HIGHLIGHTS
Swim into
Sea Turtle Week 2018 Join us in celebrating Sea Turtle
Week 2018 by learning more about these marvelous marine creatures! Check out
the following turtle features, with more on our site:
Welcome to Sea Turtle Week In a new leadership message, Donna Wieting, head of NOAA Fisheries’ Office of
Protected Resources, reflects on the challenges facing sea turtles and the
positive signs of progress toward their conservation.
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New Leatherback Sea Turtle Video Pacific leatherback sea turtles are one of NOAA Fisheries’ Species in the
Spotlight. This new video explores what we know about this population.
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Necropsies Reveal Sea Turtle Secrets – Researchers at NOAA partner institutions necropsy the sea
turtles that do not survive cold water stranding in New England, and they
uncover valuable life history data.
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Story Map:
NOAA’s Work in Our Ocean June is National Ocean Month, and
a new story map, Our Ocean, shares a
glimpse of NOAA’s activities in the global ocean. From the sound of singing
whales (turn up your audio!) to NOAA’s new 72-hour ocean forecasts, 3D-printed
coral polyps, and game-changing saildrones, Our
Ocean delivers a dynamic look at the remarkable range of NOAA’s work.
NOAA Teams Up
with India for Ocean Observation This month, a team of 20 NOAA
scientists will journey to Goa, India, to meet with 200 of India’s leading
ocean, atmosphere, and fisheries scientists to mark a decade of productive
collaboration on ocean and atmospheric observations. A vitally important system
of observational buoys in the Indian Ocean serves as a key tool for early
detection of monsoons in India as well as ocean patterns that inform U.S.
weather prediction.
West Coast
Released Balloons
Turn into Deadly Ocean Trash Every balloon released during
well-meaning celebrations returns to earth as trash, with grave potential to
injure or kill wildlife. Balloons can travel hundreds, sometimes thousands, of
miles before landing, and those that land in the ocean resemble jellyfish—sea turtles’
favorite food.
Pacific Islands
Fisheries
Management in Overlapping Jurisdictions – Open for Public Comment NOAA Fisheries published an
advance notice of proposed rulemaking seeking public input on management of
U.S. fishing vessels in the area of overlapping jurisdiction between the
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission and the Western and Central Pacific
Fisheries Commission. Please submit your comments by July 12.
Southeast
Join NOAA in
Exploring the Southeastern U.S. Continental Margin Through July 2, NOAA and partners
are conducting a two-part ocean exploration expedition on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer to collect critical
baseline information about poorly understood deepwater areas of the southern
United States. You can watch live video feeds of the dives
daily, or chat with scientists in a Reddit “Ask Us Anything” on June 14.
Mississippi
Trustees Seek Project Ideas The Mississippi Trustee
Implementation Group for the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage
Assessment has started the restoration planning process for 2018–2019, and they
would like your input. Please submit ideas for restoration projects in
Mississippi by August 10 for
consideration in Restoration Plan II.
Greater Atlantic
Residents’ Rain
Gardens Help the Choptank Rain gardens are areas designed
to collect and filter rainwater runoff. The Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, one
of NOAA’s partners supporting the Choptank Habitat Focus Area,
helps local landowners learn how to install rain gardens to manage stormwater on their properties.
Update on
Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoys Currently, Chesapeake
Bay Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS)
buoys report real-time weather, wave, current, and water-quality data at six
stations around the Chesapeake Bay. Buoys at several additional stations were
damaged during an ice storm in January. NOAA is working to replace those buoys
with new, smaller, easier-to-maintain versions as development and testing
allow.
Future Lobster
Reporting Requirements – Open for Public Comment NOAA Fisheries published an
advance notice of proposed rulemaking to notify fishermen who hold federal
permits for American lobster that, in the future, the agency may implement
mandatory lobster harvest reporting requirements. Please submit comments by July 16.
Scoping for Bluefish Allocation Amendment The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission have
scheduled a series of scoping hearings to gather public input on the range of
issues and information to be considered in the Bluefish Allocation Amendment.
Hearings will be held June 20 to July 16
in nine coastal states, Massachusetts to Florida.
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