The Environmental Protection Agency today announced over $11 million in grant funding for 26 projects to improve water quality, habitat, community resilience, and environmental education in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas. Grant recipients include Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, University of Houston – Clear Lake, Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program Inc., Louisiana State University, Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, Mississippi [...]
Archive | August, 2022
NMFS Seeks Comments on Updated Recreational Fisheries Policy
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced that it is seeking comments through Dec. 31, 2022 on updates to the agency’s 2015 National Policy for Saltwater Recreational Fisheries. In announcing the update, NMFS said that NOAA “recognizes the need to adapt with a changing climate and the evolving needs of recreational fisheries and anglers,” with Asst. Administrator for NOAA Fisheries [...]
NOAA Seeks Comments on North Atlantic Right Whale Rule Changes
NOAA today announced that it is seeking comments by Friday, Sept. 30 on proposed changes to North Atlantic right whale protections, including modification of spatial and temporal boundaries of current speed restriction areas, inclusion of most vessels between 35-65 feet, creation of a Dynamic Speed Zone framework to implement mandatory speed restrictions when whales are known to [...]
