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How NOAA has honored our nation's flag throughout our history
2+ hour, 32+ min ago (372+ words) In accordance with American naval traditions, NOAA's research and survey ships honor national holidays and important events with flag displays. Commissioning pennant and NOAA House Flag on NOAA Ship BELL M. SHIMADA. Current NOAA regulations specify that: One of the earliest…...
Contract for $99. 6 M awarded for NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow technology upgrade, essential maintenance
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (248+ words) The NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow sailing near its homeport in Newport, Rhode Island." (Image credit: Katherine Mc Ginnis/NOAA OMAO) NOAA has awarded $99, 637, 544. 00 to JAG Ketchikan, LLC. in Ketchikan, Alaska, to complete expanded upgrades and maintenance on"NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow....
anim2026. jpg - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (. gov)
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (41+ words) anim2026. jpg National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (. gov) Official websites use. gov Secure. gov websites use HTTPS Trained NOAA scientists fit this Kemp's Ridley sea turtle with tags that can beused to collect additional data should the turtle be caught again....
map00066. jpg - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (. gov)
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (35+ words) map00066. jpg National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (. gov) Official websites use. gov Secure. gov websites use HTTPS An inset map of the Congo Canyon in: Geographie des Atlantischen Ozeans, by Gerhard Schott, 1912. P. 102....
Ribbon cutting event for new NOAA facility in North Charleston, South Carolina
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (140+ words) Charleston's waterfront now has a new, state-of-the-art floating pier. The new pier and facility will provide essential support to NOAA Ship'Nancy Foster, NOAA Ship'Ronald H. Brown, and NOAA Corps officers and civilian mariners who rely on safe, resilient waterfront infrastructure to…...
NOAA partners with Maryland community to install water level monitoring system
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (219+ words) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (. gov) Official websites use. gov Secure. gov websites use HTTPS NOAA partners with Maryland community to install water level monitoring system NOAA scientists and meteorologists recently partnered with a Maryland community prone to coastal and…...
New e DNA tool to help track recovery of sunflower sea star, a Pacific Coast "apex predator
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (397+ words) Michael Pe'uelas, a Seattle scuba diver, examines a large sunflower sea star in the Edmonds Marine Park in Puget Sound, Washington, in 2021. (Image credit: Courtesy of Zachary Gold) A wasting disease that surged during the intense 2013-2016 Pacific marine heatwave known…...
Photo Library: Collections - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (. gov)
2+ week, 2+ day ago (25+ words) Photo Library: Collections National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (. gov) Official websites use. gov Secure. gov websites use HTTPS Peruvian purse seiners. (Image credit: Jose Cort)...
Executive Proclamation restores commercial fishing in Pacific marine monuments, unlocks economic opportunity
3+ week, 2+ hour ago (213+ words) The IATTC adopted new three-year management measures for tropical tunas including yellowfin caught by purse seine and longline vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean. (Image credit: Shutterstock/Al Mc Glashan) NOAA is proud to support the Administration's pledge to'restore U. S. seafood…...
El Nino forms, expected to strengthen, say NOAA forecasters
3+ week, 2+ hour ago (483+ words) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (. gov) Official websites use. gov Secure. gov websites use HTTPS El Nino forms, expected to strengthen, say NOAA forecasters Prolonged period of above-average temperatures in the equatorial Pacific expected to peak this winter Satellite imagery…...