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: ECO; Posted On February 13, 2023

NOAA Fisheries Responds to National Academies' Recommendations on Recreational Fisheries Management

NOAA Fisheries has published a report to Congress with our response to the National Academies’ of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s 2021...

: ECO; Posted On February 10, 2023

Waste Shipments: Meps Push for Tighter EU Rules

Parliament adopted its negotiating position for talks with EU governments on a new law to revise EU procedures and control measures for waste...

: ECO; Posted On February 7, 2023

BOEM Announces New National Academies Committee on Offshore Wind Energy and Fisheries

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is pleased to announce that the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) has...

: ECO; Posted On February 2, 2023

Secretary Haaland Spotlights Infrastructure Investments in Everglades Restoration During South Florida Visit

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz wrapped up a multi-day visit to South...

: ECO; Posted On February 1, 2023

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Action to Help Protect Bristol Bay Salmon Fisheries

The EPA issued a Final Determination under the Clean Water Act to help protect Bristol Bay, the most productive wild salmon ecosystem in the world.

: ECO; Posted On January 27, 2023

Treaty of the High Seas: the United States of America Join

The United States of America has announced their intention to join the High Ambition Coalition on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction. The...

: ECO; Posted On January 23, 2023

EPA Announces Plans for Wastewater Regulations and Studies

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just released Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15 (Plan 15), which lays out how the Agency will...

: ECO; Posted On January 20, 2023

UK Takes Further Action to Protect Vital Marine Habitats

The latest stage of proposed measures to protect further valuable marine habitats and manage harmful fishing activity in England’s Marine Protected...

: ECO; Posted On January 19, 2023

Michaela Noble Joins BSEE as Renewable Energy Program Director

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement today announced that Michaela Noble joined the Bureau as the new Program Director for Renewable...

: ECO; Posted On January 18, 2023

NOAA Awards $20.5 Million for Ocean and Costal Resource Management

In a first-of-its-kind deployment under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds, NOAA has awarded approximately $20.5 million for the coordinated...

: ECO; Posted On January 16, 2023

State Policies Working to Fix Gulf Nutrient Pollution

Tackling nutrient pollution in the Gulf of Mexico is a big job, requiring coordination between dozens of states whose waters flow into the...

: ECO; Posted On January 16, 2023

Montreal Protocol Emerges as a Powerful Climate Treaty

A new report from the U.N., which includes key scientific contributions from NOAA and international partners, confirms that the recovery of Earth’s...

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