NOAA Fisheries Press Releases

05/04/09	New NOAA Online Handbook Helps Teachers and Community Groups Create an Oral History of the Fishing Culture  (PDF)
04/30/09	Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Extends 2008 Disaster Declaration Due to Poor Salmon Returns  (PDF)
04/29/09	NOAA Announces Emergency Rule to Protect 'Threatened' Sea Turtles  (PDF)
04/22/09	NOAA's Fisheries Service Proposes Federal Protection for Three Georgia Basin Rockfish Species  (PDF)
04/09/09	NOAA's Fisheries Service Office for Law Enforcement Starts Re-accreditation Process  (PDF)
04/08/09	NOAA Commits $16 Million to Assist the Northeast Fishing Industry To Ease Transition to New Management of Groundfish  (PDF)
04/06/09	NOAA Announces Interim Rules to Reduce Overfishing and Rebuild Northeast Groundfish Stocks While Balancing Economic and Conservation Concerns  (PDF)
03/26/09	NOAA Report Shows Rich Diversity Across U.S. Fishing Communities  (PDF)
03/12/09	NOAA's Fisheries Service Proposes Listing Pacific Smelt as Threatened Species  (PDF)
03/11/09	NOAA Holds Public Hearings on Proposed Rule To Identify and Certify Nations Whose Vessels Fish Illegally  (PDF)
03/11/09	"Don't Feed Wild Dolphins" Says New Public Service Announcement  (PDF)
03/09/09	Inspector General Finds NOAA Provides Best Available Science for New England Groundfish, but Recommends Improving Communication with Fishing Industry   (PDF)

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Opinion, Commentary and Letters

04/10/09	Opinion	My View: Working toward the next chapter in fishery management Gloucester Daily Times
04/04/09	Opinion	Letter: Fishing boat crews provided valuable help South Coast Today
03/27/09	Opinion	Working alongside fishermen to improve fish stocks Gloucester Daily Times
03/13/09	Opinion	My View: Opening lines of communication with NOAA Gloucester Daily Times
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

04/09/09	Rely on science South Coast Today
04/09/09	Bring this fishery back Boston Globe
04/07/09	New NOAA limits on fishing pared, but will sting Boston Globe
04/03/09	Endangered right whales appear to be on the rebound CNN
03/21/09	Cat Got Your Fish? New York Times
03/21/09	NOAA Set for Larger Policy Role Under First Female Chief Washington Post
03/20/09	Pioneering ecologist to head NOAA Los Angeles Times
03/17/09	The Fall and Rise of the Right Whale The New York Times
03/11/09	A More Sustainable Tuna? Japan's Kindai Bluefin Arrives in Virginia Washington Post
03/03/09	Obama shelves Bush-era species rule MSNBC
03/03/09	Obama Restoring Endangered Species Act Provision Washington Post
03/03/09	Nominations on Hold For 2 Top Science Posts Washington Post
03/02/09	Oxygen-poor ocean zones are growing Los Angeles Times
02/17/09	Wetlands shrinking along East, Gulf coasts, report suggests Miami Herald
02/16/09	Record Number of entangled rare whales this winter Boston Globe
02/14/09	NOAA seeking comment on fishery disaster procedures The Advocate

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)

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Managing Our Nation's Fisheries: A Quarter Century of Progress (PDF)

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