The Southwest Fisheries Science Center is the research arm of NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service in the Southwest Region. Center scientists conduct marine biological, economic and oceanographic research, observations and monitoring on living marine resources and their environment throughout the Pacific Ocean and in the Southern Ocean off Antarctica.
The La Jolla Laboratory is the Center's headquarters and home to the Antarctic Ecosystem Research Division, Fisheries Resources Division, and Protected Resources Division, which conduct research on Pacific and Antarctic fish, marine mammals, sea turtles and their environment, and an Operations, Management, and Information Division.