New Safeguards for Old Corals
NOAA Approves Largest Ocean Protection Area in U.S. Atlantic The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency today finalized important protections for more than 38...
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U.S. Retreats on Fish Conservation for 1st Time in 40 Years
The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act turned 40 this year. And NOAA Fisheries, the federal agency that administers that law, reported...
History Made: New England Ocean Treasures Protected!
President Obama made history today. He established the nation’s first marine national monument in the waters of the continental United States: the Northeast...
Will the 1st Atlantic Marine Nat'l Monument Happen Tomorrow?
President Obama is due to speak tomorrow morning at the Our Ocean Conference in Washington, D.C. This has NRDC and the diverse group of supporters for the New...
Spectacular Atlantic Ocean Area a Step Closer to Protection
About 150 miles off Cape Cod, where the continental shelf drops into the pitch-black abyss of the deep Atlantic Ocean, a series of massive undersea canyons...
US to Weaken Fisheries Regulations for First Time in Decades
The U.S. has been a global leader in confronting and effectively tackling the overexploitation of its ocean fisheries. While there’s work still be done—more...