NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Fisheries Science Center

Recent papers from NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Fisheries Science Center

1. An integrated approach to estimating the effective sampling area of baited underwater camera trapsCanadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences · 2026
2. Management implications of misspecification in observed recreational removals for reef fish and coastal pelagic stocksCanadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences · 2026
3. Habitat-shifting predatory and herbivorous reef fishes exhibit spatial partitioning despite shared biophysical drivers of seascape useLandscape Ecology · 2026
4. Inside or out? Modeling climate effects on western Atlantic bluefin tuna distributionFisheries Research · 2026
5. White shark occurrence in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary revealed from acoustic telemetry in an offshore MPAFrontiers in Marine Science · 2026
6. Spatiotemporal patterns and habitat use of silky and sandbar sharks at Flower Garden Banks National Marine SanctuaryFrontiers in Marine Science · 2026
7. Reducing consumer pressure increases community dissimilarity leading to coral‐ or algal‐dominance on a coral reefEcology · 2026
8. Use of a Bayesian Hierarchical Density Surface Model to Estimate Seasonal Distributions of Large Whales Off the East Coast of the United States With an Application to a Wind Energy AreaDiversity and Distributions · 2026
9. Recasting how we approach the science and management of marine capture fisheries in the United States: Or why we need to advance ecosystem-based fisheries managementFisheries · 2026
10. Navigating complexity: Evaluating management measures for multispecies snapper-grouper fisheries in the Southeast U.S. AtlanticPLoS ONE · 2026
11. Relative abundance indices for critically endangered oceanic whitetip sharks (Carcharhinus longimanus) derived from pelagic Baited Remote Underwater Video Stations (pBRUVS)Marine Biology · 2026
12. Fish & Ships: Using overlap between Atlantic fishing fleets and highly migratory pelagic species to reveal hotspots of potential management interestCanadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences · 2026
13. Mesophotic octocoral larval settlement preferences and behaviorsRestoration Ecology · 2026
14. Invasive Lionfish in the Colombian Caribbean: Fishers’ Perspectives and PracticesThalassas An International Journal of Marine Sciences · 2026
15. Tracking sharks through time: Long-term trends along the Texas coastEstuarine Coastal and Shelf Science · 2026
16. Pathways toward modernizing fisheries-independent surveysICES Journal of Marine Science · 2026
17. Publish it… they just may read it!Fisheries · 2026
18. Sediment burial reduces coral larval settlement, recruit survivorship, and inhibits the recovery of coral populationsCommunications Biology · 2026
19. One Assay to Rule Them All: Development of a Global Environmental DNA Tool to Support Range‐Wide Surveys of an Imperiled Sawfish and Its Application in the Eastern Tropical PacificEcology and Evolution · 2026
20. Correction: Evidence of a potential sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) nursery in the Western Gulf of MexicoFrontiers in Marine Science · 2026