NOAA Scientists and Partners Assessing the Health of Dolphins in St. Joseph’s Bay, FL Researchers from NOAA Fisheries Service and their partners have plans to conduct research on bottlenose dolphins in the St. Joseph’s Bay area. This area is of particular interest due to an Unusual Mortality Event of approximately 107 dolphins, which occurred along […]
Mandatory Labeling of Fish and Shellfish in Retail Food Stores Takes Effect The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced mandatory labeling of fish and shellfish in retail food stores to indicate country of origin and method of production (i.e., wild or farm-raised). USDA is responsible for implementing the country of origin labeling (COOL) program, […]
Fisheries Management Conference Findings Now Posted Online On March 24-26, more than 600 people attended the Managing our Nation’s Fisheries Conference in Washington DC, sponsored by the eight Regional Fishery Management Councils, the three interstate Marine Fishery Commissions, and NOAA Fisheries Service. Participants and attendees included members of the commercial and recreational fishing industries, managers, […]
Service Seeks Public Input for Manatee Five-Year Review The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that it is conducting a five-year review of the Florida manatee, which is federally-protected as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The five-year review will assess the best available scientific and commercial information to determine how the manatee […]
SEARCH FOR OVERDUE VESSEL SUSPENDED PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The search for an overdue vessel that began Monday evening in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea was suspended this morning by the Coast Guard. Beatty F. Thompson, 85, of George Town, Cayman Islands, and Bensley O. Scott, age and hometown unknown, left Pensacola, Fla., […]
NOAA AWARDS $275,000 TO TROUT UNLIMITED The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced a $275,000 grant to Trout Unlimited as part of a multi-project cooperative partnership to restore coastal and river fisheries habitat throughout the coastal United States. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The grant supports a three-year partnership between […]
NOAA CHIEF LEADS 100 VOLUNTEERS IN RESTORING TIDAL WETLANDS OF FORT MCHENRY ON SATURDAY The director of the nation’s top science agency for oceans and the atmosphere, Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., will lead 100 volunteers from the Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the annual tidal wetland restoration at historic Fort McHenry in […]
NOAA TEACHER AT SEA PROGRAM RELEASES ITS FIRST CHILDREN’S BOOK April 8, 2005  The NOAA Teacher at Sea program unveiled its first children’s book at the National Science Teachers Association conference in Dallas, Texas, where coauthors-teachers Mary Cook and Diane Stanitski and NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown Chief Boatswain-illustrator Bruce Cowden signed books by […]
NOAA OFFERS HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS AND STUDENTS NEW EDUCATIONAL KIT ON ESTUARY SCIENCE A new online educational product, the fourth in a series of “Discovery Kits” developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Ocean Service, is now available on the Web for students and teachers. This latest kit explains the science of estuaries […]
COAST GUARD TO REMOVE BUOYS IN BOGUE INLET PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard is scheduled to remove the navigational buoys from Bogue Inlet by April 20 because the inlet has become too shallow for buoy tenders to safely operate. The movement of sand and sediment has decreased the water depth in the inlet, and […]
