by CORAL Magazine | Sep 15, 2014 | Marine, News & Notes
via the NOAA Ocean Sciences Blog, 9-10-2014 By Randy Clark, NCCOS Marine Biologist An Ocean Oasis On the northern continental shelf of the Gulf of Mexico there are many banks that rise out of the depths. Many of these act as an oasis in a relatively deep and dark...
by CORAL Magazine | Sep 11, 2014 | Marine, News & Notes
via National Marine Fisheries Service, originally published Sept. 4, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 4, 2014 NOAA Fisheries released a draft recovery plan today for Elkhorn and Staghorn Corals [Acropora palmata, and A. cervicornis respectively – Ed.]. Both...
by Ret Talbot | Sep 5, 2014 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes
Special to CORAL from Ret Talbot’s Good Catch Blog, September 3, 2014 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) found that the orange clownfish (also commonly called the percula clownfish and bearing...
by Matt Pedersen | Aug 29, 2014 | Marine, News & Notes
via NOAA – August 27th, 2014 NOAA lists 20 coral species as threatened under the Endangered Species Act Contact: Connie Barclay (301) 427-8003 (202) 441-2398 (Cell) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 27, 2014 NOAA announced today it will afford Endangered Species Act...
by CORAL Magazine | Apr 6, 2013 | Marine, News & Notes
11:59 PM EST April 5th, 2013 has passed and Regulations.gov appears to still be accepting public commentary, so you have another 11 hours or so to say your piece online. [Update, comment period has now closed, you can view the document and public commentary here] In...
