NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson dispatched to deploy special instruments May 26, 2010 Personnel aboard the NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson prepare to launch a Naval Oceanographic Office glider as part of a Gulf of Mexico Loop Current research cruise. High resolution …
June 7, 2010 Fishery Closure Boundary as of June 7, 2010. Closure area may be updated daily as necessary. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) NOAA has opened 339 square miles of previously closed fishing area off the Florida panhandle – the northern boundary …
Vessel to conduct research in BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill response May 28, 2010 The NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter conducting sampling in the Gulf has expanded its mission to use its sophisticated sonar equipment and other scientific instruments to help define …
May 28, 2010 NOAA has begun work to survey a new ship anchorage site at the mouth of the Mississippi River in the Gulf of Mexico for ships to undergo inspection and oil decontamination before entering ports. Ship fully loaded with corn headed down the …
MPA Center Also Announces Inclusion of 29 Existing Sites to the National System June 8, 2010 Today, NOAA and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation awarded five grants totaling $188,000, to fund stewardship projects and improve coordination efforts at …
June 16, 2010 NOAA has expanded the closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico to capture portions of the oil slick moving beyond the area’s current northern boundary, off the Florida panhandle’s federal-state waterline. This boundary was moved to Panama …
June 9, 2010 NOAA has selected the University of Washington to continue leadership of a federal/academic research partnership that will look at tsunamis, ocean acidification, marine ecosystems and fisheries, climate change and other issues that affect …
Spanish-flagged vessel charged with 67 counts of fishing without a U.S. permit June 11, 2010 A Spanish-flagged fishing vessel faces a possible $7.4 million civil penalty for 67 counts of fishing in U.S. waters without a U.S. permit, according to NOAA’s …
June 11, 2010 A $4 million NOAA grant will help a university consortium evaluate the readiness of marine forecasts, such as flooding from storm surge or seasonal dead zones, along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts and improve those forecasts for use …
June 21, 2010 Fishery Closure Boundary as of June 21, 2010. Closure area may be updated daily as necessary. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) NOAA has expanded the closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico to include areas where the oil slick is moving beyond …
June 13, 2010 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is playing a vital role in the oil spill response, using all the scientific methods at its disposal, including satellites in space, planes in the air, boats on the water, gliders under the …
Mission Tested Innovative Method of Using Sound and Light Waves to Track Oil Below the Surface June 21, 2010 NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson returned to Galveston, Texas, on June 11 from an eight-day research mission to investigate the presence and distribution …
June 23, 2010 When she applied to the NOAA Teacher at Sea program last fall, Mechelle Shoemake, a teacher at South Jones Elementary School in Ellisville, Miss., hoped to experience ocean research firsthand. Now onboard the NOAA Ship Oregon II in the Gulf …
June 23, 2010 When she applied to the NOAA Teacher at Sea program last fall, Melinda Storey, a teacher at Mountain Brook Elementary School in Birmingham, Ala., hoped to experience ocean research first hand. Now onboard the NOAA Ship Pisces in the Gulf of …
June 23, 2010 When she applied to NOAA's Teacher at Sea program last fall, Nicolle von der Heyde, an eighth-grade science teacher from Florrisant, Mo., hoped to experience ocean research firsthand. Now onboard the NOAA Ship Pisces in the Gulf of Mexico …
July 4, 2010 Fishery Closure Boundary as of June 28, 2010. Closure area may be updated daily as necessary. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) NOAA has expanded the closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico to include portions of the oil slick moving beyond the …
July 2, 2010 NOAA has used modeling of historical wind and ocean currents to project the likelihood that surface oil from the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill will impact additional U.S. coastline. This modeling, part of NOAA’s comprehensive response to the …
June 23, 2010 The Commerce Department today announced the appointment of 19 new and returning members to the eight regional fishery management councils – important partners with NOAA’s Fisheries Service in determining how ocean fisheries are managed. The …
NOAA vessels also focus on reef fish, shrimp, marine mammals and the loop current June 25, 2010 NOAA ship Delaware II departs Key West, Fla., today to collect tunas, swordfish and sharks, to gather data about the conditions these highly migratory species …
June 28, 2010 The northern Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone, an underwater area with little or no oxygen known commonly as the “dead zone,” could be larger than the recent average, according to a forecast by a team of NOAA-supported scientists from the …
