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Colorful fish swim in blue water.

an adult and baby coelacanth specimens on display

Meet the Coelacanth

Learn about the fish that was once thought to be extinct.

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Un pescador de una pesquería a pequeña escala de Honduras se embarca en una excursión de pesca.

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Medidas Inteligentes Rastrea las Presiones de Pesca

A blue parrotfish hides among coral.

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Tough Teeth and Parrotfish Poop

On coral reefs fish are important links in the food chain that sustains higher-order predators (including humans) and keeps everything in balance.

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Fish Get Risky Around Oil

A tornado of sardines swirls around diver and photographer Erwin Poliakoff in the Philippines.

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Why the Littlest Fish Matter a Whole Lot

A school of akule (Hawaiian for bigeye scad) explode into a camera's frame.

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Following the Akule

Are You An Educator?

At Smithsonian Ocean, we have lesson plans, activities, and resources to help you engage your students in the wonders of our oceans.

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A Honduran small-scale fisherman on a boat setting out to fish.

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Clever Measures Track Fishing Pressures

Red Pigfish and Blue Mao-Mao school at the edge of a cavern in New Zealand's Poor Knights Islands. Read photographer Brian Skerry's story behind this photo.

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Behind the Photo: The Primal Ocean

Seafood vendor at historic Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington (USA). The market draws both shoppers and gawkers who come to watch the gregarious crew of fishmongers.

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World Fisheries from Sea to Table

measuring a fish

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Really Small Fry: Shifting Baselines in Marine Fish Stocks

A glowing ocean surface.

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Six Ways to See Ocean Ocean Bioluminescence

A photo of a sea toad specimen.

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A Sub and a Sea Toad

A large black grouper swims amidst coral.

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Protecting the Most Vulnerable Fish After an Oil Spill

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Revealing the Family Ties of Cusk-Eels

an illustration of pufferfish species and their relatives

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Pufferfishes and Their Relatives

a heart in a petri dish

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Dispatches from the Gulf: Centers of Innovation

A photo of Oceana's ice class research vessel, the Hanse Explorer, on the Baltic Sea.

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Biodiversity in the Baltic Sea

Wooden painted fish on a school fence.

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Chinook Salmon: One Species at a Time