News Topic - NOAA

NOAA Considers Ways to Handle Sea Lions That Threaten Protected Salmon
NOAA’s Fisheries Service is asking for public comment as it considers four alternatives to deter California sea lions from eating imperiled salmon and steelhead that congregate below the Bonneville Dam on the lower Columbia River as they head upriver to spawn.
NOAA  –  Jan 17, 2008 7:57 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Critically Endangered Porpoise is Focus of New Research Report
An international research team, including biologists from NOAA’s Fisheries Service, reported in the scientific journal Conservation Biology, that the estimated population of vaquita, a porpoise found in the Gulf of California, is likely two years away from reaching such low levels that their ... more »
NOAA  –  Jan 17, 2008 3:41 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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New NOAA Maps Show Big Island Has Most Live Coral of Main Hawaiian Islands
New coral reef maps released by NOAA reveal that the Big Island of Hawaii has the highest percentage of live coral of the main Hawaiian islands.
NOAA  –  Jan 16, 2008 8:21 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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NOAA Accepting Grant Applications for K-12 Environmental Literacy Project
NOAA's Office of Education is now accepting applications for environmental literacy projects to promote changes in K-12 education in effort to expand the amount of Earth system science taught in the classroom and improve student learning of the subject.
NOAA  –  Jan 16, 2008 7:19 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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NOAA and Partners Recognize Newest Business to Join Dolphin SMART Program
NOAA’s Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and its partners today accepted the third charter operator into a new program created to help protect wild dolphins in the Keys. Key West Eco Tours officially joined the Dolphin SMART program after successfully meeting standards that promote respo ... more »
NOAA  –  Jan 14, 2008 8:02 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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NOAA Determines White Marlin Not Threatened Nor Endangered
NOAA’s Fisheries Service announced today that the Atlantic white marlin, a billfish highly prized by recreational anglers, does not warrant listing as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Based on the biological status of the species and consideration of the ESA listing ... more »
NOAA  –  Jan 9, 2008 7:53 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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NOAA and VT Halter Marine Launch Third Fisheries Survey Vessel
New NOAA fisheries survey vessel, launched on Dec. 19, in Mississippi, will be able to study fish quietly without altering their behavior.
NOAA  –  Dec 20, 2007 5:43 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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NOAA, NASA Select Contractor for Satellite-Based Lightning Detection Instrument
NOAA and NASA today announced Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company of Palo Alto, Calif., has been selected for a $96.7 million (including options) contract award to design and develop a new instrument on the next generation of weather satellites.
NOAA  –  Dec 19, 2007 8:28 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Increase in Beluga Population Noted With Caution in NOAA Survey of Cook Inlet
NOAA Fisheries Service biologists estimate a beluga whale population of 375 in the Cook Inlet near Anchorage, Alaska, according to data collected during their annual survey in June. This population estimate is the largest since 2001.
NOAA  –  Dec 18, 2007 7:27 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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NOAA Seeks Greater Protections for Threatened Elkhorn and Staghorn Corals
NOAA is proposing to extend most of the prohibitions of the Endangered Species Act - normally applied only to endangered species - to the threatened elkhorn and staghorn corals.
NOAA  –  Dec 18, 2007 12:57 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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