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A proposal to turn large swaths of ocean into a protected marine sanctuary was met with pushback from residents concerned about the federal government taking more control over the waters of the Western Pacific.

Today, NOAA announced it is starting the process to potentially designate a new national marine sanctuary in the Pacific Remote Islands area, as directed by President Biden and affirmed by the Department of Commerce on March 24, 2023.  The proposed area in the central Pacific Ocean includes marin

NOAA and two of Australia's leading science agencies announced a formal agreement Tuesday to work together to advance Pacific Ocean exploration and mapping, a major priority for NOAA and of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.

Coral reef scientists aboard the NOAA Ship Rainier recently completed their first 24-day survey of the reefs in the Marianas archipelago.

The ocean surrounding the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands—already protected by the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument—would find even greater safeguards under a proposal unveiled Friday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Scientists and divers from NOAA’s Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center are teaming up with divers from the Papahānaumokuākea Marine Debris Project. They are on a 30-day mission to remove marine debris from the islands and atolls within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. 

NOAA has cited seven countries as engaged in IUU fishing, including Mexico, and an additional 29 countries or entities as lacking effective regulatory programs to combat bycatch, including the European Union.

The Earth is trapping nearly twice as much heat as it did in 2005, according to new research, described as an “unprecedented” increase amid the climate crisis.

A report released by officials from the Biden administration on Thursday, 6 May calls on NOAA to expand the National Marine Sanctuaries System and National Estuarine Research Reserve System.

The public is invited to attend NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa virtual meeting of the Sanctuary Advisory Council via Google Meet video conferencing (due to COVID restrictions and safety protocols)...Items on the agenda include updates NMSAS Condition Report, Conservation Scien