Healthy coastal ecosystems play crucial roles in the U.S. economy, from supporting multibillion-dollar fisheries and tourism ...

Some of the world's healthiest coral reefs can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) off the Texas coast. Sheltered in a deep, cool habitat far from shore, the reefs in ...

NOAA monitors reef health. It also works with innovative ... The boat had come from Texas and was on its way to Canada. In the Northwest Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, invasive lionfish ...

NOAA monitors reef health. It also works with innovative ... NOAA conducts U.S. climate research and coordinates ...