7/3/12 — IWC meetings open in Panama; NOAA team working to protect whales
7/2/12 — New NOAA website offers tips to prepare for coastal flooding
7/2/12 — Students selected for 2012 NOAA scholarships honoring Dr. Nancy Foster
June
6/29/12 — Partnership installs new ocean observation sensor to benefit abalone industry
6/26/12 — International space weather agreement: Statement from NOAA Deputy Administrator Kathryn Sullivan and UK Government Chief Science Adviser Sir John Beddington
6/26/12 — NOAA announces Walter B. Jones awards for coastal and ocean management excellence
6/26/12 — NOAA: data from new satellite implemented in record time
6/25/12 — U.S. Commerce Department announces 2012 regional fishery council appointments
6/8/12 — NOAA statement regarding National Weather Service reprogramming fact sheet
6/7/12 — Remarks by the NOAA Administrator delivered at the "Inspiring Ocean Stewardship through Art, Photography and Film" event during Capitol Hill Ocean Week (CHOW)
6/4/12 — Rip currents among most dangerous summer beach hazards
6/1/12 — NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco names new Deputy Under Secretary for Operations
May
5/31/12 — Address given by NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco to European Parliament on sustainable fisheries (speech)
5/31/12 — NOAA: U.S., Europe sign agreement to strengthen scientific cooperation on climate, weather, oceans and coasts
5/31/12 — NOAA offers teachers new virtual estuaries science curriculum for middle school students
5/30/12 — New model will help NOAA forecasters study the eyewall of hurricanes this season
5/30/12 — Joint statement from Maria Damanaki, European Union Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, and Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D., United States Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
5/30/12 — New Bering Sea research reveals how changing ecosystem impacts America's most valuable fisheries
5/29/12 — NOAA increases Gulf of Mexico red snapper catch limit
5/25/12 — Laura Furgione named as acting assistant administrator of NOAA's National Weather Service
5/24/12 — NOAA predicts a near-normal 2012 Atlantic hurricane season
5/24/12 — NOAA predicts near-normal Eastern Pacific hurricane season
5/24/12 — NOAA expects below-normal Central Pacific hurricane season
5/22/12 — NOAA: New Alaska navigational chart makes increased Arctic shipping safer
5/22/12 — Remarks delivered by NOAA Administrator at the Global Oceans, Climate, and Security Conference
5/19/12 — Remarks delivered by NOAA Administrator at the NOAA Commissioned Corps
95th Anniversary Ball
5/18/12 — Rick Knabb, Ph.D., selected to lead
NOAA’s National Hurricane Center
5/18/12 — NOAA, National Safe Boating Council promote National Safe Boating Week
5/17/12 — U.S.-Japan scientific cooperation strengthened with launch of new environmental monitoring satellite
5/17/12 — NOAA’s Stellwagen Bank Sanctuary shipwreck Lamartine listed on National Register of Historic Places
5/16/12 — NOAA, BOEM: Historic, 19th century shipwreck discovered in northern Gulf of Mexico
5/16/12 — New analysis shows eight percent of U.S. marine waters protected
5/15/12 — NOAA, partners kick off multi-state study of how thunderstorms affect upper atmosphere
5/14/12 — Annual NOAA report shows a record number of rebuilt fisheries
5/13/12 — Remarks delivered by NOAA Administrator at the University of Puget Sound 2012 Commencement
5/9/12 — Public comment period begins for court ordered NOAA proposal designed to protect sea turtles from certain trawling activities
5/4/12 — Commencement speech delivered by NOAA Administrator at University of South Carolina
5/2/12 — NOAA and partner scientists discover way to detect low-level exposure to seafood toxin in marine animals
5/2/12 — NOAA issues science-based measures to protect marine mammals during Shell’s proposed oil and gas exploratory programs in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas
5/2/12 — Global ocean drifter deployed off Santa Cruz Island in California
5/1/12 — NOAA near-term weather forecasts get powerful boost from new computer model
5/1/12 — NOAA launches Weather-Ready Nation pilot project in Tampa
April
4/30/12 — NOAA Fisheries Service announces steps that may assist fishing industry facing Georges Bank yellowtail flounder quota reductions
4/27/12 — Global ocean drifter deployed off of South Florida
4/27/12 — NOAA releases final management plan for Flower Garden Banks Sanctuary
4/26/12 — Rise in Asian Tiger Shrimp sightings prompts scientific look at invasion concerns
4/23/12 — Global ocean drifter deployed off of Maui
4/20/12 — Severe weather - know your risk, take action, be a force of nature
4/20/12 — First-ever NOAA "Adopt a Drifter" in the Gulf of Mexico to be deployed by local high schools and the Dauphin Island Sea Lab on Friday, April 20, 2012
4/19/12 —NOAA’s Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary hosts
public meetings, seeks comment on sanctuary marine zones and regulations
4/19/12 — Public invited to virtually join NOAA exploration of the Gulf, live from the seafloor
4/18/12 — NOAA proposes removing eastern Steller sea lions from endangered species list
4/17/12 — Local students deploy global ocean drifter off of Massachusetts
4/17/12 — NOAA seeks input on Monitor National Marine Sanctuary draft management plan
4/16/12 — NOAA issues special navigation ‘Booklet Charts’ to commemorate the War of 1812
4/16/12 — NOAA releases new views of Earth’s ocean floor
4/13/12 — "Irene" retired from list of Atlantic Basin storm names
4/12/12 — Remarks delivered by NOAA Administrator at the U.S. Coast Guard "Leadership in the Arctic" Symposium
4/12/12 — NOAA retires GOES-7 after 25 years as a weather and communications satellite
4/12/12 —
Port Angeles Harbor Natural Resource Trustees Sign Agreement
4/12/12 — NOAA seeks input on possible expansion of Thunder Bay sanctuary
4/11/12 — NOAA's National Weather Service declares Coors Field StormReady®
4/05/12 — New online portal, app provide information on tsunami zones in the Northwest
4/04/12 — New iPad, iPhone app helps mariners avoid endangered right whales
4/02/12 — NOAA announces new management measures for Gulf of Maine cod for 2012
1/20/12 — NOAA designates additional critical habitat for leatherback sea turtles off West Coasts
1/19/12 — National Strategy proposed to respond to climate change’s impacts on fish, wildlife, plants
1/19/12 — 2011 a year of climate extremes in the United States
1/18/12 — Dr. Robert Detrick named new assistant administrator of NOAA research office
1/15/12 —Statement from Jack Hayes, Director of NOAA's National Weather Service on Bill Read's announcement to retire as National Hurricane Center director, effective June 1
1/12/12 — Remarks delivered by NOAA Administrator on sustainable oceans at University of California Davis
1/12/12 — NOAA flights over Pacific to boost North American weather forecasting
1/10/12 — Three vessels charged with violating Right Whale ship strike reduction rule pay penalties
1/09/12 — Chemical measurements confirm official estimate of Gulf oil spill rate
1/05/12 — Statement from NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco on the selection of acting assistant secretary of commerce for conservation and management