fisheries Branch
• Galveston, TX Laboratory
• Fishery Management Branch
• Fishery Ecology Branch
• Protected Species Branch
• Pascagoula/Stennis, MS Laboratories
• Resource Surveys Branch
• Harvesting Systems Unit
• Panama City, FL Laboratory
• Protected Species Division
• Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program
• Protect Dolphins Campaign
• Fisheries Biology Program
• Reef Fish Surveys Team
• Marine Protected Areas Group
• Observer Programs
• Gillnet Observer Program
• Bottom Longline Observer Program
• Shark Population Assessment Group
• Miami, FL Laboratory
• Fisheries Statistics Division
• Protected Resources Division
• Sustainable Fisheries Division

NMFS Partners:

Fishery Management Councils:

• New England Fishery Management Council
• Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council
• South Atlantic Fishery Management Council
• Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council
• Caribbean Fishery Management Council
• Pacific Fishery Management Council
• North Pacific Fishery Management Council
• Western Pacific Fishery Management Council

Interstate Marine Fishery Commissions:

• Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
• Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission
• Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission

Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (MAFAC)

Related Links:

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
• Marine Mammal Commission
• Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
• International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
• Fisheries and Aquaculture Department of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
• NOAA National Ocean Service
• NOAA Office of the General Counsel Enforcement Section
• Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA
• NOAA Fisheries Service Education Program

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