NOAA News Releases

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

NOAA Announces Funding to Support Ocean Observing in Southern California - July 31, 2008

NOAA is awarding $853,785 to support ocean observing efforts in Southern California. The fiscal year 2008 funding is provided through NOAAs Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) program.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080731_oceanobserving.html

NOAA Announces Funding to Support Marine Observing in the Great Lakes - July 30, 2008

NOAA is awarding $750,000 to support marine observing efforts in the Great Lakes region. The fiscal year 2008 funding is provided through NOAAs Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) program.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080730_greatlakes.html

NOAAs Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Seeks Applicants for Advisory Council Seats - July 30, 2008

NOAAs Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary is seeking to fill four seats and four alternate positions on its advisory council, which ensures public participation in sanctuary management and provides advice to the sanctuary superintendent.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080730_fgbnms_sac.html

NOAA'S Gerry E. Studds Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Seeks Applicants for Advisory Council Seats - July 29, 2008

NOAAs Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary is seeking applicants for one primary position on the councils conservation seat and one alternate position on its advisory council.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080729_sbnms_sac.html

Report: Offshore Aquaculture Would Benefit U.S. Economy - July 29, 2008

Aquaculture shows significant economic potential and good prospects for success in the United States, according to a new report commissioned by NOAA. The reports authors call for clear rules to be enacted to guide the development of an offshore aquaculture industry.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080729_aquaculture.html

NOAA Offers Reward for Information on Sea Turtle Poaching - July 29, 2008

NOAAs Fisheries Service Office of Law Enforcement is offering up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest andor conviction of persons poaching endangered sea turtles in the Territory of Guam and in the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080729_seaturtle.html

Study: Reefs may Unglue in Oceans with High Carbon Dioxide - July 28, 2008

Cements that bind individual coral skeletons and larger coral reef structures are predominantly absent in waters with naturally high levels of carbon dioxide, making these reefs highly susceptible to a wearing down of their physical framework, say scientists with NOAAs Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory in Miami, Fla. and other institutions.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080728_reefsunglue.html

Survey Cruise Records Second-Largest "Dead Zone" in Gulf of Mexico Since Measurements Began in 1985 - July 28, 2008

NOAA-supported scientists from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium found the size of this years Gulf of Mexico dead zone to be 7,988 square miles, slightly smaller than the predicted record size of 8,800 square miles and similar to the area measured in 2007. Scientists think Hurricane Dollys wind and waves may have added oxygen to the zone to reduce its size.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080728_deadzone.html

Report: Number of Blue Crabs in Bay Remains Below Long-Term Average - July 28, 2008

The Chesapeake Bays blue crab population remained below the long-term average in 2007, according to a report approved by the NOAA-chaired Fisheries Steering Committee.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080728_bluecrab.html

NOAAs Stellwagen Bank Sanctuary Extends Public Comment Period on Draft Management Plan - July 24, 2008

NOAAs Office of National Marine Sanctuaries has extended the period for public comment on the draft management plan and draft environmental assessment for Gerry E. Studds Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary to Oct. 3, 2008. The original 90-day public comment period, during which eight public hearings were held throughout New England, was scheduled to end on Aug. 4, 2008.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080724_stellwagon.html