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Press Release Archive - 2004

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December

12/31/04 NOAA Team Returns After Successful Whale Disentanglement Attempt Rare Endangered Right Whale Freed from Ropes and Buoys Team Calls the Whale, "Yellowfin" (PDF)
12/30/04 NOAA Team Plans Whale Disentanglement Attempt (PDF)
12/20/04 NOAA Fisheries and United States Coast Guard Sign Memorandum of Agreement on Observer Safety (PDF)
12/16/04 NOAA Fisheries Proposes to List Puget Sound Killer Whales under the ESA (PDF)
12/15/04 NOAA FISHERIES Delays Decision on Striped Bass Fishing in Federal Waters (PDF)
12/15/04 Agencies Move on Right Whale Ship Strike Avoidance: Fourth Right Whale Found Dead
12/08/04 Commercial and Recreational Fishermen Fined for Oculina Bank Violations
12/01/04 Right Whale Found Dead on North Carolina Beach: Federal Agency Investigating Cause (PDF)

November

11/30/04 Federal Agency Proposes to Designate Habitat as "CRITICAL" to Salmon in the Northwest and California (PDF)
11/23/04 International Commission Adopts U.S. Proposal for Shark Finning Ban (PDF)
11/16/04 Popular Beluga Whale Found Dead in Massachusetts
11/15/04 United States Asks International Community to Adopt Collaborative Plan to Manage Sharks (PDF)
11/12/04 NOAA/U.S. Delegation to Host International Fisheries Commission in New Orleans (PDF)
11/12/04 Dr. William Hogarth Receives Prestigious David H. Hart Award (PDF)
11/10/04 Protected Species Get Much Needed Help: NOAA Fisheries Proposes Regulations to Reduce Bycatch of Bottlenose Dolphins and Sea Turtles (PDF)
11/10/04

International Commission Sees Large Drop in Illegal Fishing for Chilean Sea Bass

(PDF)

11/05/04

NOAA to Deliver Final Lecture on Human Noise and Marine Mammals: Congressman Sam Farr Scheduled to Participate

(PDF)

11/05/04

NOAA Seeks Comment on Proposed Incidental Marine Mammal Harassment: Corporation to Conduct Rocket Launches in Alaska

(PDF)

11/04/04

NOAA Scientists Continue Nationwide Lecture Series on Human Noise Impact to Marine Mammals

(PDF)

October

10/29/04 Sea Scallop Opening Set off New England
10/21/04 Marine Recreational Anglers are Catching – and Releasing – More Fish (PDF)
10/15/04 National Research Council to Study NOAA's Recreational Data Collection Program (PDF)
10/15/04 NOAA Fisheries Grants to Study Foreign Oysters for Chesapeake (PDF)
10/14/04 NOAA Scientists Continue Nationwide Lecture Series on Human Noise Impact to Marine Mammals (PDF)
10/1/04 Scientists Double Tally of Known Right Whales: Scientists Optimistic After Sightings of Critically Endangered Whale (PDF)

September

9/30/04 Dutch Harbor-Unalaska in Alaska Top U.S. Port for Landings in 2003, New Bedford Tops Nation's Fishing Ports for Value (PDF)
9/28/04 U.S. Turns Away Improper Patagonian Toothfish Shipments; Clarifies Intent to Enforce International Conservation Provisions (PDF)
9/28/04 NOAA Scientists Continue Nationwide Lecture Series on Human Noise Impact to Marine Mammals (PDF)
9/27/04 Thorny Skates Get International Fishery Protection; U.S. Denied Yellowtail Flounder on the Grand Banks
9/27/04 Whale-Safe Fishing Gear Competition Announced; Research Teams to Compete for $50,000 (PDF)
9/27/04 Seafood Consumption Rose Again in 2003 (PDF)
9/22/04 NOAA Scientists Continue Nationwide Lecture Series on Human Noise Impact to Marine Mammals - Seattle, WA (PDF)
9/15/04 NOAA Scientists Continue Nationwide Lecture Series on Human Noise Impact to Marine Mammals (PDF)
9/13/04 First Federal Arrests and Convictions for Shark Finning (PDF)
9/13/04 Scientists Tag North Pacific Right Whales (PDF)
9/9/04 President Bush Honors Two NOAA Scientists (PDF)

August

8/31/04 NOAA Fisheries Releases Recovery Plan for Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales (PDF)
8/31/04 NOAA Nears Completion of Draft Strategy to Protect Columbia/Snake Salmon and Steelhead (PDF)
8/25/04 Unusual Mortality of Harbor Seals Continues off Maine
8/20/04 Nation's Federal Marine Fisheries Managers to Host Fisheries Conference in March (PDF)

July

7/30/04 NOAA Grants More Than $1.8 Million to Support Sea Lion Recovery Efforts (PDF)
7/28/04 Commerce Department Announces South Atlantic and Pacific Fishery Management Council Appointments (PDF)
7/27/04 Scientists Sight Blue Whales in Alaska (PDF)
7/27/04 Lecture Series on Noise Impacts to Marine Mammals Heads to Washington DC (PDF)
7/26/04 NOAA Awards More than $3.6 Million to Market Domestic Shrimp
7/20/04 NOAA Celebrates Environmental Restoration Accomplishments
7/14/04 Researchers Plan August Hunt for Invasive Lionfish off Carolina Coast

June

6/22/04 Major NOAA Outreach Effort Kicks Off as Part of Smithsonian's Annual Folklife Festival (PDF)
6/18/04 Draft Recovery Plan Issued for Maine Atlantic Salmon; Agencies Seek Public Comment (PDF)
6/16/04 NOAA Recognizes Second Anniversary of the United Nations Atlas of the Oceans (PDF)
6/16/04 Commerce Secretary Evans Announces 2004 Ocean Fishery Council Appointments (PDF)
6/16/04 NOAA Releases 2003 Status of Fisheries Report to Congress (PDF)
6/10/04 NOAA Scientists Continue Nationwide Lecture Series on Human Noise Impact to Marine Mammals (PDF)
6/1/04 New Strategy Proposed to Reduce Ship Collisions with Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales (PDF)

May

5/28/04 NOAA Fisheries Expresses Continued Commitment to Pacific Salmon Recovery with New Hatchery Policy (PDF)
5/21/04 Venomous Invasive Fish Can Be Dangerous to Divers and Deepwater Fishermen (PDF)
5/12/04 NOAA Scientists Continue Nationwide Lecture Series on Human Noise Impact to Marine Mammals (PDF)
5/12/04 NOAA Fisheries Conducts Symposium on Potential Impacts of Shipping Noise on Marine Mammals (PDF)
5/7/04 Three from NOAA Receive Prestigious Recognition at White House (PDF)
5/6/04 NOAA Fisheries Invites Marine Anglers to Discuss Proposed Strategic Plan in Oregon (PDF)
5/6/04 NOAA Outlines Management Issues for Billfish, Swordfish, Tuna and Shark Fisheries (PDF)

April

4/28/04 NOAA Fisheries Invites Marine Anglers to Discuss Proposed Strategic Plan in California (PDF)
4/28/04 NOAA Fisheries Invites Marine Anglers to Discuss Proposed Strategic Plan in Florida (PDF)
4/23/04 Secretary Evans Statement on U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy (PDF)
4/22/04 NOAA Recognizes 2004 Environmental Heroes
4/19/04 Northeast Groundfish Rules Ready on Schedule (PDF)

March

3/31/04 Swordfish Longline Fishery Reopened in Hawaiian Federal Waters
3/26/04 NOAA Team Postpones Attempt to Remove Ropes From Endangered Right Whale As He Moves Further North (PDF)
3/22/04 NOAA Assembles Rescue Team To Sedate Whale, Cut Line (PDF)
3/19/04 More Than 60 Bottlenose Dolphins Die In Unusual Mortality Event In Florida (PDF)
3/15/04 NOAA Fisheries Implements New Regulations for Longline Fishing Off West Coast (PDF)
3/15/04 Northeast Regional Bycatch Workshop Set for June; Organizers Call for Posters (PDF)
3/9/04 NOAA Fisheries Updates Fisheries Research Plan (PDF)
3/8/04 NOAA Scientists to Kick off Nationwide Lecture Series on Human Noise Impact to Marine Mammals (PDF)
3/5/04 NOAA Continues to Investigate Seal Deaths in New England; Reward Offered (PDF)
3/4/04 Gulf of Mexico Large Coastal Shark Fishery Closes February 29; Small Coastal Shark Fishery to Close, Exceeds Quota (PDF)

February

2/17/04 NOAA Fisheries Prepares for BuyBack Bidding (PDF)
2/17/04 NOAA Announces Important New Humpback Whale Research (PDF)
2/17/04 NOAA Selects Pier For New Fisheries Research Vessel (PDF)
2/12/04 NOAA Fisheries Awards $900 Thousand for Projects Through the Endangered Species Act (PDF)
2/11/04 NOAA Fisheries Announces Availability Of Identification Guide For Sharks, Tunas And Billfishes (PDF)

January

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