Press Releases, Remarks, Briefings

Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Oceans Releases 2008
--08/13/08  Arctic Policy; Margaret F. Hayes, Director of Office of Oceans Affairs; Speech to Arctic Parliamentarians on Aspects of U.S. Arctic Policy; Fairbanks, Alaska
--08/11/08  Two Scientific Cruises to Map Arctic Seafloor
--05/21/08  United States Participation in Arctic Ocean Conference
--05/02/08  Sea Turtle Conservation and Shrimp Imports
--04/16/08  Challenges Combatting Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing ; David A. Balton, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries; Remarks Before the House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans; Washington, DC
--04/03/08  International Fisheries: Management and Enforcement; John Negroponte, Deputy Secretary; Remarks to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation; Washington, DC
--04/03/08  Sustainable International Fisheries; David A. Balton, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries; Remarks Before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Washington, DC
--03/24/08  CEQ Fact Sheet: Conserving Our Oceans Through Stewardship, Volunteerism, and Education
--02/22/08  Chilean Sea Bass Frequently Asked Questions
--01/30/08  CAFTA-DR Environment Projects
--01/30/08  CAFTA-DR Labor Projects
--01/30/08  Landmark Dolphin Agreement Reaches 10-Year Mark
--01/30/08  U.S. Commits Funding For Labor and Environmental Protection for Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement Countries
--01/11/08  Under Secretary of State Paula Dobriansky Participating in Dedication of New Amundsen-Scott Station at South Pole

2007
--11/27/07  U.S. Policy on Antarctic Tourism
--11/20/07  U.S. Leads Efforts to Strengthen Global Shark Conservation
--11/05/07  Law of the Sea Convention
--09/27/07  The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Written Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--06/28/07  U.S. Joins Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention
--06/06/07  State Department Releases Second Annual Report on its Safe Water and Sanitation Strategy in Developing Countries
--05/31/07  A New International Climate Change Framework; The White House; Washington, DC
--05/31/07  A Proclamation: National Oceans Month, June 2007 ; The White House; Washington, DC
--05/31/07  President Bush Announces U.S. Support For An Effort To Develop A New Post-2012 Framework On Climate Change ; The White House; Washington, DC
--05/15/07  Statement by the President: World's Oceans; The White House; Washington, DC
--05/03/07  Sea Turtle Conservation and Shrimp Imports
--02/26/07  The International Polar Year: Opportunity of a Lifetime; Dr. Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs; Washington, DC
--02/26/07  U.S. Launch of the International Polar Year 2007-2008; Paula J. Dobriansky, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs; Remarks at the National Academy of Sciences; Washington, DC
--02/26/07  Under Secretary Paula Dobriansky Participates in U.S. Launch of International Polar Year

2006
--10/03/06  Statement on Protection of Sustainable Fisheries ; Office of the Press Secretary, Whitie House; Washington, DC
--06/01/06  The State Department Releases Report on a U.S. Strategy to Address Water Issues in Developing Countries
--05/18/06  United States to Chair Review of UN Fish Stocks Agreement
--05/02/06  Sea Turtle Conservation and Shrimp Imports

2005
--09/29/05  Ocean Treaties; David Balton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries; Senate Committee on Foreign Relations ; Washington, DC
--08/05/05  Joint Press Statement on Devils Lake Flooding and Ecological Protection by the United States and Canada, North Dakota, Minnesota and Manitoba
--05/04/05  Sea Turtle Conservation and Shrimp Imports
--04/14/05  Renewal of the Charter for the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
--03/12/05  International Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage; Robert C. Blumberg, Attorney-Advisor, Office of Oceans Affairs; University of Virginia Center for Oceans Law and Policy's Annual Conference on Law of the Sea Issues in the East and South China Seas; Xiamen, China

2004
--12/09/04  Department of State Announces Change in Policy Regarding Documentation for Importation of Shrimp to Ensure Sea Turtle Protection
--06/24/04  Current Oceans Policy: United States Perspectives; Margaret F. Hayes, Director, Office of Oceans Affairs; Remarks at the Conference; St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
--06/18/04  Statement on U.S. Signing of an Agreement to Protect the RMS Titanic Wreck Site; John F. Turner, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Remarks at the Signing of the Agreement; Washington, DC
--04/29/04  International Fisheries; David A. Balton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries; Testimony before the House Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans; Washington, DC
--02/03/04  Sea Turtle Conservation and Shrimp Imports

2003
--11/18/03  U.S. Hosts Signing of Revised Inter-American Tropical Tuna Convention
--10/21/03  Accession to the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention and Ratification of the 1994 Agreement Amending Part XI of the Law of the Sea Convention; John F. Turner, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--10/21/03  Accession to the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention and Ratification of the 1994 Agreement Amending Part XI of the Law of the Sea Convention; William H. Taft, Legal Adviser; Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--09/11/03  International Fisheries Conservation and Compliance Issues ; David A. Balton, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries; Testimony before the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, House Committee on Resources ; Washington, DC
--06/16/03  The International Whaling Commission (IWC) 55th Annual Meeting in Berlin
--05/22/03  Promoting Sustainable International Fisheries Worldwide; Ambassador Mary Beth West, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries; Statement before the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans, House Committee on Resources; Washington, DC
--05/02/03  Sea Turtle Conservation and Shrimp Imports
--03/17/03  United States Becomes Party to the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW Protocol)

2002
Other Releases
--12/10/02  Statement On Agenda Item A.l.25: Oceans and the Law of the Sea; Ambassador Mary Beth West, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries; Statement During the Fifty-seventh Session of the United Nations in Plenary Session; New York, New York
--12/04/02  U.S.-Canada Yukon River Salmon Agreement Signed
--12/02/02  U.S.-Canada Yukon River Salmon Agreement
--07/23/02  Pacific Island Nations: Current Issues and U.S. Interests; Ambassador Mary Beth West, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries; Statement before the Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives; Washington, DC
--05/25/02  International Challenges in Addressing Marine Environmental Problems ; Ambassador Mary Beth West, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries; Remarks to Stockholm Declaration and Law of the Marine Environment Conference -- Panel VIII: Future Developments; Stockholm, Sweden
--05/20/02  Iceland: Whaling and U.S. Relations
--05/09/02  Protocol Regulating Air Pollution from Ships
--05/07/02  Environmental Treaties; John F. Turner, Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--04/30/02  Sea Turtle Conservation and Shrimp Imports
--04/08/02  United Nations Open-Ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and Law of the Sea; Ambassador Mary Beth West, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries; Remarks to theUnited Nations Open-Ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and Law of the Sea; New York, New York
--03/26/02  Fact Sheet: Chilean Sea Bass Frequently Asked Questions
--02/25/02  Coral Reef Roundtable Urges Acceleration of Conservation Efforts
--02/22/02  Agreement Reached by the Pacific Salmon Commission on a Southern Coho Management Plan for the Years 2002-08
--02/20/02  Roundtable on International Coral Reef Programs

2001
--12/11/01  Historic Global Fisheries Agreement Enters into Force
--12/06/01  Improving Science Applications to Coastal Management; Ambassador Mary Beth West, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries; Remarks to Oceans and Coasts at Rio+10 Conference Sponsored by UNESCO and the University of Delaware; Paris, France
--11/27/01  Statement on Oceans and Law of the Sea; Ambassador Sichan Siv, U.S. Representative on the United Nations Economic and Social Council; Statement in the General Assembly on Oceans and Law of the Sea; New York, New York
--11/09/01  Japanese Whaling Vessels Depart for Antarctica
--10/11/01  Polar Bear Conservation Agreement With Russia; Margaret F. Hayes, Director of the Office of Oceans Affairs; Testimony before the House Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans; Washington, DC
--10/03/01  Tenth Anniversary of the Protocol on Environmental Protection of Antarctica
--08/09/01  Japan Confirms Taking Whales in the North Pacific in 2001
--06/07/01  Statement by Amb. Mary Beth West to the House Committee on Resources; Ambassador Mary Beth West, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries; Remarks to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans, House Committee on Resources; Washington, DC
--05/10/01  Marine Science Priorities From a Developed Country Perspective; Dr. Norman P. Neureiter, Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary ; U.S. Statement to the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and Law of the Sea; New York, New York
--05/10/01  Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea; Maureen O'C. Walker, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Oceans Affairs; U.S. Statement to the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and Law of the Sea; New York, New York
--05/07/01  Oceans and Law of the Sea; Maureen O'C. Walker, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Oceans Affairs; Opening U.S. Statement to the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and Law of the Sea; New York, New York