NOAA Announces $9.2 Million to Restore Fish Habitat in Great Lakes

NOAA announced today that it has awarded about $9.2 million to nine projects throughout the Great Lakes Region that will restore fish habitat by removing dams and barriers, constructing fish passage, restoring wetlands, removing marine debris and invasive species....

Remarks by Dr. Jane Lubchenco to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)

Remarks by Dr. Jane Lubchenco to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)...

NOAA: October Ranked 8th Warmest on Record

October ranked the eighth warmest October on record. The first 10 months of 2010 tied with the same period in 1998 for the warmest combined land and ocean surface temperature on record....

NOAA Proposes the Hawaiian Insular False Killer Whale for Listing as Endangered

In response to a petition, NOAA's Fisheries Service will recommend that the Hawaiian insular false killer whale be listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, to prevent the current population of less than 170 whales from going extinct....

NOAA Enforces Right Whale Ship Strike Reduction Rule

On Tuesday, NOAA announced it is issuing notices of violations proposing civil administrative penalties against seven vessels for allegedly violating seasonal speed limits designed to protect one of the most endangered whales in the world. These civil administrative penalties are the first assessed since the Right Whale Ship Strike Reduction Rule...