NOAA News Releases 2002

December

12/31/02 — Commerce Department Determines No Significant Adverse Impact of Fishing on Dolphin Populations

12/20/02 — Tug Company to Pay Nearly $1 Million for Seagrass Damage

12/18/02 — Baltimore Foundation Receives NOAA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education Awards

12/18/02 — Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Seeks Volunteer Advisors Sanctuary

12/18/02 — NOAA to Aid NORAD in Tracking Santa Claus

12/18/02 — Santa Asks NOAA: Who Will Have a White Christmas?

12/18/02 — NOAA Funds $129,650 of Alaska Fisheries Habitat Restoration in 2002

12/17/02 — Fewer Northern Fur Seal Pups Born in 2002

12/17/02 — NOAA Surveys Louisiana Hurricane Evacuation Routes

12/17/02 — NOAA Fisheries Proposes Crab Fishery Buyback

12/17/02 — NOAA Reports 2002 Was Marked by Widespread Drought in the U.S., Return of El Niño, and Warm Global Temperature

12/16/02 — Florida Fisherman Fined for Falsifying Permit Application

12/16/02 — First Image of Historic Shipwrecks Released on 100th Anniversary of Palmer-CrarySinking

12/13/02 — Director of NOAA's National Climatic Data Center to Receive Honorary Doctorate from North Carolina State University

12/12/02 — National Oceanographic Partnership Program Leads U.S. Global Ocean Data Effort

12/12/02 — NOAA Says El Niño To Influence U.S. Weather

12/12/02 — NOAA Announces $2.7 Million Patuxent River Oil Spill Restoration

12/10/02 — Recovered Silverware from USS Monitor Reveals Names of Four Crew Members

12/10/02 — Expanded Area to Be Avoided Implemented at the NOAA Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary

12/10/02 — NOAA Drift Card Study Will Help Scientists Track Pollutants

12/10/02 — NOAA and the University of Alaska Fairbanks Form Strategic Remote Sensing Alliance

12/10/02 — NOAA Honors Van Wert Heroes For Saving Lives Through StormReady

12/10/02 — NOAA Administrator Highlights U.S. Contribution to Coral Reef Management, Protection

12/6/02 — NOAA Holds Satellite Data Users Conference for the Americas

12/6/02 — South Bronx Youth Use New High-tech Environmental Monitoring Center to Measure Weather

12/6/02 — Commerce Secretary Appoints Ben Ellis to North Pacific Fishery Management Council

12/4/02 — NOAA Fisheries Seeks to Protect Migrating Sea Turtles from Mortality in Large-mesh Gillnet Gear

12/3/02 — Strategy for Climate Change Research Defined at Science Workshop

12/3/02 — NOAA and the Mariners' Museum Successfully Completed First Phase of Monitor Turret Excavation

12/3/02 — Virginia Fisherman Receives $10,100 Fine for Sale of Illegally Caught Fish

12/3/02 — 29 Years of U.S. Climate Maps Now on New CD-ROM

12/2/02 — NOAA Shows Its Science On A Sphere

November

11/26/02 — Stellwagen Bank Sanctuary Releases New Shipwreck Images On 104th Anniversary of Portland Loss

11/26/02 — NOAA Studies Coral Reef Decline in the Caribbean and Micronesia

11/25/02 — NOAA: El Niño Suppressed Hurricanes In 2002 Season

11/22/02 — NOAA Sends Oil Spill Experts to Spain

11/19/02 — NOAA Administrator to Discuss Enhanced Cooperation on Climate Science, Ocean Issues During Visit To New Zealand and Australia

11/15/02 — Maryland Saltwater Sportfisherman's Association Joins Noaa Fisheries Ethical Angler® Partnership

11/15/02 — National Weather Service Expands NOAA Weather Radio Coverage

11/14/02 — NOAA Fisheries Determines the Southern Population of Bocaccio Does Not Warrant Listing Under the Endangered Species Act

11/14/02 — North Carolina Federal Executive to Receive Presidential Award

11/14/02 — Colorado Federal Executive to Receive Presidential Award

11/14/02 — Alaska Federal Executive to Receive Presidential Award

11/14/02 — Michigan Federal Executive to Receive Presidential Award

11/14/02 — Washington Federal Executive to Receive Presidential Award

11/14/02 — NOAA and Louisiana DNR Celebrate Pecan Island Terrace Creation Groundbreaking

11/14/02 — Metro D.C. Federal Managers to Receive Presidential Award

11/14/02 — October 2002: Cooler and wetter than normal throughout much of the Nation

11/13/02 — Florida Keys Coral Reefs First in U.S. to Receive International Protection

11/13/02 — El Niño Expected to Influence Winter Weather in the South

11/8/02 — NOAA Announces Measures to Improve Ocean Safety for Hawaii Residents and Visitors

11/8/02 — NOAA Awards $56 Million Contract to Colorado Company for Alaska Satellite Ground Station Support

11/8/02 — NOAA Experts Brief California Officials on Upcoming Winter Season: Potential Impacts of Moderate El Niño Conditions

11/8/02 — NOAA Seeks Nominations for "Coastal Heroes" Awards

11/7/02 — El Niño on Track to Influence U.S. Winter, NOAA Says

11/6/02 — International Commission Acts to Control Rogue Fishing and Extends Marlin Protection

11/6/02 — California Professor Receives 1st Hagemeyer Tsunami Award

11/5/02 — NOAA and Saltwater, Inc. Agree on Penalty for Observer Reporting Violations

11/4/02 — Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Seeks Citizen At-large Representative for Sanctuary Advisory Council

11/1/02 — Applications Accepted for Third Year of NOAA Educational Partnership Program

October

10/31/02 — NOAA Fisheries Programs in Alaska Garner National Awards

10/31/02 — NOAA Funds $125,000 in Texas Fishery Habitat Restoration

10/31/02 — NOAA Funds $15,200 in Puerto Rico Fishery Habitat Restoration

10/31/02 — NOAA Funds $150,000 in Louisiana Fishery Habitat Restoration

10/31/02 — NOAA Funds $185,000 in Florida Fishery Habitat Restoration

10/31/02 — NOAA Science Advisory Board to Review Science and Research Programs

10/31/02 — El Niño Expected to Influence Central U.S. Winter Weather

10/29/02 — NOAA Celebrates 30 Years of the Coastal Zone Management Act

10/29/02 — NOAA Seeking Comments on Draft Guidelines for Coastal Conservation Program

10/28/02 — NOAA to Dedicate Special Collections Room

10/28/02 — NOAA'S National Weather Service Breaks Ground at New Weather Radar Site

10/25/02 — Groundfish Data Collected with Mismarked Gear Stands up in Statistical Analysis

10/24/02 — John Snow Named to NOAA Science Advisory Board

10/24/02 — Gagosian and Rosen Named to NOAA Science Advisory Board

10/24/02 — David Blaskovich Named to NOAA Science Advisory Board

10/24/02 — NOAA Science Advisory Board Names Four New Members

10/23/02 — NOAA Honors Cooperative Weather Observers; Prestigious Awards Presented to 34 Observers Across the U.S.

10/22/02 — NOAA Fisheries Cosponsors Symposium on Effects of Fishing Activities to Ocean Bottom Habitats

10/22/02 — Department of Commerce Awards Bronze Medal to Grand Rapids Hydrologist Mark Walton

10/22/02 — Commerce Department Awards Bronze Medal to Salt Lake Teams for Winter Games' Weather Forecasting

10/22/02 — Commerce Department Awards Bronze Medal to Phoenix Weather Office Team

10/22/02 — Commerce Department Awards Bronze Medal to Buffalo Weather Forecaster for Olympic Winter Games

10/22/02 — Department of Commerce Awards Bronze Medal to Kansas City Weather Forecast Office

10/22/02 — Commerce Department Awards Bronze Medal to Grand Rapids Weather Forecaster for Olympic Winter Games

10/22/02 — Department of Commerce Awards Bronze Medal to Duluth Weather Service Forecast Office

10/22/02 — Commerce Department Awards Bronze Medal to Raleigh Weather Forecaster for Olympic Winter Games

10/22/02 — Commerce Department Awards Bronze Medal to Billings Weather Office Team

10/22/02 — Commerce Department Awards Bronze Medal to Boise Weather Forecaster for Olympic Winter Games

10/21/02 — Pocket Knives, Wool Coat, Key, Coins, and Silverware Some of Many Artifacts Recovered During Excavation Inside Monitor's Turret

10/16/02 — NOAA Announces Funding for Washington State Habitat Restoration Projects in Pierce, Jefferson and Snohomish Counties

10/16/02 — NOAA Fisheries Proposes Protections for Loggerhead Turtles off the Southern California Coast During El Niño Conditions

10/16/02 — Hikers and Outdoor Adventurers to Have Same Satellite Protection as Pilots and Mariners

10/15/02 — NOAA/USCG Announces Frequency Access for Land-Based Distress Beacons in Continental United States

10/15/02 — NCEP, AWC Earn FAA Excellence Award

10/11/02 — NOAA to Describe its Broad Vision for a Global Observing System at World Space Congress

10/11/02 — NOAA Selects a Dozen New Advisory Committee Members

10/10/02 — NOAA Decommissions Honolulu-based Research Ship After 39 Years of Service

10/10/02 — U.S. Climate Change Science Program Office Launches New Web Site

10/9/02 — Prepare for El Niño's Drier and Warmer Winter NOAA Experts Tell Northwest Officials

10/9/02 — NOAA Announces $5 Million Grant to OU's Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies

10/9/02 — NOAA and the National Space Club Seek Nominations for Prestigious NOAA-David Johnson Award

10/8/02 — NOAA Director Speaks to Students at Youth Watershed Summit

10/7/02 — Two Florida Women Win Prestigious NOAA Scholarships to Pursue Doctorates in Marine Biology

10/7/02 — Deborah Howard of Baltimore Wins NOAA's Nancy Foster Scholarship to Pursue Doctorate in Marine Biology

10/7/02 — Amy Noel Van Buren of Seattle Wins Prestigious NOAA Scholarship to Pursue Doctorate in Marine Biology

10/7/02 — NOAA and Salt Lake City Mark Olympic Site with Commemorative Reference Station for Surveyors, Hikers

10/7/02 — NOAA Awards Four Students the Nancy Foster Scholarship To Pursue Doctorates in Marine Biology

10/4/02 — NOAA Issues La Plata Tornado Service Assessment Report

10/4/02 — Good News for North Atlantic Swordfish: Latest Assessment Shows Stock Recovering Quickly

10/1/02 — NOAA Awards More than $35 Million in Grants to Oregon

10/1/02 — NOAA Announces $3.15 Million Grant to North Carolina for Flood Observing and Warning System

10/1/02 — NOAA Announces a $5.7 Million Grant to University of Hawaii's Joint Institute for Marine Atmospheric Research

10/1/02 — NOAA Announces $17 Million in Grants to the University of New Hampshire and the Nature Conservancy

10/1/02 — NOAA Announces More than $20 Million in Grants to Alaska

10/1/02 — NOAA Announces $2.6 Million in Grants to Mississippi

10/1/02 — NOAA Announces $1.5 Million Grant to CSU's Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere

10/1/02 — NOAA Awards $6.8 Million in Research Grants to Florida Institutions

10/1/02 — NOAA Awards $1.8 Million Grant to Delaware's Coastal Management Program

10/1/02 — NOAA and EPA Kick off National Estuaries Day

10/1/02 — NOAA Awards $13.1 Million Educational Package to Minority Serving Institutions

September

9/30/02 — Unusually Small Antarctic Ozone Hole this Year Attributed to Exceptionally Strong Stratospheric Weather, NASA and NOAA Report

9/27/02 — NOAA to Hold Environmental (GOES) Satellite Users' Conference

9/27/02 — NOAA Unveils Comprehensive Web Site on Coral Reefs

9/26/02 — NOAA Releases First National Study of U.S. Coral Reefs

9/24/02 — NOAA Announces $13.8 Million Grant to University of Washington

9/24/02 — NOAA Announces $4.6 Million Grant to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

9/24/02 — Tropical Storm Isidore Proves the Perfect Candidate for NOAA's Rapid Intensification Study

9/24/02 — U.S. Climate Research and Technology Progress Outlined

9/24/02 — NOAA Celebrates Completion of Oyster Project Partners Plant 500,000 Oysters

9/23/02 — NOAA Implements Nationwide Strategic Planning Program; Meeting in Boulder, Colo.

9/23/02 — Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Seeks Education Representative for Sanctuary Advisory Council

9/23/02 — NOAA Satellites Help Save Hiker from Blizzard on Utah Mountainside

9/23/02 — NOAA Fisheries Unveils New Book on American Fishing

9/23/02 — NOAA Fisheries Restricts Gillnets off Georgia and Florida to Protect Whales

9/20/02 — Right Whale Calf Sighted in Bering Sea

9/19/02 — NOAA Implements Nationwide Strategic Planning Program; Meeting in Washington, D.C.

9/19/02 — NOAA, American Rivers Select Projects in Fish Habitat Restoration Partnership

9/18/02 — NOAA Creates Historical Database on 150 Years of Atlantic Hurricanes

9/17/02 — NOAA Awards $250,000 to Provide Environmental Education Experiences for Chesapeake Bay Teachers

9/17/02 — NOAA Holds Public Meetings to Evaluate the Operation of Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

9/16/02 — Trustees Release Plan to Assess Hudson River Resource Injuries

9/13/02 — 2002 Summer Hot, Dry Across Much of United States; Upper Mid-West Experiences Wetter-Than-Average Summer

9/12/02 — NOAA Meets with Private Partners to Plan Modernization of the Nation's Largest Weather Observing Network

9/12/02 — El Niño To Play Role In Nation's Fall, Winter Weather, NOAA Says

9/12/02 — NOAA Implements Nationwide Strategic Planning Program; Meeting in Boston, Mass.

9/11/02 — NOAA Relaxes Regulations to Give Fishermen Access to Healthy Stocks While Protecting Dark Blotched Rockfish

9/9/02 — NOAA's Hawaiian Islands Humpback Sanctuary Management Plan Renewed for Five Years

9/6/02 — NOAA Announces Public Hearing of Millennium Pipeline Appeal

9/5/02 — NOAA Fisheries Seeks Comments on Comprehensive Pacific Salmon-Harvest Policy Paper

9/4/02 — Tropical Storm Edouard Prompts NOAA's National Weather to Caution on Inland Flooding

9/4/02 — NOAA Fisheries and World Partners Appraise Successes in International Fisheries Management for World Summit

9/4/02 — NOAA Fisheries Determines Atlantic White Marlin Does Not Warrant Listing Under the Endangered Species Act

August

8/30/02 — NOAA Administrator Promotes Role of Global Observations to Sustainable Development at WSSD; Calls for More International Cooperation

8/30/02 — Oceans Partnership Members Highlight the Need to Protect Ocean Resources to Meet Sustainable Development Aims

8/29/02 — NOAA Implements Nationwide Strategic Planning Program

8/29/02 — Location of the Portland Wreck Confirmed by NOAA

8/29/02 — Top NOAA Management Official to Meet with Southern New England Fishermen in Stonington, Connecticut

8/29/02 — International Fisher's Forum Set for November

8/28/02 — Thunder Bay Marine Sanctuary Expedition Takes to the Water

8/28/02 — NOAA Chief Stresses Land Use as an Important Key to Ocean Health at World Summit for Sustainable Development

8/28/02 — Shrimp Overtakes Canned Tuna as Top U.S. Seafood

8/27/02 — Anchorage Becomes Nation's Ninth PORTS Harbor

8/27/02 — NOAA Wind Profiler Network Comes to Austin

8/26/02 — NOAA Installs New Coral Reef Monitoring Station in the U.S. Virgin Islands

8/23/02 — NOAA Kicks off Nationwide Strategic Planning Program

8/23/02 — $4.5 Billion Contract Awarded for Environmental Satellite System of the Future – DOD, NOAA, AND NASA Announce

8/21/02 — After 10 Years, Hurricane Andrew Gains Strength

8/19/02 — NOAA Awards Students From NAACP's "Olympics of the Mind" Competition Science Cruise on NOAA Oceanographic Ship

8/14/02 — NOAA Office For Law Enforcement Agents Seize 71 Illegal Bluefin Tuna

8/14/02 — National Radar Network Upgrade To Give Forecasters Quicker, More Thorough Information

8/14/02 — Drought Affects Half of the Contiguous States; Temperatures Much Warmer than 100-year Average in July

8/14/02 — NOAA Mariner Dies When Survey Launch Capsizes

8/13/02 — Dutch Harbor-Unalaska and New Bedford Land Titles of Nation's Top Fishing Ports for 2001

8/12/02 — Cannon Beach Named Oregon's First "TsunamiReady" Community

8/9/02 — NOAA and Navy Bring Turret of USS Monitor to Shore

8/8/02 — El Niño Expected To Impact Atlantic Hurricane Season, NOAA Reports

8/6/02 — NOAA National Weather Service and Aws Convergence Technologies Unveil Homeland Security Initiative

8/5/02 — NOAA Scientist Dies in Plane Crash

8/5/02 — NOAA, Navy Raise Turret of USS Monitor Civil War Ironclad from Graveyard of the Atlantic

8/5/02 — NOAA Fisheries Director Praises Mid-atlantic Fishery Management Council for Rebuilding Successes

July

7/30/02 — Scientific Panel Identifies Goals for next Generation of Fish Stock Assessments; Plan Cites Need for Increased Partnerships and Staff; Shift Toward Ecosystem-based Management

7/25/02 — National Tornado Count Remains Lowest since 1988

7/24/02 — NOAA Ocean Exploration Investigates Atlantic Deep, Educates Students

7/23/02 — Commerce Secretary Appoints Dana B. Rice to New England Fishery Management Council

7/19/02 — Mount Pleasant, N.C., Student Finds ‘Write' Way to NOAA's Underwater Habitat

7/19/02 — Harrisburg, Pa., Student Finds ‘Write' Way to Noaa's Underwater Habitat

7/19/02 — Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Celebrates 10 Years

7/18/02 — NOAA Research Scientists Win Presidential Early Career Awards

7/17/02 — More than a Third of the Contiguous States in Drought

7/16/02 — Operational Control of Environmental Satellite Successfully Transferred from NASA To NOAA

7/15/02 — NOAA Unveils Initial Findings from California Shipwreck Visit

7/15/02 — Strong Protection Measures for Marine Mammals Tied to Operation of Low Frequency Sonar

7/11/02 — Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Seeks Applicants for Advisory Council

7/11/02 — El Niño Makes its Official Return, NOAA Says

7/9/02 — NOAA, Smithsonian Associates Begin Wild, Wild Watershed Summer Camp for Kids

7/9/02 — New NOAA Weather Radio Voices Debut in Nation's Capital

7/9/02 — NOAA and Others Study New England Air Quality

7/8/02 — Monitor's Historic Gun Turret Closer to Recovery

7/3/02 — NOAA Science Advisory Board to Review Science & Research Programs

7/3/02 — NOAA's Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary Seeks Applicants for Advisory Council

7/3/02 — NOAA Fisheries Reminds Beach Goers to Avoid Harassing Seals

7/3/02 — NOAA: Feeding and Harassing Wild Dolphins Against Law

7/2/02 — Local Teachers Chosen for Underwater Workshops in NOAA's Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary

June

6/29/02 — Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Opens Comment Period for Management Plan Review

6/27/02 — NOAA Fisheries Forecasts above Average 2002 Season for Brown Shrimp in Western Gulf of Mexico

6/27/02 — Classic Marine Fish Guide Revised

6/27/02 — New Weather Buoy Fills Crucial Data Gap Off Florida Coast

6/27/02 — NOAA, Navy, the Mariners' Museum Begin Efforts to Raise USS Monitor's Turret

6/26/02 — NOAA-17 Sends First Image of Earth

6/26/02 — NOAA Fisheries Law Enforcement Seizes 5,000 Seal Skins

6/25/02 — NOAA Repairs Damaged Coral Reef

6/25/02 — NOAA Seizes Large Shipment of Illegally Harvested Chilean Sea Bass

6/24/02 — NOAA's Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Begins Search for Visitor Center Site

6/24/02 — NOAA-M Environmental Satellite Successfully Launched

6/21/02 — NOAA Unveils New Method To Warn of Heat Waves, Save Lives

6/20/02 — New NOAA Research Sheds Light on Pfiesteria Life Cycle

6/18/02 — NOAA Great Lakes Lab to Operate University of Michigan Science Vessel

6/17/02 — Commerce Secretary Evans Announces 2002 Ocean Fishery Council Appointments

6/17/02 — Phyllis Wyeth Named NOAA Environmental Hero in 2002 for Maine Marine Education Center Development

6/14/02 — NOAA Assists Colorado Firefighting Effort from Space and at Blaze Site

6/14/02 — NOAA Honors U.S. Power Squadrons for Helping Update Nation's Nautical Charts

6/14/02 — Drought Worsens in West, Eases In East

6/13/02 — NOAA Fisheries Protects Sea Turtles in the Chesapeake by Prohibiting Pound Net Devices Through June 30

6/11/02 — NOAA Chief Announces New U.S. Funding for Global Climate Observing Efforts

6/7/02 — NOAA Head to Promote Climate Science, International Cooperation During European Tour

6/7/02 — NOAA Fisheries Seeks Public Input on Atlantic White Marlin Status

6/6/02 — Conditions Fuel El Niño Development

6/6/02 — NOAA Fish Fry Showcases the Benefits of Aquaculture

6/5/02 — NOAA Manager Inducted into Engineering Hall of Fame

May

5/31/02 — Commerce Awards New Climate and Weather Supercomputer Contract to IBM

5/31/02 — NOAA Fisheries Completes Biological Opinion on Klamath Coho; Agency Proposes Measures to Protect Salmon During Dam Operations

5/30/02 — NOAA, NASA to Launch New Environmental Satellite

5/30/02 — NOAA's National Weather Service Honors Nation's First Native American "TsunamiReady" Community; Quinault Indian Tribe Receives Honors at Ceremony

5/28/02 — New Weather Prediction Model to Improve Aviation and Severe Weather Forecasts

5/24/02 — NOAA Seeking Research and Development Proposals for Projects to Strengthen and Improve the U.S. Fishing Industry; $10.3 Million Available through Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program for FY 2002

5/23/02 — Scientists Return to Where Science Fiction Became Science Fact

5/22/02 — New Manager Hired for Great Lakes Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve

5/22/02 — No Discharge Zone to Protect Sanctuary Waters; New Rules Take Effect June 19, 2002

5/21/02 — NOAA Seeks Sources for Synthetic Aperture Radar Data

5/20/02 — Hurricane Forecasters Say 6 to 8 Hurricanes Could Threaten in 2002

5/17/02 — NOAA Weather Radio Grants Program Included in 2002 Farm Bill

5/16/02 — Going to Extremes: Sea and Space Experts Explore Parallels in Exploration

5/16/02 — Warm Temperatures and Severe Drought Continue in April Throughout Parts of United States

5/16/02 — President Bush Declares May 19-25 as National Hurricane Awareness Week

5/15/02 — NOAA Seeks Proposals for Coral Reef Conservation Projects; Estimated $5.5 Million Available

5/10/02 — Internet Salmon-consultation-tracking in Northwest Moves into its Second Phase

5/10/02 — Pacific Gray Whale Population Estimate Released

5/10/02 — Wayland Resident Awarded NOAA Fisheries/Sea Grant Fellowship

5/10/02 — NOAA to Lend Environmental Satellite to Japan, Ensures Continuity of Weather Data over Western Pacific

5/10/02 — NOAA Fisheries/Sea Grant Award Fellowships to Four

5/9/02 — El Niño Expected to Develop by Year's End

5/7/02 — NOAA Kicks off Gulf Coast Hurricane Awareness Tour

5/7/02 — NOAA Team Ranks Strongest of Maryland Tornadoes at Wind Speeds of up to 260 Miles Per Hour

5/6/02 — NOAA's National Weather Service Selects New Pacific Region Director

5/6/02 — Drought Monitoring to Include All of North America, NOAA Announces

5/2/02 — NOAA Announces 2001 Status of U.S. Fish Stocks; Fisheries on a Path Toward Recovery

5/2/02 — Drought Monitoring to Include All of North America, NOAA Announces

5/2/02 — National Weather Service Begins Service Assessment of Maryland Tornado Outbreak

5/1/02 — NNOAA Aeronomy Researchers Study Intercontinental Pollution Along the U.S. West Coast

April

4/30/02 — Carmel Valley Residents Honored as Environmental Heroes

4/30/02 — NOAA Fisheries Seeks Comments on Proposed Longline Hook Restrictions to Protect Sea Turtles in Western Pacific

4/26/02 — NOAA Honors Environmental Heroes at South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve

4/26/02 — NOAA Plants Grasses in Marshland to Celebrate National Volunteer Week

4/25/02 — NOAA Warns: Lightning Kills; Safety Highlighted During Lightning Awareness Week

4/25/02 — NOAA Fisheries to Accept Public Comment on Rule Through Pilot E-comments Web Site

4/25/02 — NOAA Fisheries Seeks Annual Permit for Highly Migratory Species Anglers; Comments Will Be Accepted Online

4/23/02 — NOAA Explores Depths of its Five West Coast Marine Sanctuaries on 60-day Sanctuary Quest 2002

4/23/02 — Aquarius Begins 2002 Mission Season with All-Female Crew; Undersea Lab Will Host Astronauts, Scientists, Students

4/23/02 — NOAA Sets its Five-year Plan for Marine Fisheries Research

4/22/02 — NOAA Chief Heads U.S. Delegation to First Apec Oceans Meeting in Seoul, South Korea; U.S. Agenda to Focus on Global Ocean Observing Systems, International Cooperation

4/18/02 — NOAA and Volunteers Test Water Quality of Monterey Bay Area Streams on Earth Day Weekend

4/17/02 — Fifteen Get Awards for Contributions to Life-saving NOAA Weather Radio

4/17/02 — Timothy Keeney Sworn in as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere

4/15/02 — Lake Ontario Data Buoy Will Provide More Data to Forecasters, Marine Community

4/12/02 — U.S. Experiences First Cooler-than-average Month since March 2001; Global Temperature for March Warmest on Record

4/11/02 — NOAA Reports U.S. Could Soon Feel Impacts of El Niño

4/11/02 — NOAA Fisheries Seeks Comment on Proposed Seasonal Gillnet Restrictions to Protect Whales Off Georgia and Florida

4/11/02 — NOAA Fisheries Seeks Comments on Impacts to Marine Mammals During Bridge Project in Humboldt Bay

4/11/02 — NOAA Chief Leads Volunteers in Restoring Fort McHenry Wetland on Saturday

4/8/02 — NOAA Fisheries Seeks Comments on Affects to Marine Mammals During Earthquake Hazards Survey off Southern California

4/3/02 — NOAA Fisheries Seeks Comment on Proposed Moratorium on For-Hire Permits in Gulf of Mexico

4/2/02 — James Mahoney Sworn in as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere

4/2/02 — National Weather Service Appoints New Operations Chief

March

3/29/02 — NOAA Fisheries Seeks Comment on Proposal to Protect Turtles in Chesapeake Bay by Restricting Pound Net Devices in the Spring

3/28/02 — NOAA Awards New Jersey Company Contract for Weather Balloons

3/28/02 — NOAA and EPA Approve State Environmental Plan; Delaware Receives an Additional $150,000 for Finalizing Coastal Polluted Runoff Program

3/26/02 — NOAA Holds Meetings to Discuss Creating Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Sanctuary

3/25/02 — NOAA Names New Climate Prediction Center Director

3/25/02 — NOAA's National Hurricane Center Tests Five-Day Experimental Forecast

3/25/02 — Illegal Harvests of Chilean Sea Bass Get Close Review; U.S. Aggressively Monitoring Imports; Issues Consumer Fact Sheet

3/21/02 — Kevin C. Cooley Named Director of NOAA's National Weather Service National Centers for Environmental Prediction Central Operations

3/21/02 — NOAA/NASA Polar Satellite Program Team to Be Honored by National Space Club

3/20/02 — University of Wisconsin Scientist To Receive Prestigious NOAA-David Johnson Award

3/20/02 — Jack May Named Director of NOAA's Aviation Weather Center

3/18/02 — Iceberg B-22 Calves Off Thwaites Ice Tongue

3/15/02 — NOAA Moves to Strengthen Protections for Northwestern Hawaiian Islands; Ocean Agency Unveils Four Actions to Protect Corals, Designate Reserve as National Marine Sanctuary

3/15/02 — Science Advisors Review NOAA Programs at D.C. Meeting

3/14/02 — NOAA Reports Droughts May Linger in East, West

3/14/02 — Record Warm Winter in Much of Midwest and Northeast

3/13/02 — 2002 Caribbean Hurricane Awareness Tour Takes Wing

3/8/02 — Second Wyoming Site Earns "Storm Ready" Title

3/7/02 — El Niño Continues to Develop

3/6/02 — NOAA Fisheries Gives $900,000 to Washington's Department of Fish & Wildlife for Additional Enforcement Patrols

3/6/02 — NOAA Fisheries Agreement Provides Oregon $100,000 for Additional Marine Enforcement Patrols

3/6/02 — Shells on Ocean Floor Act as Buffer Against Chemical Change over Thousands of Years, NOAA Reports

3/4/02 — $30 Million Annual Benefit Predicted from Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System

3/1/02 — Comment Sought on Permit Proposal for Gulf Shrimpers

February

2/28/02 — Marie Colton Heads NOAA'S Satellite Service Office of Research

2/27/02 — 2ND Annual National Severe Weather Workshop to Be Held March 1 & 2

2/26/02 — NOAA Satellites Help Save Four Sailors from Atlantic Ocean

2/25/02 — Milestone Reached in Development of next Generation Satellite System

2/22/02 — NOAA Considers Updating Protection for Marine Mammals

2/22/02 — NOAA Fisheries Awards $10,000 Grant to Continue Horseshoe Crab Conservation

2/21/02 — November 2001 - January 2002 Warmest on Record in U.S.

2/20/02 — NOAA Satellites Track Extensive Climate-related Coral Bleaching Event on Australia's Great Barrier Reef

2/20/02 — New NOAA Research Vessel Named after Sept. 11 Victim

2/11/02 — NOAA, National Park Service, Spearheaded Emergency Coral Reef Restoration Activities in Florida's Dry Tortugas

2/7/02 — Iceberg C-17 Calves off Matusevich Glacier Tongue in Antarctica

2/7/02 — United States Extends Ban on Shark Finning to Pacific Ocean

2/6/02 — Ocean Currents Slow, Causing Warmer Ocean and less Co2 Input to Atmosphere, Say NOAA Scientists

2/5/02 — NOAA Conducts Winter Storms Reconnaissance Missions from Anchorage

2/5/02 — NOAA Predicts Sea Surface Temperatures Will Rise in Eastern Tropical Pacific

2/4/02 — Lt. John K. Longenecker, NOAA Corps, of Annville, Pa., Named Junior Officer of the Year

2/4/02 — President's Budget for NOAA Focuses on Stewardship and Environmental Science

2/1/02 — NOAA Satellites Help Rescue 166 People in U.S. in 2001

January

1/31/02 — NOAA Announces FY 2003 Proposed Budget

1/29/02 — NOAA Polar Satellites Detect Warm Waters Down Under

1/28/02 — NOAA Replaces Critical Buoy Lost in Storm off Oregon Coast

1/28/02 — River Flood Potential below Normal for Winter and Early Spring Throughout Eastern United States

1/21/02 — NOAA Ocean Service Sponsors International Coral Health and Disease Workshop

1/16/02 — NOAA'S National Weather Service Honors Seward as Alaska's First "TsunamiReady" Community

1/16/02 — NOAA Fisheries Director Receives Valuable Guidance from Eight Previous Directors for Future of Agency

1/15/02 — NOAA to Publish Final Rule for Essential Fish Habitat

1/14/02 — Three-day Hurricane Forecast Becoming More Accurate with Better Environmental Modeling

1/14/02 — NOAA Tests New Weather Radio Voice at Five Offices

1/14/02 — National Weather Service Meteorologist Honored by American Meteorological Society

1/14/02 — National Weather Service Director Sees Brighter Future for Forecasting, Public-private Partnerships

1/14/02 — An Olympic First: Partners Provide Weather Support for Games

1/14/02 — Weather Event Simulator Helps Forecasters Train for the Worst

1/13/02 — NOAA Researchers Help Develop New Early-Warning Radar

1/11/02 — NOAA Officials to Testify at First Regional Ocean Commission Hearing

1/11/02 — NOAA, CUNY City College Open $2.5 Million Cooperative Science Center

1/10/02 — NOAA Satellites Help Save Six Fishermen from Atlantic Ocean

1/10/02 — Lionfish Observed off North Carolina

1/4/02 — Court Decision Validates NOAA Fisheries Dolphin Protection in Eastern Tropical Pacific Tuna Fishery

1/3/02 — NOAA Fisheries Announces 2002 Catch Limits for Atlantic Summer Flounder

1/2/02 — NOAA Announces Funding for Northern California Coastal Stream Habitat Restoration

1/2/02 — NOAA Announces Funding for Channel Islands Eelgrass Restoration

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