The latest news releases from NOAA - the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Commerce and Interior Departments Announce Launch of National System of Marine Protected Areas
The U.S. departments of Interior and Commerce today jointly announced the availability of the final Framework for the National System of Marine Protected Areas of the United States, completing a cooperative, multi-year effort to provide a comprehensive approach to the protection of the nation?s natural and cultural marine treasures.
NOAA Announces Up to $5 Million for Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire for Red Tide Disaster
NOAA?s Fisheries Service today announced the states of Massachusetts and Maine will each be eligible for up to $2 million and New Hampshire will be eligible for up to $1 million in disaster aid to assist the shellfishing industries affected by this year?s closures due to the harmful algal bloom, commonly known as a red tide.
NOAA Announces Up to $20 Million for Blue Crab Disaster in Chesapeake Bay
NOAA?s Fisheries Service today announced that the states of Maryland and Virginia will each be eligible for up to $10 million to assist watermen who have been economically hurt by the commercial fishery failure in the soft shell and peeler blue crab fishery in Chesapeake Bay.
NOAA Announces Up to $47 Million for Hurricane Damage to Fisheries in Louisiana and Texas
NOAA?s Fisheries Service today announced the state of Louisiana will be eligible for up to $40 million and Texas will be eligible for up to $7 million in disaster aid to restore and rebuild the states? fish habitats and fishing industries devastated by hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
