The State Department today announced that the Shipping Coordinating Committee will hold a public teleconference meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 7 in preparation for the 79th Session of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee, to be held in London on Dec. 12-16. Agenda items include harmful aquatic organisms in ballast water, air pollution prevention, reduction of GHG emissions from [...]
Archive | September, 2022
U.S. Announces Joint Statement on Atlantic Cooperation
The United States joined Angola, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Ireland, Mauritania, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Senegal, Spain, and the United Kingdom in issuing a statement today highlighting a commitment to “a peaceful, prosperous, open, and cooperative Atlantic region, while preserving the ocean as a healthy, sustainable, and resilient resource for generations to come.” [...]
NOAA Announces Funding for Monument, Sanctuary Management Planning
NOAA, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and Marc and Lynne Benioff today announced the award of ~$2.6 million in five grants to support the management and conservation of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, with funding provided by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo called the project “a transformational opportunity to invest [...]
NOPP Awards Projects to Support Conservation, Ecosystem Health
NOAA today announced that, on behalf of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program, the agency and other federal partners including the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Office of Naval Research, and NASA have awarded new proposals to support conservation and ecosystem health. The 5 projects will support the collection of marine biodiversity information in the Central California Current, quantification of impacts [...]
Pacific Fishery Mgmt. Council Meeting to Address Wind, Aquaculture
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced that the Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Ad Hoc Marine Planning Committee will hold a public meeting on Friday, Sept. 30. The meeting will include discussion of issues related to offshore wind energy development and Aquaculture Opportunity Areas.
Coast Guard Announces Summary of Regional Port Access Route Studies
The Coast Guard today announced the availability of a summary of findings of port access route studies conducted for the Northern New York Bight, Seacoast of New Jersey including offshore approaches to the Delaware Bay, DE, approaches to the Chesapeake Bay, VA, and the Seacoast of North Carolina. In announcing the availability of the consolidated findings, the Coast [...]
Marine Debris Committee to Hold Public Meeting
NOAA’s National Ocean Service today announced that the Interagency Marine Debris Coordinating Committee will hold a virtual public meeting on Thursday, Sept. 29. The meeting will address federal efforts to address abandoned and derelict vessels. The Committee was established under the Marine Debris Act in 2006 and tasked with coordinating a comprehensive program of marine debris research and activities [...]
NE Fishery Mgmt. Council to Address MPAs, Energy, & Aquaculture
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced that the New England Fishery Management Council will hold a public meeting on Sept. 26-29 in Gloucester, MA (also accessible online). The agenda includes presentation of the revised management plan for the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, efforts to draft regulatory actions formally closing the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument [...]
Hydrographic Services Review Panel to Hold Public Meeting
NOAA today announced that the Hydrographic Services Review Panel will hold a virtual public meeting on Sept. 20-22 in Honolulu, HI (also accessible virtually). Agenda items include navigation observations and positioning, Pacific mapping, working group updates, flooding and sea level rise challenges, and public comment sessions. The Panel is a federal advisory committee that advises the NOAA Administrator on oceanographic [...]
BOEM Seeks Comments on Draft EIS for Atlantic Wind Project
The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today announced that it is seeking comments by Monday, Oct. 17 on a draft Environmental Impact Statement for the construction and operations plan submitted by Revolution Wind, LLC for a proposed wind farm off Rhode Island. In conjunction with the comment period, BOEM will hold in-person meetings on Tuesday, Oct. 4 (Aquinnah, MA), Wednesday, Oct. [...]
