String of seal deaths in New England an unusual mortality event

NOAA announced today that the high number of seal deaths that have occurred along the New England coast since September has been declared an “Unusual Mortality Event.” This will enable the agency to direct additional resources to further investigate the cause of these seal deaths....

New NOAA-funded research to provide early warning of red tide effects on Maine shellfish

Scientists at the University of Maine have been awarded $201,187 for the first year of an anticipated three-year $574,028 project to investigate methods that would provide early warning detection of toxic Alexandrium blooms, also known as red tides, in the Gulf of Maine...

NOAA assesses civil penalties to shrimpers for alleged Turtle Excluder Device violations

The owners and operators of 18 shrimp trawlers were assessed civil penalties over the past two weeks for allegedly altering or not having turtle excluder devices on their vessels....

Plan released for managing, protecting Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary

NOAA today released the final management plan and environmental assessment for the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary in Washington state....

Dr. Larry Robinson, assistant secretary of commerce for conservation and management, to leave NOAA

Dr. Larry Robinson, NOAA’s assistant secretary of commerce for conservation and management, and deputy administrator, announced today that he plans to step down effective Nov, 18, returning to academia to resume his work in academic administration and train the next generation of environmental scientists and leaders....