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Permit Issued For Pinniped Research In Alaska
Ocean Leadership: Policy & Legislation ~ (Click to enlarge) Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus). These large seals, reaching up to 2.7m in length and 430kg in weight, are a primary food source for...
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Notice of Public Meetings
Ocean Leadership: Policy & Legislation ~ (Click to enlarge) The largest billfish, the Atlantic blue marlin, weighs up to 1800 lb and has been classified as a vulnerable species. (Credit: NMFS/NOAA)...
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Notices Of Public Meetings On Fisheries
Ocean Leadership: Policy & Legislation ~ (Click to enlarge) School of Bluefin Tuna. (Credit: NOAA Fisheries) The New England Fishery Management Council is scheduling a public meeting of its Scallop...
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Other Fisheries Notices – Rock Sole
Ocean Leadership: Policy & Legislation ~ (Click to enlarge) A juvenile yellowfin sole, Limanda aspera. (Credit: NOAA) The National Marine Fisheries Service is exchanging unused rock sole Community...
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Senate Committee Considers Outer Continental Shelf Leases
Ocean Leadership: Policy & Legislation ~ (Click to enlarge) Oil drilling platform Heritage. (Credit: Glenn Beltz/Flickr) Before a prospector can explore natural resources, (s)he must first acquire...
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Trash In The Seas Starts At Home
Ocean Leadership: Policy & Legislation ~ (Click to enlarge) Plastic bottles on a beach (Credit:Bo Eide/ Flickr) Marine debris is flooding our oceans at an estimated rate of eight million tons of...
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Coast Guard Actions In The Arctic
Ocean Leadership: Policy & Legislation ~ (Click to enlarge) The U.S. Coast Guard Polar Sea around McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, on Mar. 15, 2007 has now been decommissioned. (Credit: Kevin J....
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NOAA Releases Plan for Alaska Endangered Beluga Whales
Ocean Leadership: Policy & Legislation ~ (Click to enlarge) NOAA announced a recovery plan for Beluga whales in Alaska. (Credit: Mike Johnston/Flickr) A federal plan for the recovery of an...
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America Losing To Russia 40-3 In Arctic Icebreaker Race
Ocean Leadership: Policy & Legislation ~ (Click to enlarge) Russian nuclear icebreaker Yamal on her way to the North Pole, 2001. (Credit: Wofratz, Wikipedia Commons) Few ships have a strong enough...
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Offshore Drilling: At What Cost
Ocean Leadership: Policy & Legislation ~ (Click to enlarge) (Credit: Getty) What It Was House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a hearing on a discussion draft...
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