NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) today announced that it is seeking applications by Tuesday, Aug. 28 from individuals interested in serving on the following non-governmental voting seats on the Lake Erie National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council: citizen-at-large; commercial/charter fishing; divers, dive clubs, and archaeology; economic development; education (K–12); higher education; historically underserved populations; history/maritime [...]
Archive | July, 2024
DOI Announces Joint Record of Decision on Atlantic Wind Energy Project
The Interior Department today announced the issuance of a joint Record of Decision on the Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind South wind energy project off New Jersey. The wind project includes up to 195 wind turbine generators, up to 10 offshore substations, up to 1 permanent meteorological tower, interarray and interlink cables, up to 2 onshore substations, and up to 8 transmission cables [...]
NMFS Seeks Information on IUU Fishing
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced that it is seeking information from 2022, 2023, and/or 2024 regarding nations or entities that have competency to enter into international fishery management agreement that are engaged in illegal, unreported, or unregulated (IUU) fishing or have vessels engaged in IUU fishing, fishing activities or practices that result in the [...]
Ocean Policy Committee Posts Readout of Deputies Meeting
The Ocean Policy Committee (OPC) today posted a readout of the June 3, 2024 OPC Deputies Meeting. The meeting included a review of OPC activities over the past year, including administration actions to conserve, protect, and restore the ocean, as well as briefings on the recently-released National Strategy for a Sustainable Ocean Economy, the National [...]
