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NOAA Develops Seafood Consumer Guide (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2007 at 06:00:22
| Seafood consumers in the U.S., increasingly concerned about the sustainability and quality of seafood, can now turn to a NOAA Fisheries Service Web site, FishWatch, for the latest information. The Web site, at http://www.fishwatch.noaa.gov, has information on more than 30 of the most popular seafood species, with more species to be added in the near future. NOAA Fisheries Service is inviting the public to visit the FishWatch Web site and provide feedback on the program through the comments section within the next 60 days. 'Consumers are increasingly concerned about the safety, quality, and sustainability of the seafood they eat,' said Bill Hogarth, NOAA Fisheries Service director. 'This guide brings accurate fish information available to your seafood market, and it allows consumers to make informed decisions about purchasing seafood.' |
NOAA Fisheries Service Issues Rule To Improve Sea Turtle Bycatch Monitoring (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2007 at 06:00:22
| NOAA Fisheries Service has issued a rule under the Endangered Species Act requiring fishing vessels in designated fisheries to take observers on board to help collect information on bycatch of sea turtles. Collected information from the observers helps better protect sea turtles from being injured or killed in fishing nets. The rule will apply to designated fishing vessels operating in both state and federal waters, and to designated U.S. fishing vessels on the high seas. |
NOAA Increases U.S. Tsunami Warning Capability With Four Dart Buoy Deployments (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2007 at 06:00:22
| NOAA's National Data Buoy Center has successfully established four new tsunami stations in the northwest Pacific Ocean, east of Japan and Russia. The four Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami, or DART stations, help provide additional detection and warning capability for Hawaii, Alaska and the West Coast of the United States.
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