NOAA Fisheries Press Releases

09/05/08	NOAA Proposes Critical Habitat for Southern Population of North American Green Sturgeon (PDF)
09/02/08	Federal Agencies to Propose Expanding Gulf of Maine Atlantic Salmon Population Protected by Endangered Species Listing (PDF)
08/29/08	East Coast Trap/Pot Fishermen Get More Time to Convert to Sinking Groundline (PDF)
08/29/08	Commerce Department Re-Appoints Benigno Sablan to Fishery Management Council   (PDF)
08/25/08	NOAA Files Final Environmental Impact Statement on Ship Strike Reduction Measures   (PDF)
08/19/08	NOAA Honors Leader of New Hampshire Estuarine Reserve With Dr. Nancy Foster Award   (PDF)
08/07/08	NOAA’s Fisheries Service Protects Bering Sea Habitat (PDF)
08/05/08	Scientists Use Naval Exercises to Learn More About How Marine Mammals React to Sonar (PDF)
08/04/08	"Dam Cam" to Capture Removal of New Hampshire’s Merrimack Village Dam (PDF)

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Opinion, Commentary and Letters

07/24/08	Opinion	Jim Balsiger: Explaining salt-water fishing survey and permit Projo.com
01/30/08	Letter	Costs of Overfishing
11/26/07	Commentary	Bluefin Tuna
05/31/07	Commentary	Sacramento Humpback Whales
05/04/07	Commentary	Vessel Quieting
03/20/07	Opinion	Aquaculture
03/20/07	Letter	Boston Globe

NOAA Fisheries in the News

09/09/08	Government wants slower ship speeds to aid whales   Anchorage Daily News
09/04/08	Federal government will review ice seals  Seattle Times
08/26/08	Proposal on Ship Speeds in Whale Areas  New York Times
08/26/08	Whale-Protection Cuts Sought  Washington Post
08/21/08	Salmon Creek Estuary renewed after 50 years  The Leader
08/19/08	Survey keeps ear on sonar Findings will be released on how marine mammals respond to tracking devices  The Star Bulletin
08/17/08	A rising tide lifts viking village  The Star Ledger
08/15/08	John Brownlee, Editor in Chief: Big Brother or Big Improvement? - Salt Water Sportsman
08/15/08	Feet to the Fire: Revamped data collection means more accurate fisheries management Salt Water Sportsman
08/15/08	Before we harvest...Congress must carefully review proposed regulatory framework for offshore aquaculture Cape Cod Times
08/14/08	Feds: Common pesticides jeopardize salmon survival Associated Press
08/12/08	Beef up U.S. fish farming  Seattle Post-Intelligencer
08/12/08	3 pesticides singled out in report as threat to salmon  Seattle Post-Intelligencer
08/11/08	How Whales And Other Marine Mammals React To Sonar ScienceDaily
08/05/08	Researchers tag whales, track ships in sonar study Virginian Pilot
08/01/08	Blue Sharks Beat the Odds, by TastingBad Discovery News

Director Statements

05/29/08	GAO Report on Offshore Aquaculture (PDF)
11/15/07	Hogarth Welcomes Senate and House Bluefin Tuna Resolutions (PDF)
10/17/07	Moratorium on Fishing of Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna (PDF)
09/12/07	Hogarth Denounces Unauthorized Hunt of Gray Whale by Members of Makah Tribe (PDF)
06/28/07	NOAA Fisheries Service Supports FDA's Action to Detain Farm-Raised Imported Seafood from China (PDF)
06/15/07	European Community Bluefin Tuna Plan is Inadequate to Recover Species (PDF)
04/24/07	House Introduction Marks a Strong Start for the National Offshore Aquaculture Act of 2007 (PDF)
01/12/07	President Bush Signs Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 (PDF)
01/08/07	Woods Hole Marine Aquaculture Task Force Report (PDF)

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