National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The Bottom Line: A Small 'Catch' in Recent Fisheries Coverage

Lee Crockett | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Pew Environment Group, Catch-Limits, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Catch Share, Science, New York Times, Overfishing, Fisheries, Green News

I want to make an important distinction between catch limits and catch shares, a difference that has been inadequately explained by NOAA and has resulted in some understandable confusion.

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Oil Seeps and Slicks Studied Near BP's Macondo Well

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.15.2012

Scientists say oil and gas seeps surrounding BP's Deepwater Horizon well appear to be mostly natural and to pre-date the 2010 spill.

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Marine Life Suffers Near BP's Deepwater Horizon Site

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.08.2012

Dolphins are washing up dead while fish disappear as oil and dispersants from BP's 2010 spill lurk in Gulf waters and marshes.

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Agency Wants 'Magic Tricks' To Disappear

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Scott Brown, Politics News, Video, Jane Lubchenco, Gsa, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Noaa Magician, Noaa, David Copperfield, Gsa Scandal, Ralph Hall, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A federal agency needs illusionist David Copperfield to help escape from criticism over now-canceled plans to hire a speaker to tra...

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Coast Guard Sinks Japanese Ghost Ship

AP | MARK THIESSEN and RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Kip Wadlow, Gulf of Alaska, Environmental Protection Agency, Video, Paul Webb, Japan Tsunami, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Japanese Ghost Ship, Japan, Coast Guard, Ryou-Un Maru, World News

OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA -- A U.S. Coast Guard cutter poured cannon fire into a Japanese ghost ship that had been drifting since last year's tsunami, s...

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World Not Quite As Hot In 2011

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Weather Records 2011, Video, Climate, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Noaa, Climate Change, Weather 2011, Weather, La Nina, Extreme-Weather, Green News

WASHINGTON — The world last year wasn't quite as warm as it has been for most of the past decade, government scientists said Thursday, but it co...

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Forecasters Lay Out Predictions For 2012 Weather

AP | Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Video, Weather Forecast, 2012 Weather Forecast, El Nino, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Weather, 2012 Forecast, Extreme-Weather, La Nina, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Federal weather forecasters are predicting that the first three months of the new year will start off warmer than normal in the East, bu...

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Unknown Disease Weakening, Killing Scores Of Ringed Seals In Alaska

AP | By DAN JOLING | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Julie Speegle, Linda Deger, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ringed Seals, North Slope Borough, National Marine Fisheries Service, Mysterious Diseases, Alaska, Animals, Brendan Kelly, Jason Herreman, Green News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- An unknown disease is killing or weakening scores of ringed seals along Alaska's north coast, where the animals have been found w...

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The Gulf's Ocean and Inland Fish Face Multiple Threats

Susan Buchanan | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Topminnows, u.s. Endangered Species Act, Mussels, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Louisiana State University, Pearl River, Wildearth Guardians, Louisiana Dept. Of Wildlife and Fisheries, Japan, Sturgeon, Bluefin Tuna, Green News

Decades of commercial overfishing, along with oil and gas exploration and refining, hurricanes and last year's BP spill are among the misfortunes facing fish in the Gulf.

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Researchers Pay For Alaska Sea Lion Intrusion

AP | By DAN JOLING | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, Sea Lions, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Noaa, Steller Sea Lions, Endangered Species, Alaska, Animals, Alaska Sea Lion Intrusion, Endangered Species Act, Green News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A science consortium has agreed to a civil penalty of $9,000 for intruding into Alaska waters that were declared off-limits to pr...

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Local Surfers Take On 'Out Of Control' Government Agency

Santa Cruz Patch | Brad Kava Email the Author | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Bay Area Surfers, California Surfers Noaa, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, California Surfers, Surfers Noaa, Noaa, San Francisco News

When big wave surfers Jeff Martin and Scott Jarrett surfed some early morning waves off Moss Landing last March, the last thing they expected was to b...

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UPDATE: Mystery Orange Goo In Alaska Wasn't Eggs

AP | By RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 10.20.2011

Read More: Orange Goo Washes Up, Orange Goo, Fungal Spores, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Kivalina Orange Goo, Orange Goo Alaska, Kivalina, Video, Weird News News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- An orange-colored goo that streaked the shore of a remote Alaska village turned out to be fungal spores, not millions of microsco...

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Feds Unveil Plan for Offshore Gulf Fish Farms

Susan Buchanan | Posted 08.24.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Food & Water Watch, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Hurricanes, Restaurants, Louisiana Sea Grant, Asia, BP Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, Seafood, Gulf Restoration Network, Green News

You probably already eat chicken or salmon raised in cramped, factory-like conditions, and in a couple of years you may see farmed drum, redfish, pompano or amberjack from the Gulf of Mexico in supermarkets.

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Social Innovation Summit Brings Advocators Together

Wendy Diamond | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Social Innovation Summit, Barbara Bush, Ted Danson, United Nations, Ted Danson Oceana, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Barbara-Bush-Global-Health-Corps, Social Justice, Non-Profit, Global Health Corps, Sustainability, World News

Together, the social innovation summit serves as a forum for influencers to use technology, innovation, and experience to create social change in many different areas.

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Cigarette Smoke Acid Also Found In Wildfire Smoke, Study Shows

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Pollution From Wildfires, Denver News, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder Noaa, Noaa, Grassland Wildfires, Colorado Wildfires, Wildfire Pollution, Mountain Wildfires, Boulder Colorado, Atmospheric Chemistry, Denver News

It comes as no surprise that wildfire smoke contains compounds that are unhealthy to breathe, but in a new report published by Boulder’s National Oc...

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Funds For Reviving the Coast Will Be Lean, Even With BP's Infusion

Susan Buchanan | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: New Orleans, St. Bernard Parish, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, Tulane University, Lake Borgne, Plaquemines Parish, Mrgo, Natural Resource Damage Assessment, Gulf Coast Leadership Forum, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Lower Ninth Ward, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Dept. Of the Interior, Bonnet Carre Spillway, Bp Spill, Mississippi River, Fishermen, Green News

An injection of BP funds and continued spending by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers may not be enough to counter decades of erosion along the Gulf, sp...

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The Economics of Fishing Subsidies -- Destroying a Vital Global Enterprise

Hilary Kramer | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: World Trade Organization, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Fish, Fishing, Doha, Overfishing, Slidepollajax, Green News

An international agreement that limits global fishing subsidies would not only be a huge success for ocean health, but would also set a new framework for effective cooperation on trade and the environment.

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What Are They Thinking?

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HR 1, Pacific Ocean, Tsunami, Japan, Japan Tsunami, John Boehner, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Green News

Activities like tsunami warning systems are the heart of the logic behind a strong national government. Yet these "general welfare programs" are routinely disparaged as "out-of-control federal spending."

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Eric Cantor Defends Foreign Aid Cuts In Aftermath Of Japan Earthquake, Tsunami

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Japan Aid, House GOP, U.S. Agency for International Development, US Aid, Japan Tsunami, Eric Cantor, House Republicans, Japan, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Japan Earthquake, Japan Foreign Aid, Continuing Resolution, Disaster Preparedness, Noaa, National Weather Service, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- With Japan reeling from last week's magnitude-8.9 earthquake and the tsunami that followed, leading House Republicans on Monday defended...

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Gulf Senator Blocks Obama Science Nominee Over Offshore Drilling Halt

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Vitter Hold, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Scott Doney Noaa, David Vitter, Noaa, Senate Holds, Scott Doney, David Vitter Scott Doney, Scott Doney Hold, Senate Hold, Green News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration won't be able to fill a key science position until it testifies about a decision to block areas of the eas...

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Feds Reopen Gulf Shrimping Grounds

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gulf Oil Spill, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Federal Waters, Gulf of Mexico Fishing, Tar Balls, Noaa, Royal Red Shrimp, BP Oil Spill Fishing, Deepwater Horizon Fishing, Green News

NEW ORLEANS — A 4,200-square-mile area of the Gulf of Mexico near BP's blown out well will reopen to deep water shrimping after federal scientis...

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Oil Spill Commission: "Congress Must Act"

Regan Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Deepwaterhorizon, Bp, Oilspillcommission, Gulf Spill, Oil Spill, Switchboard, William Reilly, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Nrdc, Deepwater Horizon, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, Interior Department, Oil Spill Liability Act, Politics News

The conclusions laid out in the final Oil Spill Commission report could not be more stark. Without fundamental reforms, a disaster could well recur.

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San Francisco Sees Rise In Sea Lion Shootings

AP | JASON DEAREN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Animal Cruelty, California Department of Fish and Game, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sea Lions, Silent Knight, San Francisco Sea Lions, Marine-Mammal-Center, Sgt. Nevis, Sea Lion Shootings, Los Angeles News

SAN FRANCISCO — The weak and woozy California sea lion found on a San Francisco Bay-area beach in December with buckshot embedded in its skull h...

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David Vitter Under Fire For Blocking Obama Science Nominee

The Times-Picayune | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Vitter Scott Doney, Scott Doney, Scott Doney Noaa, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Senate Hold, Senate Holds, Noaa, David Vitter, Scott Doney Hold, David Vitter Hold, Politics News

Environmental groups are criticizing Sen. David Vitter, R-La., for holding up the nomination of Scott Doney to be chief scientist at the National Ocea...

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The Transformation of Jane Lubchenco

Edward Flattau | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Jane Lubchenco, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil Spill, Bp Spill, Noaa, Gulf Fisheries, Green News

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration director Jane Lubchenco was an environmental "rock star," but she no longer defers to ecological and human health over commercial concerns.

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