August 3, 2010 Drying Codfish, Provincetown, Mass. 1907 ; inset: fishing fleet at T-Wharf, Boston. High resolution (Credit: University of New Hampshire Gulf of Maine Project) The numbers of top-level predators in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, …
August 3, 2010 NOAA today decommissioned the research vessel NOAA Ship David Starr Jordan during a ceremony in Seattle. The 171-ft. ship conducted oceanographic, marine mammal and fisheries research in the Pacific for more than 40 years. “NOAA Ship David …
No oil has been observed for 30 days in area to be re-opened for fishing August 10, 2010 Reopened fishing area (in hashmarks) as of 6:00 p.m. (EDT) August 10, 2010. Closure area may be updated daily as necessary. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) Today NOAA …
August 3, 2010 NOAA has awarded New York-based Stony Brook University $285,895 as part of an anticipated three-year, nearly $500,000 project to determine how different kinds of phosphorous, a nutrient required by all plants for growth, trigger toxic blooms …
Report Finds Decreased, but Stabilized Levels of Dissolved Oxygen in Gulf Areas with Subsurface Oil September 7, 2010 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Office of Science and …
August 19, 2010 NOAA Fisheries scientist Kenneth Sherman is one of two 2010 recipients of the Göteborg Award for Sustainable Development, considered the environmental equivalent of the Nobel Prize. Sherman, recognized for his work on large marine …
August 27, 2010 Map of closed fishing area with reopening highlighted. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) Today NOAA reopened 4,281 square miles of Gulf waters off western Louisiana to commercial and recreational fishing. The reopening was announced after …
September 2, 2010 U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced today an extension of the disaster for California salmon fishermen due to the low numbers of spawning Chinook salmon returning to the Sacramento River and the subsequent reduction in commercial …
September 2, 2010 Reopened fishing area (in hashmarks) on Sept. 2, 2010. Closure area may be updated daily as necessary. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) NOAA today reopened to commercial and recreational fishing 5,130 square miles of Gulf waters stretching …
NOAA gives Navy marine mammal protection measures August 23, 2010 NOAA’s Fisheries Service has issued regulations and a letter of authorization (LOA) to the U.S. Navy that require protective measures to minimize impacts to marine mammals while conducting …
August 25, 2010 Scleractinian hard coral. Based on published results, this coral may be 1,000 to 6,000 years old. Image captured Aug. 5, 2010, by the Little Hercules ROV at 1,382 meters depth on a new seamount mapped by Baruna Jaya IV during the INDEX …
September 3, 2010 Reopened fishing area (in hashmarks) on Sept. 3, 2010. Closure area may be updated daily as necessary. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) Today NOAA reopened 3,114 square miles of Gulf waters offshore of the western Florida panhandle to …
August 25, 2010 NOAA's newest fisheries survey vessel, Bell M. Shimada. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) Federal officials today commissioned NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada, a state-of-the-art research vessel that will study a wide range of marine life and …
Three-year agreement supports projects totaling $1.7 million August 25, 2010 Symmetrical Brain Coral; Mustard Hill Coral; Turf Algae; Sea Plumes, Sea Rods and Sea Whips. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) NOAA and SeaWeb have entered into a partnership to …
August 25, 2010 Sea surface temperature anomaly during the peak of the 2009-10 El Niño, the strongest Central Pacific El Niño observed to date. High resolution (Credit: Image produced by Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Centre (PO.DAAC) of …
September 3, 2010 NOAA today announced a $131.9 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act contract to Walsh Construction Company of Chicago to construct the main facility at NOAA’s new Pacific Regional Center on Ford Island in Honolulu. The …
September 8, 2010 The contiguous United States had its fourth-warmest summer (June-August) on record, according to the latest NOAA State of the Climate report issued today. The report also showed the August average temperature was 75.0 degrees F, which is …
September 9, 2010 The average American ate 15.8 pounds of fish and shellfish in 2009, a slight decline from the 2008 consumption figure of 16.0 pounds, according to a NOAA Fisheries Service report out today. The U.S. continues as the third-ranked country …
87 percent of federal waters now open September 21, 2010 Reopened fishing area (in hashmarks) on Sept. 21, 2010. Closure area may be updated daily as necessary. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) NOAA today reopened to commercial and recreational fishing 7,970 …
Summer 2010 the second warmest on record, Arctic sea ice continues its 14-year decline September 15, 2010 The first eight months of 2010 tied the same period in 1998 for the warmest combined land and ocean surface temperature on record worldwide. Meanwhile …
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