Photo Credit: NASA Oxygen-starved ocean “dead zones,” where fish and animals cannot survive, have been expanding in the open ocean and coastal waters for several decades as a result of human ...

assistant administrator of NOAA's National Ocean Service. "The benefit of this long-term data set is that it helps decision ...

Gasping for Breath An ocean "dead zone" has been discovered off the Pacific Northwest. The water has so little oxygen that it "kills any marine animals that cannot swim or scuttle away," says Jane ...

In addition to the Slow Zone east of Ocean City, more Slow Zones are also ... To report a right whale sighting from Virginia to Maine, or a dead, injured or entangled whale, contact NOAA Fisheries ...