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NOAA Fisheries Press Releases

05/05/08	NOAA's Fisheries Service Issues Far-Reaching Plans for Protecting Northwest Salmon (PDF)
04/21/08	"Fishery Failure" Declared for West Coast Salmon Fishery (PDF)
04/21/08	NOAA's Fisheries Service Publishes Draft Recovery Plan for Washington's Lake Ozette Sockeye Salmon (PDF)
04/21/08	NOAA's Fisheries Service Extends Decision on Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Listing (PDF)
04/17/08	NOAA's Fisheries Service Outlines Measures to Prevent Overfishing of Sandbar and Other Sharks (PDF)
04/15/08	NOAA's Fisheries Service Says Herring in Lynn Canal Not Endangered (PDF)
04/14/08	Individual Quotas Introduced in Northeast Sea Scallop Fishery (PDF)
04/10/08	NOAA Seeks Public Comment on Navy's Request for Marine Mammal Permit During New Ship Test (PDF)
04/07/08	NOAA Invests Record Funding to Clean Up Miami's Biscayne Bay (PDF)
04/02/08	NOAA Scientists Train African Team to be Fisheries Observers (PDF)
04/02/08	NOAA's Fisheries Service Seeks Comments on Loggerhead Sea Turtles (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

05/13/08	Turtle-Nesting Time Digs Up Fears About Loggerheads' Future OrlandoSentinel.com
05/12/08	Electrified Metal Repels Sea's Tigers Star Bulletin
05/06/08	New Red Snapper Quotas Give Gulf Fishers More Freedom Nola.com
05/05/08	Orphan Seal Pup Found Star Bulletin
05/05/08	Shock at the Rookery After Three Seals Are Shot Dead SanLuisObispo.com
05/05/08	Trapped Sea Lions Shot on Columbia River CNN.com
04/31/08	Scientists Working Hard to Nurse Acushnet River Herring Population Back to Health South Coast Today
04/25/08	Agents Trap Salmon - Eating Sea Lions in Ore. - Wash. River New York Times
04/25/08	Smithsonian to Open Massive New 'Ocean Hall' in September The Washington Post
04/23/08	Cartoonist Draws on His Fame to Help Plight of Sharks 'Sherman's Lagoon' Creator Meets With Experts at NOAA for Awareness Campaign The Gazette
04/21/08	Food: The Way We Eat Bass Market New York Times
04/18/08	National Registry Set to ID Recreational Anglers Newsday.com
04/14/08	Even the Whales Have Their Predators: Ships New York Times
04/11/08	One Fish, Two Fish APP.com
04/04/08	Whale Watch Boston.com
04/04/08	Tighter Turtle Protections Eyed News-Press.com
04/04/08	The Long Journey of the Leatherback Turtle ABC News

Director Statements

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

(PDF)

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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