OIL SPILL CLEANUP CONCLUDED OILED BIRDS CLEANED AND TO BE RELEASED INTO WILD BRADLEY BEACH, N.J. – Clean up efforts for the oil spill that occurred along the Jersey shore were officially declared completed Saturday, after two weeks of assessments and cleaning, by the U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Emergency Management […]
NOAA ANNOUNCES NATIONAL STUDENT CONTEST TO VISIT UNDERSEA LAB AQUARIUS IN FLORIDA Young divers wanting to visit NOAA’s undersea laboratory/habitat Aquarius can enter a writing contest for the opportunity to visit this one-of-a-kind facility in the Florida Keys. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. “Aquarius […]
SEARCH CONTINUES FOR 5 MISSING CREWMEN NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard’s search for five missing crewmembers continues this afternoon after the boat they were on sank in the Mississippi River near Pilottown, La. Missing are: Joseph Brown, 44, of Vidor, Texas; Lawrence Glass, 65, of Mobile, Ala.; Daniel Lopez, 31, of Port Arthur, Texas; […]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Steve Williams Receives Receives Outdoor Life Magazine’s Conservation Award for Public Service Outdoor Life magazine is awarding Director Steve Williams its prestigious Conservation Award for Public Service for his leadership in strengthening the long-standing conservation partnership between America’s sportsmen and women and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The […]
NOAA FISHERIES PROPOSES POUND NET REGULATIONS TO PROTECT SEA TURTLES IN THE VIRGINIA CHESAPEAKE BAY The National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) is proposing mandatory changes to pound nets used in parts of Virginia Chesapeake Bay during the time of year when hundreds of threatened and endangered sea turtles – known to become entangled in […]
NOAA WEB SITE LETS YOU EXPLORE UNDERSEA VENTS ON SUBMARINE RING OF FIREInteractive Site Combines Discovery, Science and Computer Animation Ocean science researchers and explorers have been on NOAA’s voyage of discovery to the deep-ocean hydrothermal vents of Magic Mountain – and now you can join them virtually with just a few clicks on […]
NOAA RESPONDS TO OIL SPILL IN MISSISSIPPI RIVERFreighter Collides with Tanker Near New Orleans The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is dispatching a team of scientists from its Office of Response and Restoration to a fuel oil spill that occurred last night on the Mississippi River approximately eleven miles west […]
Brunswick, Zodiac Drop Suit A lawsuit filed by Zodiac and its affiliated companies against Brunswick Corporation will be dismissed, according to an agreement reached last week by the two companies. Last summer, Zodiac of North America Inc., Zodiac International and its AVON Inflatables Ltd. Subsidiary filed a lawsuit against Brunswick Corporation that alleged Brunswick’s Amanzi […]
OIL SPILL CLEANUP CONCLUDED OILED BIRDS CLEANED AND TO BE RELEASED INTO WILD BRADLEY BEACH, N.J. – The clean up efforts for the oil spill that occurred along the Jersey shore were officially declared completed Saturday after two weeks of assessments and cleaning by the U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Emergency […]
Prevention of Marine Pollution from Ships A new international convention to prevent the potentially devastating effects of the spread of harmful aquatic organisms carried by ships’ ballast water has been adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the United Nations agency responsible for the safety and security of shipping and the prevention of marine pollution […]
