NOAA News ReleasesThe latest news releases from NOAA - the National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationNOAA Confirms Caribbean Monk Seal Extinct- June 6, 2008 After a five year review, NOAAs Fisheries Service has determined that the Caribbean monk seal, which has not been seen for more than 50 years, has gone extinctthe first type of seal to go extinct from human causes.http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080606_monkseal.html NOAA Study Shows Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean Dolphin Populations Improving- June 5, 2008 The numbers of northeastern offshore spotted and eastern spinner dolphins in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean are increasing after being severely depleted because of accidental death in the tuna purse-seine fishery between 1960 and 1990, according to biologists from NOAAs Fisheries Service.http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080605_dolphin.html NOAA Outlines Annual Catch Limits to End Overfishing- June 5, 2008 NOAAs Fisheries Service today outlined a plan to establish annual catch limits designed to help restore federally managed marine fish stocks.http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080605_catchlimit.html Tornado Season Could Be Record- June 5, 2008 This year may set records for tornadoes and tornado-related deaths. Only halfway through the season and there have already been 111 tornado-related deaths, making it the deadliest tornado season since 1998.http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080604_tornado.html East Coast TrapPot Fishermen May Get More Time to Convert to Sinking Groundline- June 4, 2008 NOAA's Fisheries Service is proposing that East Coast trappot fishermen get six additional months to switch from floating to sinking groundline, a conversion that will help reduce the risk of entangling large whales in fishing gear.http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080604_groundline.html Rip Current Awareness Week: June 1-7- June 4, 2008 NOAA is urging beachgoers to learn how to Break the Grip of rip currents before getting into the water. Rip currents are a deadly threat accounting for more than 80 percent of lifeguard beach rescues.http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080602_ripcurrent.html NOAA Teams Up With Local Experts to Restore Alabama Shorelines- June 3, 2008 NOAA has announced plans to invest $1 million over three years to help restore Alabamas Mobile Bay, partnering with local organizations and citizens to reverse the loss of wetlands caused by coastal development.http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080603_mobilebay.html |