NOAA News Releases

The latest news releases from NOAA - the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOAA Issues Rule to Prevent Overfishing of Atlantic Sharks - June 19, 2008

NOAAs Fisheries Service today announced a new rule to lower significantly the fishing quotas for sandbar and porbeagle sharks in order to rebuild these depleted species. NOAA also will implement new regional quotas for the other large coastal sharks.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080619_sharkoverfishing.html

NOAA Announces $1.4 Million Grants to Museums for Earth Science Exhibits - June 18, 2008

NOAAs Office of Education is providing funding to eight science education institutions for exhibits incorporating NOAAs Science On a Sphere or Magic Planet and new Earth System Science information. These exhibits, composed of globe shaped screens that use computers and video projectors to display planetary data, give children and adults an exceptional view of our ever changing world.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080618_museumgrants.html

Rapid Response to Coastal Ports a Key Hurricane Season Goal of NOAAs Navigation Response Teams - June 17, 2008

With an active hurricane season forecast by NOAA's National Weather Service, planning and preparation is the message both to the general public as well as to key components within NOAA who respond with emergency services support following a storm's passage.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080617_hurricaneseason.html

NOAA and Partners Restore Salt Marsh and Fish Passage on Cape Cod - June 13, 2008

NOAA and its local and national partners have successfully completed a $1.5 million multi-year project to restore a salt marsh and fish passage for migrating herring on Cape Cod.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080613_capecod.html

NOAA: Global Temperature Seventh Warmest for Spring, Eighth Warmest for May - June 13, 2008

The combined average global land and ocean surface temperatures for spring (March-May) ranked seventh warmest, while May was the eighth warmest since worldwide records began in 1880 according to an analysis by NOAAs National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080613_springtemp.html

NOAA Announces Funding to Support Ocean Observing in the Southeast - June 13, 2008

NOAA is awarding $1,984,535 to support ocean observing efforts along the Southeast coast of the United States. The fiscal year 2008 funding is provided through NOAAs Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) program.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080613_oceanobservation.html

NOAA Selects Two Universities for Arctic and Climate Research Programs - June 12, 2008

NOAA announced today the competitive selection of collaborative research partners at the Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research (CIFAR) located in Fairbanks, Alaska, and the Cooperative Institute for Climate Science (CICS), in Princeton, N.J. The groups will join NOAA to conduct research in climate change, greenhouse gases, and changes to Arctic ice coverage.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080612_climateresearch.html

NOAA Proposes Rule to Require Saltwater Angler Registration - June 11, 2008

NOAAs Fisheries Service is seeking comment on a proposed rule that requires anglers and spearfishers who fish recreationally in federal ocean waters to be registered before fishing in 2009.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080611_anglerregistration.html

NOAA Launches Online Inventory of Marine Protected Areas - June 10, 2008

NOAAs National Marine Protected Areas Center, in cooperation with the Department of the Interior, has created a first ever online inventory of the nations marine protected areas (MPAs). This unique, comprehensive inventory catalogs and classifies marine protected areas within US waters, and was developed with extensive input from state and federal MPA programs, as well as other publically available data.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080610_mpa.html

California Sea Lions Seizures May Come From Fetal Domoic Acid Poisoning - June 9, 2008

Scientists, reporting in the current issue of the online journal Marine Drugs, state that an increase of epileptic seizures and behavioral abnormalities in California sea lions can result from low-dose exposure to domoic acid as a fetus.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080609_sealion.html