August 6, 2010 NOAA’s Fisheries Service says changes are needed to the areas where commercial fishermen may fish for groundfish off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands to further promote the recovery of the western population of Steller sea lions, and to be in …
August 13, 2010 The combined global land and ocean surface temperature made this July the second warmest on record, behind 1998, and the warmest averaged January-July on record. The global average land surface temperature for July and January–July was …
August 18, 2010 NOAA administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco and Adm. Thad Allen joined state, federal, and partner biologists today as they released 23 Kemp’s ridley sea turtles back into the Gulf of Mexico near Cedar Key, Fla., after the turtles were …
Massive fishing effort also involves chefs to introduce “delicious” fish to consumers August 6, 2010 A new study looking at how to curb the rapid growth of lionfish, an invasive species not native to the Atlantic Ocean, suggests that approximately 27 …
August 10, 2010 Scientists researching the causes and effects of hypoxia in Green Bay, part of Lake Michigan, Wisc., have been awarded $348,037 for the first year of an anticipated four-year $1,367,300 project through NOAA’s Coastal Hypoxia Research …
Finding has implications for climate change August 11, 2010 A new NOAA study has found that rain clouds form synchronous patterns in which individual clouds in a large cloud field respond to signals from other clouds, much like chirping crickets or …
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 …
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 …
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 …
September 9, 2010 A NOAA Fisheries report finds the port of New Bedford, Mass., the top spot for value of landings for the tenth year in a row. The New Bedford port brought in $249.2 million in 2009, an increase of $7.9 million over the previous year. The …
