U.S. Collaborates with Arctic Coastal States to Improve Nautical Charts

The United States today joined other Arctic Coastal States in a mutual effort to develop nautical charts that will improve the safety of mariners transiting the Arctic. At a meeting today in Ottawa, representatives from Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia and the United States established a new Arctic Regional Hydrographic Commission....

NOAA Reopens Nearly 3,000 Square Miles in the Gulf of Mexico to Fishing

On Oct. 5, NOAA reopened to commercial and recreational fishing 2,927 square miles of Gulf waters off eastern Louisiana, directly south and southwest of East Bay. This is the eighth reopening in federal waters since July 22....

Transcript: NOAA Administrator’s Keynote Address on NOAA Science and the Gulf Oil Spill

On Sept. 30, NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco delivered the following remarks at the American Bar Association’s Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (SEER) Law Summit in New Orleans....

NOAA Reopens More Than 5,000 Square Miles in the Gulf of Mexico to Fishing

NOAA today reopened to commercial and recreational fishing 5,628 square miles of Gulf waters off eastern Louisiana, just west of the Mississippi River delta. This is the seventh reopening in federal waters since July 22....

NOAA Provides Easy Access to Historical Atlantic Hurricane Tracks

NOAA’s Historical Hurricane Tracks website and mapping application generates customized, downloadable maps based on more than 150 years of Atlantic hurricane data....