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NOAA Fisheries Press Releases

01/13/09	NOAA Will Work With Six Identified Nations to Address Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing (PDF)
01/13/09	NOAA Establishes Eight Marine Protected Areas to Provide Safe Havens for Deep-Water Fish (PDF)
01/12/09	Saltwater Recreational Fishermen Boon for Economy, Says NOAA (PDF)
01/12/09	NOAA Gives Navy Marine Mammal Protection Measures for Sonar Training off Hawaii (PDF)
01/07/09	Coastal Land Preserved on 15th Anniversary of Major Oil Spill off Puerto Rico (PDF)
01/06/09	New Economic Report Finds Commercial and Recreational Fishing Generated More Than Two Million Jobs (PDF)
12/31/08	High Numbers of Right Whales Seen in Gulf of Maine NOAA Researchers Identify Wintering Ground and Potential Breeding Ground (PDF)
12/27/08	NOAA and Partners Attempt Disentanglement of Right Whale off Florida (PDF)
12/23/08	NOAA Determines Ribbon Seals Should Not be Listed as Endangered (PDF)
12/23/08	NOAA to Create Saltwater Angler Registry in 2010 (PDF)
12/22/08	NOAA Proposes Rule to Reduce Charter Halibut Catch (PDF)
12/08/08	Ships Must Slow Down to Protect North Atlantic Right Whales (PDF)
12/04/08	NOAA Charges Florida Dive Charter Businesses for Fishing Without Federal Permits (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

01/09/09	Captains back NOAA fishing registry theDESTINlog.com
01/06/09	Fish-eating moms' diet affects kids, study shows Los Angeles Times
12/30/08	Team Frees Whale Tangled in Fishing Lines Washington Post
12/29/08	Whale free after aid team cuts ropes Jacksonville.com
12/27/08	Scientists Attempt Disentanglement Of Right Whale Off Florida Science Daily
12/24/08	New rule will require saltwalter anglers to get licenses Portland Press Herald
12/24/08	Saltwater fishing licenses still a year off South Coast Today
12/24/08	Govt delays use of a recreational fishing registry Miami Herald
12/24/08	So Is Fish Safe to Eat or Not? New York Times
12/22/08	Would hunt for subs kill whales? OrlandoSentinel.com
12/11/08	Newport eyed for mussel farm EastBayRI.com
12/06/08	Loss of fisherman shines light on struggles of others DailyComet.com
12/06/08	Fishing dialogue to be continued SouthCoastToday.com
12/04/08	New Vessel Speed Regulations for U.S. East Coast Ports The Maritime Executive
12/02/08	Stranding center returns seal to sea pressofatlanticcity.com
12/01/08	Bluefin Tuna On Edge Of Collapse, Scientists Say npr.org
12/01/08	Ship Speed Limit May Help Rare Whales Survive Strikes Washington Post
11/28/08	States can kill sea lions to save fish, judge rules Associated Press
11/17/08	Judge Backs Fisheries Service's Tuna Fishing Rule law360.com
11/14/08	NOAA announces new strategy for marine strandings hamptonroads.com
11/14/08	Bounty lies ahead in scallop fishery boston.com
11/13/08	U.S. correct to protect right whales ajc.com

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)