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The White House today announced an agreement to move forward with steps toward wind energy leasing in federal waters off California, with a goal of holding a lease sale in mid-2022. The Interior Department has specifically identified a ~399 square mile area northwest of Morro Bay off California’s central coast and a separate area off the […]

The Maritime Administration today announced the availability of funding for grants and selection criteria and application requirements for the America’s Marine Highway Program, which makes grants available to previously designated Marine Highway Projects that support the development and expansion of documented vessels or port and landside infrastructure.  Grant applications are due by Friday, June 25.

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced that it will hold virtual public meetings on Tuesday, June 15, Tuesday, June 22, and Thursday, June 24 to receive comments on a Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for an aquaculture management program in the Pacific Islands. The Draft PEIS includes potential management alternatives and analysis of direct, indirect, and cumulative environmental impacts from

In response to a request by Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Gov. Ralph Torres, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA today announced that it is extending the comment period through Monday, July 26 on a draft Monument Management Plan and related Environmental Assessment for the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument that addresses goals, objectives, and strategies for managing

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced that the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold a virtual public meeting on June 7-10.  The meeting will include a June 9 offshore wind update featuring presentations from the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, NOAA’s Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, Vineyard Wind, and Ørsted.

The Coast Guard today announced that National Navigation Safety Advisory Committee will hold a virtual public meeting on Tuesday, June 8.  Agenda items include remarks from Coast Guard leadership and a public comment period. The Committee advises the Homeland Security Secretary on matters related to maritime collisions, rammings, and groundings; Inland Rules of the Road, International Rules of the

NOAA today announced that its Science Advisory Board will hold a public webinar meeting on Friday, June 11. The meeting, which will include a 5-minute public comment session, will focus on revisions to the Environmental Information Services Working Group’s Statement on Ongoing National Weather Service Data Dissemination Challenges and an update on the SAB Priorities for Weather Research Report. The

At the 12th Arctic Council Ministerial meeting held in Reykjavik, Iceland, the United States today signed on to the 2021 joint declaration that among other things reaffirms the Arctic Council’s commitment to maintain peace, stability, and constructive cooperation in the Arctic region, joining Arctic Council members Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, and Sweden in endorsing

NOAA’s National Ocean Service today announced that it is seeking nominations by Wednesday, June 30 from individuals interested in filling 12 vacancies on the 13-member Marine Debris Foundation Board of Directors, which includes the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. Expertise is being sought in the following categories: (1) the assessment, prevention, reduction, or removal of

In remarks at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s 140th commencement exercises in New London, CT, President Biden today highlighted the importance of the Arctic, the Coast Guard’s role in combatting illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, the importance of safe maritime transit, and his support for accession to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. As