NOAA Modifies Fishing Closed Areas in Gulf; 93 Percent Remains Open

NOAA’s Fisheries Service has modified the area closed to fishing in the Gulf of Mexico due to the BP oil spill, which will include federal waters seaward of Louisiana state waters in the vicinity of Timbalier Island to waters off Florida’s Choctawhatchee Bay....

NOAA Dispatches Northeast Science Chief to Lead Rapid-Response Contamination Testing System

NOAA is sending one of its top fisheries science directors to the Gulf this week to lead its effort to rapidly assess, test and report findings about risks posed to fish in the Gulf of Mexico by contaminants from the BP oil spill and clean-up activities....

NOAA Report: Swordfish, Three Other Stocks Fully Rebuilt; None Added to Overfishing List

Four fisheries stocks, including Atlantic swordfish, have now been rebuilt to healthy levels, according to a report to Congress from NOAA’s Fisheries Service issued today....

NOAA’s Modernized Positioning System Key to Improved Mapping, Emergency and Land Planning

NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey – the official U.S. government source for determining precise latitude, longitude and elevation – is undergoing a modernization effort that takes into account advances in GPS and other technologies.....

NOAA Deploys “Smart Buoy” in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.

The NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office deployed a “smart buoy” today in the Potomac River, just south of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. This buoy—closest to our nation’s capital—is the newest in NOAA's Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS), a network that provides scientists, boaters, and educators with real-time data about the Bay....