January 6, 2009
Posted by Sarah Chasis in Reviving the World's Oceans
, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
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- bottomtrawling, bush, coral, deadzones, fishing, janelubchenco, marianas, marinatrench, marinenationalmonument, marineprotectedareas, marinereserves, marinesanctuaries, NOAA, obama, oceanmanagement, oceanpolicy, oceans, overfishing, pacificremoteislands, roseatoll, sonar, whales
Today President Bush is announcing his creation of 3 new national marine monuments in the Pacific Ocean totaling 195,000 square miles - the Marianas, Pacific Remote Islands and Rose Atoll National Marine Monuments. In doing this the President took an...continued→
December 19, 2008
Posted by Sarah Chasis in Reviving the World's Oceans
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- conservation, fisheries, NOAA, oceanpolicy, oceans
We've got something wonderful to celebrate. President-Elect Obama has announced the appointment of Dr. Jane Lubchenco as Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, also known as the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...continued→
