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Department of Commerce announces plan to initiate process to designate marine sanctuary in Pacific Remote Islands

24 Mar 2023

NOAA awards $20.5 million for ocean and coastal resource management

17 Jan 2023

New protections for endangered whales along the California coast adopted

5 Jan 2023

NOAA seeks to expand Seafood Import Monitoring Program

27 Dec 2022

NOAA announces historic funding for fish habitats across U.S.

14 Dec 2022

NOAA, NFWF announce record $136 million for coastal resilience

6 Dec 2022

NOAA and BOEM announce draft offshore wind, North Atlantic right whale strategy

21 Oct 2022

NOAA awards $18.9M for harmful algal bloom research, monitoring

19 Oct 2022

NOAA releases Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease response plan

5 Oct 2022

NOAA, Census mark the new U.S. center of population

21 Sep 2022

NOAA, NFWF award $2.6 million for largest U.S. marine national monument

16 Sep 2022

NOAA, NFWF announce $7.7 million in grants to support coastal resilience

29 Aug 2022

U.S. Postal Service releases stamps featuring NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuaries

5 Aug 2022

Below-average harmful algal bloom predicted for western Lake Erie

30 Jun 2022

Biden Administration announces historic coastal and climate resilience funding

29 Jun 2022

Marine navigation system to increase safety, commerce in Northwest

13 Jun 2022

Marine economy continues to power American prosperity, despite 2020 downturn

9 Jun 2022

NOAA begins process to potentially protect waters off New York, New Jersey

8 Jun 2022

NOAA, NFWF grant $25.2 million for emergency coastal resilience

6 Jun 2022

NOAA and partners launch high definition exploration of historic shipwrecks

12 May 2022

New Board of Directors to share expertise and tackle challenge of marine debris

6 Apr 2022

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