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  • A Global Perspective on Tackling Illegal Fishing

    Feb 12: NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement works internationally to protect fishermen from the illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing that threatens their income and sustainability of their shared fishery resources.

  • Ocean CSI: NOAA’s Forensic Analysts In Action This is the Exit Disclaimer Icon

    Dec 14: Learn how NOAA's forensic analysts use science to combat seafood fraud, protecting our seafood supply and defending protected species.

  • NOAA Special Agent Receives Highest Service Award This is the Exit Disclaimer Icon

    Dec 12: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has presented its highest honor—the Bob Mace Distinguished Service Award—to NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement Alaska Division Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Kenneth Hansen.

  • Meet NOAA's Office Of Law Enforcement This is the Exit Disclaimer Icon

    Nov 16: Take a closer look at NOAA's Office of Law Enforcement and see how they play an important role in protecting and conserving our nation's living marine resources and their habitat.

  • Tackling Seafood Fraud This is the Exit Disclaimer Icon

    Nov 15: Find out how NOAA's Office of Law Enforcement helps tackle seafood fraud.

  • Moving Forward, Protecting Our Marine Resources

    Nov 8: NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement confronts crimes against marine mammals, smuggling operations, international conspiracies and local fraud every day to protect our nation's living marine resources.

  • Working Together to End IUU Fishing

    Nov 2: Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing threatens the sustainability of our ocean ecosystems and fisheries. Combating IUU fishing is one of NOAA Fisheries’ top priorities.

  • Getting to the Bottom of Marine Mammal Crimes This is the Exit Disclaimer Icon

    Oct 3: Special agents and enforcement officers with NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement investigate crimes against marine mammals under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this month.

  • Casitas Endanger Lobster Habitat in Florida Keys This is the Exit Disclaimer Icon

    July 30: Casitas are artificial habitats that aid lobster poaching and destroy the seagrass beds and hardbottom communities that lobsters, fish, and other marine life need to survive. NOAA law enforcement works to remove these illegal structures.

  • Eagle Lives Thanks to NOAA Law Enforcement Officer This is the Exit Disclaimer Icon

    July 3: NOAA Fisheries Law Enforcement Officer Noah Meisenheimer stepped in and helped rescue an eagle who was caught in a rising tide in Ninilchik, Alaska.

  • Crimes Against Marine Mammals—New Exhibit Opens This is the Exit Disclaimer Icon

    May 22: NOAA Fisheries and the Crime Museum open new exhibit "Crimes Against Marine Mammals," celebrating 40 years of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and highlighting Act violations, investigations, and protection measures.

  • Reminder: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Regulations This is the Exit Disclaimer Icon

    Nov. 22: Recently, a New England groundfish vessel incidentally caught an 881-pound bluefin tuna in a trawl net. Find out more about how the situation was handled by NOAA and what happens when bluefin tuna is caught by accident.

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