NOAA and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Announce Five Grants to Benefit National System of Marine Protected Areas

Today, NOAA and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation awarded five grants totaling $188,000, to fund stewardship projects and improve coordination efforts at various sites within the National System of Marine Protected Areas. These grants will help protect and conserve many coastal and marine places of significant ecological and economical...

NOAA Completes Initial Analysis of Weatherbird II Water Samples

NOAA’s independent analysis of water samples provided from the May 22-28 research mission of the University of South Florida’s R/V Weatherbird II confirmed the presence of very low concentrations of sub-surface oil and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons at sampling depths ranging from 50 meters to 1,400 meters....

NOAA Opens 339 Square-Mile Fishing Area in Gulf of Mexico

NOAA has opened 339 square miles of previously closed fishing area off the Florida panhandle – the northern boundary now ends at the Florida federal-state water line on the east side of Choctawhatchee Bay....

NOAA Opens 16,000 Square Miles of Fishing Closed Area in Gulf of Mexico

NOAA has opened more than 16,000 square miles of previously closed fishing area off the Florida coast. Please visit http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov for more information....

NOAA and Partners Urge Beach-Goers to Break the Grip of the Rip

With summer vacation on the horizon, NOAA, the United States Lifesaving Association, and the National Park Service are alerting beach-goers to the threat of rip currents and how to prevent drowning from their strong and potentially fatal grip....