As delivered on Feb. 23 by Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator as part of a Press Launch of the World Resources Institute Reefs at Risk Revisited at the National Press Club, Washington, DC …
February 28, 2011 NOAA today proposed new measures for the 2011 groundfishing year that give fishermen greater opportunity to fish in Northeast waters, assist small vessel owners, and continue important stock rebuilding. The rule, called Framework 45, is …
Fishermen and Businesses Can Request Special Master Review of Enforcement Cases, Including Stays of Penalties, Among Other Changes; Will Deploy Economic Assistance Specialists to New England March 16, 2011 U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today announced …
March 17, 2011 U.S. Spring Flood Risk Map for 2011. Download here (Credit: NOAA) With spring flooding already underway over portions of the U.S., NOAA forecasters are warning the worst is yet to come. Almost half the country – from the North Central U.S. …
March 1, 2011 Nick Wagner (background) and Bill Dube (foreground), work to install equipment for an experiment to study an atmospheric mystery: how a compound usually associated with the atmosphere near oceans — nitryl chloride — also forms during the …
Public invited to tour Air Force Reserve “Hurricane Hunter” aircraft March 3, 2011 The WC130-J Hurricane Hunter aircraft is readied for viewing during its stop last year (2010) in Bermuda. Download here. (Credit: NOAA.) NOAA and the U.S. Air Force Reserve …
March 7, 2011 NOAA’s Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM) has launched a new interactive web page that shows the scope of coastal program investments and successes in NOAA’s 34 partner states and territories. Using the latest GIS/web …
March 8, 2011 February 2011 was near normal for both temperature and precipitation averaged across the contiguous United States, according to the latest NOAA State of the Climate report issued today. The February average temperature was 34.0 F, which is 0. …
March 9, 2011 Daily Moscow temperature record from November 1 2009 to October 31 2010. Red and blue shaded areas represent departures from the long-term average (smooth curve) in Moscow. Temperatures significantly above the long-term average scorched …
March 11, 2011 NOAA’s Fisheries Service today announced it is implementing the regulatory recommendations of the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) due to concerns over declining halibut stocks. These regulations include limiting the maximum …
March 14, 2011 An oil recovery vessel flares gases during the summer 2010 oil spill. NOAA researchers and colleagues used atmospheric measurements during the spill to derive independent estimates of the recovery rate, oil spill rate and the fate of the …
March 14, 2011 A new emergency increase to the butterfish fishing limit will enable squid fishermen off the northeast, who often catch butterfish unintentionally while fishing for squid, to continue working, while still protecting the butterfish stock. …
March 15, 2011 This year, the globe experienced the 17th warmest February since record keeping began in 1880, as the climate phenomenon La Niña continued to be a significant factor. Last month’s average Arctic sea ice extent tied with 2005 as the smallest …
March 16. 2011 NOAA explained today how it will concentrate scientific, service, and stewardship efforts in the Arctic when it released its first ever Arctic Vision and Strategy. Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere …
March 16, 2011 Hurricane Igor as it strikes Newfoundland on September 21. High Resolution (Credit: NOAA) Two tropical cyclone names in the Atlantic were retired from the official name rotation by the World Meteorological Organization’s hurricane committee …
Spiny Dogfish (Credit: NOAA) NOAA's Fisheries Service today announced that it will propose increasing the spiny dogfish quota to 20 million pounds for 2011. The new quota would be a 33 percent increase over the 2010 catch limit of 15 million pounds. …
March 18, 2011 Geodesists continuously measure points on the Earth’s surface because there are several different types of motion that occurs. By using GPS, geodesists can monitor the movement of a site 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Download here ( …
National Tsunami Awareness Week: March 20-26 March 21, 2011 In the wake of Japan’s tsunami disaster, NOAA is urging Americans who live and vacation at the coast to take the threat of tsunamis seriously. With more coastline than any other country in the …
Sampling in last closed area also underway March 24, 2011 NOAA has been testing seafood in the Gulf of Mexico since late April 2010. This photo, taken in the summer of 2010, shows Dr. Lisa Desfosse, Director of NOAA's Southeast Fisheries Science Center …
April 1, 2011 James Barbour, NOAA fishing gear researcher, holds a swordfish. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) NOAA’s Fisheries Service will require commercial fishermen who fish for yellowfin tuna, swordfish and other species with longlines in the Gulf of …
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