Press Release Archive - 2009

December

• 12/29/09 National Saltwater Angler Registry Opens on New Year's Day (PDF)
• 12/17/09 NOAA Fisheries observer fined, prohibited from observing for 10 years (PDF)
• 12/17/09 NOAA Announces Proposed Northeast Groundfish Management Measures (PDF)
• 12/16/09 NOAA Office of Law Enforcement helps the hungry (PDF)
• 12/15/09 NOAA offers reward for information on injured Harbor Seal (PDF)
• 12/11/09 Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Recovering (PDF)
• 12/10/09 NOAA Office of Law Enforcement reminds mariners to slow down (PDF)
• 12/10/09 NOAA Encourages Use of Catch Shares to End Overfishing, Rebuild Fisheries and Fishing Communities (PDF)
• 12/09/09 NOAA Approves Western and Central Pacific Bigeye Tuna Catch Limit (PDF)
• 12/07/09 NOAA offers reward for info on the killing of a Hawaiian Monk Seal in April 2009 (PDF)
• 12/03/09 NOAA Announces Temporary Fishing Rule to Protect South Atlantic Red Snapper (PDF)
• 12/01/09 NOAA Proposes Critical Habitat for Cook Inlet Beluga Whales (PDF)

November

• 11/11/09 NOAA Deploys New 'Smart Buoy' off Annapolis (PDF)
• 11/09/09 United States Pushes for Strong Measures to Protect Bluefin Tuna (PDF)
• 11/03/09 North Atlantic Fish Populations Shifting as Ocean Temperatures Warm (PDF)

October

• 10/29/09 Commerce Appoints Marine Fisheries Advisors to National Committee (PDF)
• 10/26/09 NOAA and FDA to Combine Resources on Seafood Inspection (PDF)
• 10/20/09 NOAA Seeks Comments on Proposed Authorization for Navy Sonar Operations off the Coast of the Mariana Islands (PDF)
• 10/15/09 NOAA Will Not List Two Spotted Seals Populations as Endangered or Threatened (PDF)
• 10/09/09 NOAA Designates Critical Habitat for Southern Population of North American Green Sturgeon (PDF)
• 10/07/09 NOAA Seeks Public Comment on Draft Plan to Recover Salmon and Steelhead Trout in California's Central Valley (PDF)
• 10/02/09 NOAA Selects Interim Southwest Fisheries Science Center Director (PDF)

September

• 09/30/09 NOAA's Fisheries Service Issues Recovery Plan for Mid-Columbia Steelhead (PDF)
• 09/30/09 NOAA to Close Recreational Fishery for Black Sea Bass for Six Months Due to Overharvest (PDF)
• 09/24/09 NOAA and Partners Gather at Hunt's Mill Dam to Celebrate $3 Million Rhode Island River Restoration Projects (PDF)
• 09/21/09 NOAA Scientists Catch Rare Giant Squid (PDF)
• 09/18/09 Commerce Announces 2009 Ocean Fishery Council Appointment (PDF)
• 09/15/09 NOAA Strengthens 2008 Columbia River Salmon Protection Strategy (PDF)
• 09/04/09 NOAA's Fisheries Service Cracks Down on Charter Boat Companies Operating Illegally (PDF)
• 09/03/09 NOAA to Pursue National Policy for Sustainable Marine Aquaculture (PDF)
• 09/01/09 NOAA Honors University of Washington Research Professor as Nationwide Leader in Habitat Conservation (PDF)
• 09/01/09 NOAA Increases Protection for Endangered Smalltooth Sawfish Habitat (PDF)

August

• 08/31/09 NOAA Announces New Catch Share Program in Gulf of Mexico (PDF)
• 08/24/09 NOAA Announces New Tilefish Catch Share Program in Northeast (PDF)
• 08/20/09 Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke Approves Fisheries Plan for Arctic (PDF)
• 08/10/09 Joint Federal and State Investigation Stops Illegal Fishing in Channel Islands Sanctuary (PDF)

July

• 07/28/09 Fisheries Service Proposes New Rules to Safeguard Puget Sound's Killer Whales (PDF)
• 07/24/09 NOAA Fisheries Service Partners with the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry to Host "Science on a Sphere" (PDF)
• 07/24/09 NOAA Proposes Measures to Rebuild Blacknose and Other Shark Populations (PDF)
• 07/23/09 NOAA Celebrates Louisiana Wetlands Restoration (PDF)
• 07/22/09 NOAA Proposes Measures to Rebuild Blacknose and Other Shark Populations (PDF)
• 07/22/09 NOAA Report: Saltwater Angling a Sign of Coastal Vitality (PDF)
• 07/22/09 Dutch Harbor-Unalaska, Alaska and New Bedford, Mass., Remain Top Fishing Ports (PDF)
• 07/13/09 NOAA Bans Commercial Harvesting of Krill (PDF)
• 07/10/09 NOAA Administrator Announces Stimulus Fund Awards for Habitat Restoration in Oregon  (PDF)
• 07/01/09 NOAA Reports Bay's Crab Population Rebounds but Juvenile Numbers Remain Low  (PDF)
• 07/01/09 NOAA Imposes Fine and Penalty for False Reporting in Alaska Fishery  (PDF)

June

• 06/30/09 Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Announces $167 Million in Recovery Act Funding for 50 Coastal Restoration Projects  (PDF)
• 06/25/09 Secretary of Commerce Names 30 to Fishery Management Councils  (PDF)
• 06/22/09 NOAA Announces Catch Share Task Force Members  (PDF)
• 06/19/09 NOAA Notifies Gloucester Seafood Display Auction of 10-day Sanction  (PDF)
• 06/15/09 Federal Agencies Protect More Gulf of Maine Atlantic Salmon to Recover Imperiled Stocks  (PDF)
• 06/08/09 NOAA's Fisheries Service Seeks Public Comments on New Ways to Govern U.S. Swordfish, Bluefin Tuna Fishing  (PDF)
• 06/04/09 NOAA Biological Opinion Finds California Water Projects Jeopardize Listed Species; Recommends Alternatives  (PDF)
• 06/02/09 NOAA Awards Grant to World Wildlife Fund To Support Innovative Ideas to Reduce Bycatch  (PDF)
• 06/02/09 NOAA Unmanned Aircraft Helping Scientists Learn About Alaskan Ice Seals  (PDF)

May

• 05/26/09 Five Dolphins Strand on Santa Rosa Island  (PDF)
• 05/26/09 Changes in Vessel Operations May Reduce Risk of Endangered Whale Shipstrikes  (PDF)
• 05/26/09 NOAA Opens Public Comment on Potential Arctic Fishing Plan  (PDF)
• 05/21/09 NOAA Seeks Public Comment on Proposal to Protect Threatened Green Sturgeon  (PDF)
• 05/20/09 World's Large Marine Ecosystems Heating Up, Altering Fisheries Catches  (PDF)
• 05/19/09 NOAA Report: Four Fish Stocks Declared Fully Rebuilt  (PDF)
• 05/11/09 NOAA Researchers: Blue Whales Re-Establishing Former Migration Patterns  (PDF)
• 05/11/09 Washington State Fish Broker Fined, Sentenced to Jail In False Seafood Labeling Scheme  (PDF)
• 05/06/09 NOAA Reduces Charter Halibut Catch  (PDF)
• 05/04/09 New NOAA Online Handbook Helps Teachers and Community Groups Create an Oral History of the Fishing Culture  (PDF)

April

• 04/30/09 Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Extends 2008 Disaster Declaration Due to Poor Salmon Returns  (PDF)
• 04/29/09 NOAA Announces Emergency Rule to Protect 'Threatened' Sea Turtles  (PDF)
• 04/22/09 NOAA's Fisheries Service Proposes Federal Protection for Three Georgia Basin Rockfish Species  (PDF)
• 04/09/09 NOAA's Fisheries Service Office for Law Enforcement Starts Re-accreditation Process  (PDF)
• 04/08/09 NOAA Commits $16 Million to Assist the Northeast Fishing Industry To Ease Transition to New Management of Groundfish  (PDF)
• 04/06/09 NOAA Announces Interim Rules to Reduce Overfishing and Rebuild Northeast Groundfish Stocks While Balancing Economic and Conservation Concerns  (PDF)

March

• 03/26/09 NOAA Report Shows Rich Diversity Across U.S. Fishing Communities  (PDF)
• 03/12/09 NOAA's Fisheries Service Proposes Listing Pacific Smelt as Threatened Species  (PDF)
• 03/11/09 NOAA Holds Public Hearings on Proposed Rule To Identify and Certify Nations Whose Vessels Fish Illegally  (PDF)
• 03/11/09 "Don't Feed Wild Dolphins" Says New Public Service Announcement  (PDF)
• 03/09/09 Inspector General Finds NOAA Provides Best Available Science for New England Groundfish, but Recommends Improving Communication with Fishing Industry   (PDF)

February

• 02/17/09 New Report Shows Loss of Coastal Wetlands in Eastern U.S. (PDF)
• 02/12/09 Crews Worked to Free Another Right Whale From Entangling Ropes (PDF)
• 02/05/09 No Evidence of Tampering in Last Year's Sea Lion Deaths at Bonneville (PDF)
• 02/02/09 Scientists Discover 'Hot Spot' for Toxic Harmful Algal Blooms Off Washington Coast (PDF)

January

• 01/28/09 NOAA Team to Train Fishery Observers in Senegal (PDF)
• 01/23/09 NOAA Gives Navy Marine Mammal Protection Measures for Sonar Training off the Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico  (PDF)
• 01/16/09 Agencies Issue Revised Recovery Plan for the Northwest Atlantic Loggerhead Sea Turtle (PDF)
• 01/15/09 NOAA Reports Northern Fur Seal Pup Estimate Decline (PDF)
• 01/15/09 NOAA Issues Final Guidance on Annual Catch Limits to End Overfishing (PDF)
• 01/15/09 NOAA Proposes Guidelines for Fishery Disaster Determinations (PDF)
• 01/14/09 NOAA Proposes Interim Northeast Groundfish Rules (PDF)
• 01/14/09 NOAA Grants Endangered Species Status to Black Abalone (PDF)
• 01/13/09 NOAA Will Work With Six Identified Nations to Address Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing (PDF)
• 01/13/09 NOAA Establishes Eight Marine Protected Areas to Provide Safe Havens for Deep-Water Fish (PDF)
• 01/12/09 Saltwater Recreational Fishermen Boon for Economy, Says NOAA (PDF)
• 01/12/09 NOAA Gives Navy Marine Mammal Protection Measures for Sonar Training off Hawaii (PDF)
• 01/07/09 Coastal Land Preserved on 15th Anniversary of Major Oil Spill off Puerto Rico (PDF)
• 01/06/09 New Economic Report Finds Commercial and Recreational Fishing Generated More Than Two Million Jobs (PDF)