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  PR MBNMS and Access Monterey Peninsula (AMP) Public Television have collaborated to produce a new television series entitled Your Sanctuary. The one-hour pilot episode will air on Monday, October 31, at 7:00 PM to initiate the 52-episode series. It will be available on Comcast channel 27, AT&T channel 99, and via streaming at ampmedia.org.   PDF
  PR Future aeronautical charts would include a reference to overflight regulations for four West Coast national marine sanctuaries under technical changes proposed by NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. The proposed change would not create a new regulation but would clarify existing overflight regulations that have been in place for many years in the Channel Islands, Monterey Bay, Gulf of the Farallones and Olympic Coast sanctuaries.   PDF

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2009 Versions Available
  PR NOAA announces revised regulations for California National Marine Sanctuaries. These regulations provide greater protection for the sanctuaries’ valuable marine resources and habitats. They went into effect on March 9 for GFNMS, MBNMS and CBNMS; on March 19 for CINMS.   PDF

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2008 Versions Available
  PR NOAA has released final revised management plans, regulations and a joint final
environmental impact statement for Cordell Bank, Gulf of the Farallones and Monterey Bay
national marine sanctuaries. (11/20/08)
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2007 Versions Available
  PR NOAA's MBNMS announces the appointment of 14 members & alternates to serve on the Sanctuary Advisory Council, which represents the public’s interests in sanctuary matters and provides advice to the sanctuary superintendent. (5/1/07)   PDF
  PR NOAA’s MBNMS and the Monterey Bay Aquarium announced winners of their environmental message cartoon contest during the aquarium’s Día del Niño (Day of the Child) event. (4/15/07)   PDF
  MA NOAA’s MBNMS and the Monterey Bay Aquarium announced winners of their environmental message cartoon contest during the aquarium’s Día del Niño (Day of the Child) event. (4/12/07)   PDF
  PR NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary Program has selected Paul Michel as the new superintendent for MBNMS. In this role, Michel will oversee management and operations at the sanctuary. He will assume his new duties on April 29, 2007. (4/5/07)   PDF
  PR New Coastal Discovery Center - MBNMS’s first public visitor center - at San Simeon Bay, CA., highlighted in the 2006 State of the Sanctuaries Report (1.2MB PDF), an annual summary of NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary Program’s most significant achievements. (3/8/07)   PDF
  PR MBNMS seeks applicants for sanctuary advisory council seats representing agriculture, business and industry, commercial fishing, recreational fishing, recreation, research, and conservation, as well as two at-large positions. (1/17/07)   PDF

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2006 Versions Available
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Ocean expedition explores submerged wreck of historic naval airship USS Macon in NOAA's Monterey Bay NMS. On 9/17/06 researchers from MBNMS and MBARI will conduct an archaeological investigation at the submerged wreck site. (9/7/06)

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  PR Expedition to the undersea remains of the historic 785-foot USS Airship Macon in MBNMS highlighted in NOAA report. (3/28/06)   PDF
  PR NOAA's B-WET Program announced the availability of up to $100K for projects that provide meaningful watershed education specifically to adults and communities.(3/14/06)   PDF
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MBNMS and MBARI announced today the winners of their design competition for an “environmentally-friendly” anchor. (2/28/06)

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  PR MBNMS, and Research Partners, to Explore Ancient Coral Gardens on Davidson Seamount (1/26/06)   PDF
  PR Plumbers Workshop: Sewage Spill Prevention in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (1/19/06)   PDF

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2005 Versions Available
  PR Citizen volunteers sample nature's "First Flush" of storm water into Monterey Bay Sanctuary (11/8/05)   PDF
         

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2004 Versions Available
  MA NOAA Awards $480,000 to Educate Students, Teachers About the Monterey Bay Watershed (09/14/04) HTML PDF
  PR NOAA's Monterey Bay Sanctuary Launches Summer 2004 TeamOCEAN Kayaker Outreach Program (05/27/04)   PDF
  PR MBNMS extends deadline for Sanctuary Advisory Council Applicants (03/03/04)   PDF
  PR Minitoring helps highlight water quality issues in the MBNMS (03/05/04)   PDF

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