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{{Organization
|OrganizationName=National Marine Fisheries Service
|OrganizationType=Independent Agencies (Sub-organization)
|Mission=NMFS is responsible for the stewardship of U.S. national marine resources, managing and conserving fisheries, protecting endangered species, and promoting sustainable fishing practices to ensure the health of marine ecosystems.
|ParentOrganization=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|TopOrganization=Department of Commerce
|CreationLegislation=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Organic Act of 1970
|Employees=3000
|Budget=$1 billion (Fiscal Year 2023)
|OrganizationExecutive=Assistant Administrator for Fisheries
|Services=Fisheries Management; Endangered Species Protection; Habitat Conservation; Aquaculture Development; Seafood Safety
|Regulations=50 CFR (Wildlife and Fisheries, including specific regulations under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act)
|HeadquartersLocation=38.9924, -77.03073
|HeadquartersAddress=1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
|Website=https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov
}}
{{Short description|Office of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration}}
{{Redirect|NMFS|the survey conducted in the United States since the 1960s|National Mortality Followback Survey}}

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|logo            = NOAA Fisheries logo vertical.png
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|formed          = {{Start date and age|1970}}
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|jurisdiction    = [[United States Department of Commerce]]
|headquarters    = [[Silver Spring, Maryland|Silver Spring]], [[Maryland]], US
|coordinates     = {{Coordinates|38|59|32.1|N|77|01|50.3|W|}}
|employees       = 4,200 (2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about-us#who-we-are|title = About Us &#124; NOAA Fisheries|date = 9 June 2021}}</ref>
|budget          = US$1.027 billion (2019)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.corporateservices.noaa.gov/nbo/fy20_bluebook/NOAA-FY20-Congressional-Justification.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-11-06 |archive-date=2019-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106190056/https://www.corporateservices.noaa.gov/nbo/fy20_bluebook/NOAA-FY20-Congressional-Justification.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|chief1_name     = [[Janet Coit]]
|chief1_position = Assistant Administrator for Fisheries<ref>{{Cite web |title=Janet Coit named to lead NOAA Fisheries; Rick Spinrad confirmed as NOAA administrator |url=https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-trade/janet-coit-named-to-lead-noaa-fisheries-rick-spinrad-confirmed-as-noaa-administrator#:~:text=Steve%20Bittenbender&text=Rhode%20Island%20Department%20of%20Environmental,a%20variety%20of%20stakeholder%20groups. |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=www.seafoodsource.com}}</ref>
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|parent_agency   = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
|website         = {{URL|https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/|fisheries.noaa.gov}}
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The '''National Marine Fisheries Service''' ('''NMFS'''), informally known as '''NOAA Fisheries''', is a [[United States federal agencies|United States federal agency]] within the [[United States Department of Commerce|U.S. Department of Commerce]]'s [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] (NOAA) that is responsible for the stewardship of U.S. national [[Marine life|marine]] resources. It conserves and manages [[fisheries]] to promote [[sustainability]] and prevent lost [[economic potential]] associated with [[overfishing]], declining species, and [[Habitat destruction|degraded habitats]].