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Bill Hogarth Departs NOAA
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Posted by Dawg on Thursday, January 10, 2008 @ 07:51:12 EST (131 reads)
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Bill Hogarth Departs NOAA
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Monday, December 31, 2007 was Bill Hogarth’s last day as Assistant Administrator for Fisheries after 7 years as leader of NOAA Fisheries and more than 13 years of Federal service to the Nation. He will continue to serve as the U.S. Commissioner and Chair of the International Whaling Commission through the end of the next annual meeting in June 2008. On January 15, 2008, he will begin his new job as the Interim Dean at the College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, in St. Pete FL. A reception to honor Bill will be held in Silver Spring, MD on January 9, 2008.
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National Marine Protected Areas
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Posted by Dawg on Saturday, January 05, 2008 @ 08:11:32 EST (133 reads)
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LATEST NEWS ON U.S. EFFORTS TO DEVELOP THE NATIONAL SYSTEM OF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS
From September 2006 through February 2007, the National Marine Protected Areas Center released the Draft Framework for Developing the National System of Marine Protected Areas for public comment. In response, the MPA Center received over 11,000 submissions from around the nation representing over 100 specific comments. Comments came from many different organizations and sectors including: state and tribal governments, conservation and industry organizations, private individuals, commercial and recreational fishers and fishing groups/industry, fishery management councils and commissions, academia, and the MPA Federal Advisory Committee (FAC). Several commenters raised a common “big picture” issue - the scope and size of the system. They were concerned that the system was attempting to achieve all encompassing goals and objectives all at once, with little prioritization. Others commented on the large size of the system, and the potential for this to render the system ineffective.
To address these and other comments, the MPA Center solicited advice from the MPA FAC. In April 2007, the FAC was charged with preparing recommendations for the MPA Center that would be formally transmitted to the Departments of Commerce and the Interior and used to finalize the Framework for Developing a National System of Marine Protected Areas. Specifically, these recommendations focused on management criteria, priority objectives, and MPA categories. They help address the issues of the size and scope of the national system by recommending a minimum management capacity for MPAs in the national system; and identifying near, mid, and long term goals and objectives based on data availability and effort required. In addition, the MPA FAC recommended establishing a set of MPA categories for use within the national system. Such categorization would partition the national system into manageably-sized groups of comparable sites, provide a limited set of terms for clearly communicating about each site’s purpose and level of protection, and package sites based on comparable conservation objectives.
For more information on developing the National System of MPAs, visit http://www.mpa.gov/national_system/national_system.html or contact Jonathan.Kelsey@noaa.gov
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Dr. William Hogarth Announces His Intention to Leave NOAA
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Posted by Dawg on Thursday, November 22, 2007 @ 06:39:19 EST (193 reads)
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Dr. William Hogarth Announces His Intention to Leave NOAA |
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In an announcement to all NOAA Fisheries employees today, Dr. William Hogarth, NOAA’s Assistant Administrator for Fisheries has announced his intention to leave NOAA at the end of December, 2007 and join the University of South Florida where he will serve as the Interim Dean for the College of Marine Science.
Below is an announcement sent out to all NOAA employees from Conrad Lautenbacher, NOAA Administrator.
Today the University of South Florida is announcing that Dr. William Hogarth, NOAA’s Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, will become Interim Dean for the College of Marine Science, effective January 15, 2008. Bill had earlier informed me about his intention to accept the position and his plans to leave NOAA at the end of the year.
After a distinguished career with the State of North Carolina as Director of the Marine Fisheries Program, Bill joined NOAA Fisheries in 1994. He was serving as Deputy Assistant Administrator when, in 2001, he was asked to serve as the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries for President Bush. He has done an outstanding job leading NOAA’s domestic and international living marine resource programs. His management skills and his keen instincts have helped NOAA navigate some rough waters as he has adeptly handled the sensitive issues in his portfolio. Among Bill’s many accomplishments is the renewal of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, with its commitment to end the overfishing that threatens livelihoods and a major food source. This year Bill obtained the subsistence bowhead whale quota for the Alaskan tribal community at the International Whaling Commission meeting. He has been at the forefront of the Administration’s drive to enact aquaculture legislation that will boost that beneficial industry in the United States. We will miss him, but we wish him the best in his new assignment at the University. Please join me in thanking Bill for his outstanding and dedicated leadership. During his tenure, Dr Hogarth was committed to effective and open communication with constituents that helped lead to the passage of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. This communication also was instrumental in his role as Chair and Commissioner to both the International Whaling Commission and the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. |
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Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panel Nominations received until December 3, 2
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NOAA, USGS, NPS Scientists Document Deep-water Coral Mortality Event
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Posted by Dawg on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 @ 05:37:35 EST (90 reads)
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NOAA, USGS, NPS Scientists Document Deep-water Coral Mortality Event
October 16, 2007
Scientists from NOAA, in cooperation with researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey and National Park Service, are reporting the first description of coral loss on a deep U.S. Caribbean reef. Their findings are reported in this month's issue of the journal Continental Shelf Research. The coral mortality event on a deep reef was detected off St. John in the U.S. Carribean using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) deployed from the NOAA ship Nancy Foster noted during a sea floor mapping mission in 2005.
"Over the past 30 years we have seen a tremendous decrease in live coral cover on shallow reefs in the Caribbean,†said Mark Monaco, a marine biologist from NOAA’s Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment. “The extensive loss of coral on this deep reef is especially noteworthy since deep reefs could serve as a source of future recruits for shallow reefs during times of stress. Considering the lack of data on deep reefs there is a critical need to map and monitor their condition and investigate possible ecological linkages with shallow reefs."
The well-documented degradation of shallower reefs that are often closer to land and more vulnerable to pollution, sewage, and other human-related stressors has led to the suggestion that deeper, more remote offshore reefs were less vulnerable. Yet the distribution, status, and ecological roles of Caribbean reefs deeper than 30 meters are not well known. Using video and pictures taken from the ROV, coral cover decline was estimated at 25 percent. In stark contrast to the typical pattern of coral loss in shallow reefs, the deeper corals were most affected. This report is the first description of such a pattern of coral loss on a deep U.S. Caribbean reef. Funding for this cruise came from NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program.
Coral reefs are some of the most biologically rich and economically valuable ecosystems on Earth. Corals contribute to the food supply and provide jobs and income, coastal protection, and other important services to billions of people worldwide. Yet they are threatened by an increasing array of impacts from overexploitation, pollution, habitat loss, invasive species, diseases, bleaching, and global climate change.
Rapid decline and loss of these valuable, ancient, and complex marine ecosystems have significant social, economic, and environmental consequences in the United States and around the world. As a principal steward of the nation’s marine resources, NOAA helps coastal communities, managers, scientists, and other partners to understand and sustainably manage coral reef ecosystems.
In 2007 NOAA, an agency of the U.S. Commerce Department, celebrates 200 years of science and service to the nation. From the establishment of the Survey of the Coast in 1807 by Thomas Jefferson to the formation of the Weather Bureau and the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries in the 1870’s, much of America's scientific heritage is rooted in NOAA.
NOAA is dedicated to enhancing economic security and national safety through the prediction and research of weather and climate-related events and information service delivery for transportation, and by providing environmental stewardship of our nation's coastal and marine resources. Through the emerging Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), NOAA is working with its federal partners, more than 70 countries and the European Commission to develop a global monitoring network that is as integrated as the planet it observes, predicts and protects.
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NOAA Updates Atlantic Hurricane Outlook; Above-Normal Season Still Expected
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NOAA Predicts Above Normal Hurricane Season in 2007
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NOAA Seeking Proposals for Cooperative Fisheries Research
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Posted by Dawg on Thursday, January 25, 2007 @ 05:55:27 EST (217 reads)
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NOAA Seeking Proposals for Cooperative Fisheries Research
The Mid-Atlantic Research Set-Aside (RSA) Program provides a mechanism to fund research and compensate vessels through the sale of fish harvested under a research quota. Up to 3 percent of the total allowable landings (TAL) in certain Mid-Atlantic fisheries may be dedicated to research endeavors under the RSA program. Although the setting of the actual RSA quotas will be the subject of future rulemaking, NOAA is now soliciting proposals for research activities in the summer flounder, scup, black sea bass, Loligo squid, Illex squid, Atlantic mackerel, butterfish, Atlantic bluefish, and tilefish fisheries. Projects funded under the RSA program must enhance understanding of the fishery resource or contribute to the body of information on which management decisions are made.
Applications must be received by 5pm EST on February 12, 2007.
More information is available online.
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