Office of Habitat Conservation Announcements

• NEW!  NOAA/USFWS joint report on Coastal Wetland Trends 1998-2004
• On October 17th, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) published a federal register notice to announce the availability of the Draft NOAA Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Research and Management Strategic Plan for a 90-day public comment period. Prepared under the auspices of NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program and in consultation with the Nation's eight Regional Fishery Management Councils, the Draft NOAA Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Research and Management Strategic Plan identifies objectives, priorities and approaches that will guide NOAA’s research, management, and international activities from Fiscal Year 2009 through 2013 as they relate to deep coral and sponge ecosystems. The Draft NOAA Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Research and Management Strategic Plan will be available at the following location: click here, for a period of 90-days from the date of publication of the Federal Register Notice.  The Federal Register Notice, which includes instructions on submitting comments, is available at: click here.
• On Tuesday, July 22 , the NOAA Restoration Center launched its first ever “Dam Cam,” a wireless stream of photos and time-lapse video that will document the entire removal of the New Hampshire’s Merrimack Village Dam.  The "Dam Cam" can be found at:  http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/
• 2007 NOAA Fisheries Habitat Program Accomplishments Report
• Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program, 2008.
• FY 2009 President's Budget request provides funding for habitat conservation
• Report to Congress on the Impact of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma on Commercial and Recreational Fishery Habitat of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, 2007.
• NOAA Celebrates 200 Years of Science, Services, and Stewardship.
• Federal Fish Passage Action Plan : November, 2006
• NOAA Promoting local strategies to protect coastal and marine fish habitat : Cooperative Habitat Protection Partnerships (CHPPs)
• National Estuary Restoration Inventory Launched
• Enforcement/Compliance Roundtable Discussion Summary over MPAs
• EFH Descriptions and Identifications

• Regional Offices & Science Centers
• N. Foster Award
• Habitat Publications
• NOAA Habitat Website

New Publication

Fish Passage in the United States
Making way for the nation’s migrating fish

The State of
Deep Coral Ecosystems
of the United States: 2007