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Check out Making Waves, the new weekly podcast from the National Ocean Service. -
Two hurricanes and two major ship accidents marked the busiest season ever for the NOS Office of Response and Restoration over the past fiscal year. Here, oil skimmers clean up after after a container ship dumped thousands of gallons of fuel oil into San Francisco Bay last November. 
John H. Dunnigan, National Ocean Service Assistant Administrator, speaks to reporters earlier this month in Miami, Florida at the launch of the EcoZone Green Schools Initiative. NOAA is a supporting member of this new private-public effort.-
A new current meter installed on Oct. 15 will help make the most dangerous passage in the Gulf Coast's Intracoastal Waterway a lot safer. -
NOAA Researchers are using sonar to locate and track loggerhead turtles off the coast of North Carolina, a method that may lead to new ways of protecting threatened and endangered ocean species.
Our challenge is to manage our vast ocean and coastal resources in the face of mounting problems...
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Visit the Office of Coast Survey for nautical charts in various formats.
Learn about coastal population trends between 1980 and 2003 and projected by 2008.
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Visit the new Web site of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force, established in 1998 by Presidential Executive Order to lead U.S. efforts to preserve and protect coral reef ecosystems.
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Check out Making Waves, a new weekly podcast from NOS
Fishing with cyanide poison is an illegal and destructive technique used around the world to capture coral reef fishes destined for the marine aquarium and live food fish trades. Learn what NOAA is doing to combat this issue.
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