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NOAA Fisheries Press Releases

07/01/08	NOAA and Partners Free Juvenile Dolphin from Life-Threatening Debris (PDF)
07/01/08	NOAA's Fisheries Service Encourages Applicants for Advisory Panel (PDF)
06/27/08	Commerce Announces 2008 Ocean Fishery Council Appointments (PDF)
06/27/08	NOAA: Seven Stocks Removed from Overfishing List, None Added (PDF)
06/26/08	Statement from Rebecca Lent, U.S. Commissioner to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (PDF)
06/24/08	NOAA Administrator Applauds Senate Bill to Combat Illegal Fishing (PDF)
06/23/08	NOAA Seeks Comments on Measures to Protect Marine Mammals as Navy Conducts Sonar Operations off Hawaiian Islands (PDF)
06/20/08	NOAA Builds Framework for Future Beluga Hunts in Cook Inlet (PDF)
06/19/08	NOAA Issues Rule to Prevent Overfishing of Atlantic Sharks (PDF)
06/11/08	NOAA Proposes Rule to Require Saltwater Angler Registration (PDF)
06/06/08	NOAA Confirms Caribbean Monk Seal Extinct (PDF)
06/06/08	NOAA Study Shows Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean Dolphin Populations Improving (PDF)
06/05/08	NOAA Outlines Annual Catch Limits to End Overfishing (PDF)
06/04/08	East Coast Trap/Pot Fishermen May Get More Time to Convert to Sinking Groundline (PDF)
06/03/08	NOAA Teams Up With Local Experts to Restore Alabama Shorelines (PDF)

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Opinion, Commentary and Letters

01/30/08	Letter	Costs of Overfishing
11/26/07	Commentary	Bluefin Tuna
05/31/07	Commentary	Sacramento Humpback Whales
05/04/07	Commentary	Vessel Quieting
03/20/07	Opinion	Aquaculture
03/20/07	Letter	Boston Globe

NOAA Fisheries in the News

07/1/08	Are artificial reefs good for the environment? Newsweek
07/1/08	A holistic approach to saving the sea Christian Science Monitor
07/1/08	Proposed Rule Would Limit Fish Catch but Faces Data Gaps Science
06/23/08	A fishy license proposal The Boston Globe
06/20/08	Editorial: Paying to fish The Providence Journal
06/19/08	You can fish, but there�s a catch The Providence Journal
06/19/08	Fishermen Face Licensing Law Vineyard Gazette Online
06/19/08	Catch-22: Feds cut climate studies to save fuel funds Anchorage Daily News
06/12/08	Ocean fishing for sport faces fee The Boston Globe
06/11/08	Empty Oceans/New series Christian Science Monitor
06/10/08	13.4M federal disaster relief fund to be dispensed to fisherman Southcoasttoday.com
06/10/08	Caribbean Monk Seal Becomes Extinct Associated Press
06/10/08	Demand for delicacy puts sharks in peril OrlandoSentinel.com
06/03/08	Cartoonist Urges Kids to Win Protections for a Feared but At-Risk Fish The Washington Post

Director Statements

05/29/08	GAO Report on Offshore Aquaculture (PDF)
11/15/07	Hogarth Welcomes Senate and House Bluefin Tuna Resolutions (PDF)
10/17/07	Moratorium on Fishing of Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna (PDF)
09/12/07	Hogarth Denounces Unauthorized Hunt of Gray Whale by Members of Makah Tribe (PDF)
06/28/07	NOAA Fisheries Service Supports FDA's Action to Detain Farm-Raised Imported Seafood from China (PDF)
06/15/07	European Community Bluefin Tuna Plan is Inadequate to Recover Species (PDF)
04/24/07	House Introduction Marks a Strong Start for the National Offshore Aquaculture Act of 2007 (PDF)
01/12/07	President Bush Signs Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 (PDF)
01/08/07	Woods Hole Marine Aquaculture Task Force Report (PDF)

Outreach Toolbox

Fast Facts: Agency Fisheries Habitat Protected Species (PDF)

Latest Fishing and Seafood Supply Statistics

Recreational Fishing Strategic Plan (PDF)

President Bush's Ocean Action Plan (PDF)

Brochure: Celebrating American Seafood (PDF)

Seafood & Mercury Backgrounder (PDF)

Understanding Fisheries Management

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Managing Our Nation's Fisheries: A Quarter Century of Progress (PDF)

Backgrounders

NOAA Photo Library

Written Testimony of William T. Hogarth Ph.D

07/18/07

Seafood Safety Monitoring of Chinese-origin Products, NOAA'S Role, Before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (PDF)

Contacts / Headquarters

Connie Barclay, Director, Office of Public Affairs
Monica Allen, Public Affairs Specialist
Susan Buchanan, Public Affairs Specialist (currently on detail at National Weather Service)

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