The NOAA Fisheries Service is an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce.

The NOAA Fisheries Service administers its research and management responsibilities through its headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland and at regional and science centers located in six regions throughout the United States.

The Southeast Regional Office is located in St. Petersburg, Florida; there are five other offices directly connected to us, the Southeast Fisheries Science Center located in Miami, Florida; laboratories are located in Miami and Panama City, Florida; Beaufort, North Carolina; Oxford, Maryland; Pascagoula and Stennis Space Center, Mississippi; and Galveston, Texas.

The Southeast Region covers the eight coastal states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, the inland states of Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Tennessee, as well as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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