Media Coverage

Registration is now open for Capitol Hill Ocean Week, which will take place virtually June 8-10, with a theme focused on building a more racially equitable and just movement for the ocean and Great Lakes. The agenda includes sessions on areas including strengthening justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in policy making, science, and management; the use of data collection to […]

The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on today announced that it is seeking comments by Monday, June 28 on its proposal to conduct online ~20-minute surveys and ~60-minute interviews to evaluate connections between BOEM’s Environmental Studies Program and the agency’s environmental reviews.  The information collection involves an estimated 70 annual interview responses and up to 880

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced that it is extending the comment period through Thursday, June 3 on the Draft Phase II Restoration Plan: # 3.2: Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, which was prepared by federal natural resource trustee agencies for the Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group. The proposal includes ~$2 billion to reconnect the Mississippi River to Louisiana’s Barataria Basin.

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced that it is seeking comments by Thursday, May 27 on its proposed authorization and potential 1-year renewal for Garden State Offshore Energy, LLC to take 16 marine mammal species by Level B harassment incidental to high-resolution geophysical site characterization surveys off Delaware and New Jersey and in coastal waters where an export

NOAA today announced that its Science Advisory Board will hold a public webinar meeting on Tuesday, July 20 and Thursday, July 22. The July meeting will include NOAA and Tsunami Science & Technology Advisory Panel updates, review of the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research review report, SAB priorities for the Weather Research Study update, NOAA’s response to the

The White House today convened the Leaders Summit on Climate, which featured 40 leaders from around the world and new commitments from the United States and other nations on climate. During the Summit, Interior Sec. Deb Haaland announced U.S. support for a proposal to protect the Southern Ocean that would involve three marine protected areas proposed by

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced that the New England Fishery Management Council’s Habitat Joint Committee and Advisory Panel will hold a public webinar on Monday, May 10.  The meeting will include discussion of regional offshore wind updates, including science planning and surveys, Council energy policies, and open public comment opportunities, as well as discussion of offshore aquaculture projects

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced that it is seeking comments by Monday, June 21 on the agency’s initiation of a 5-year review for the endangered Southern Resident killer whale. The review will assess the best scientific and commercial data available to determine whether the species should be delisted or reclassified.

President Biden today announced his intent to nominate Oregon State University Professor of Oceanography Rick Spinrad to serve as Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator, and Our Daily Planet CEO and Co-Founder Monica Medina to serve as Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Science Affairs. Spinrad’s experience includes positions as NOAA

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced a final rule effective Friday, May 21 designating critical habitat for the Western North Pacific (endangered; 59,411 sq. nautical miles), Central America (endangered; 48,521 sq. nautical miles), and Mexico (threatened; 116,098 sq. nautical miles) distinct population segments of humpback whales. Critical habitat areas include locations off California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska,