National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Following are PEER news releases, white papers, surveys and other activities for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:
News Releases
October 20, 2009  PROFESSOR STRIPPED OF NOAA FUNDING FOR ADVOCACY — University of Alaska President Upholds Grant Removal and Office Eviction
October 12, 2009  NOAA RAISES RED FLAGS ON AGGRESSIVE OFFSHORE DRILLING PLAN — Exclusion Zones, Buffers and Oil Spill Protections Would Scale Back Lease Schedule
October 1, 2009  DON’T EXPECT NEW MARINE SANCTUARIES UNDER OBAMA — NOAA Chief Says No Plans to Even Begin Considering New Ocean Reserves
June 11, 2009  CRITICAL NEW TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM HAS GAPING HOLES — Nearly One-Third of Deep Ocean Stations Are “Dead” Including Tsunami Hot Spots
February 12, 2009  HAWAII SEISMIC NETWORK STUCK BEHIND SCHEDULE — Promised Tsunami and Earthquake Monitoring System Less than Half Complete
February 10, 2009  NOAA SEA GRANT SEEKS TO DE-FUND SCIENTIST FOR ADVOCACY — Protest on Oil Industry Bias in Sea Grant Seen to “Cause Problems Nationally”
January 7, 2009  CLIMATE SCIENTISTS FREED FROM AGENCY GAG ORDER — Commerce Prior Review Policy Does Not Apply to National Weather Service Workers
November 13, 2008  LAME DUCK LAUREL TO NOAA STAFF FOR ANTI-WHALE WORK — Supreme Court Sonar Ruling Product of NOAA Appointee with Track Record
August 7, 2008  OCEAN FISHERIES PROTECTIONS TO BE WEAKENED — Bush Plan Would Give Industry Greater Power over Fishery Management Decisions
October 16, 2007  ATTACKS ON FISHING OBSERVERS RISE BY ALMOST HALF IN 2006 — Number of Reported Threat and Harassment Cases Nearly Triple Since 2004
September 24, 2007  NOAA SHIFTING TO INDUSTRY CONTROL OVER FISHING OBSERVERS — Death Knell for Independent Monitoring of Marine Mammal and Over-Fishing Rules
September 12, 2007  CANADA ADVANCES RIGHT WHALE PROTECTIONS WHILE U.S. STALLS — White House Blocking Ship Speed Limits to Accommodate Foreign Flag Shippers
August 29, 2007  HIGH SEAS HARASSMENT OF NOAA FISHING OBSERVERS ON RISE — As Incidents Proliferate, NOAA Stops Keeping Track
August 14, 2007  WHITE HOUSE WAITING GAME ON WHALE SAFEGUARDS — Time Is Running Out for Critically Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale
July 30, 2007  CONGRESS TO FINALLY PROBE MASSIVE 2002 KLAMATH FISH KILL — Water Levels Halved by Cheney and Political Appointees over Scientists’ Objections
July 12, 2007  WHITE HOUSE BLOCKS SEA SPEED LIMITS FOR SAVING WHALES — Foreign Shipping Companies Opposed; Council of Economic Advisors Involved
April 3, 2007  CLIMATE AND OCEAN SCIENTISTS PUT UNDER NEW SPEECH RESTRAINTS — Any Scientific Statements “of Official Interest” Must be Pre-Approved
July 12, 2006  TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII AND WEST COAST UNDERESTIMATED — Models Do Not Account for Multiple, Bigger Waves Inundating Populated Areas
June 27, 2006  NOAA’S QUARTER-BILLION DOLLAR HAWAIIAN BOONDOGGLE — New Office Complex on Superfund Site Beset by Environmental Headaches
June 23, 2006  NOAA ADOPTING SHIP SPEED LIMITS TO SAVE THE RIGHT WHALE — Ship Strikes are Largest Threat to Critically Endangered Marine Mammal
June 12, 2006  NOAA BLOCKS MOVING PACIFIC TSUNAMI CENTER ABOVE SEA LEVEL — Warning Center May Be Unable to Function After First Wave Hits
May 31, 2006  COAST GUARD BACKS NEW SHIPPING LANES FOR ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE — Altered Harbor Approaches to Reduce Ship Strikes on Endangered Marine Mammal
January 12, 2006  ANOTHER RIGHT WHALE CALF KILLED OFF FLORIDA—TAIL SLICED OFF — Petition to the Coast Guard for Safety Zone to Slow Ships Crossing Whales’ Habitat
July 11, 2005  SURVEY CREATES CONTROVERSY INSIDE NOAA FISHERIES SERVICE — Director Hogarth Regards Survey Results as Personal Attack
July 11, 2005  COAST GUARD BLOCKS RIGHT WHALE SAFETY STEPS — Commandant Spurns NOAA Pleas for Voluntary Advisory Urging Caution
June 28, 2005  POLITICAL APPOINTEES POLLUTE WATERS AT OCEAN AGENCY — Survey Shows Special Interest Influence and Altered Scientific Findings
June 8, 2005  RULE DELAYS DOOM RIGHT WHALE TO EXTINCTION, TOP ADVISOR SAYS — Marine Mammal Commission Call for Emergency Ship Strike Safeguards Ignored
December 16, 2004  ANOTHER RIGHT WHALE FEARED DEAD THIS WEEK — New Carcass Off Nantucket; One Percent of Population May Have Perished
November 30, 2004  NAVY KILLS PREGNANT RIGHT WHALE IN MID-ATLANTIC — Second Pregnant Female Victim of Ship Strike This Year
November 3, 2004  RIGHT WHALE TO BE STUDIED TO EXTINCTION — Latest Protection Plan Is "Too Little, Too Late"
August 4, 2004  FEDERALS CONSIDER PROTECTION FOR IMPERILED CHERRY POINT HERRING — Scientists initiate status review in response to citizen petition
July 13, 2004  WHALE WATCHING TAKES TOLL ON WHALES — Whale Watching is Second Leading Cause of Ship Collisions Regulations Stalled for Four Years
July 1, 2004  WHALE PROTECTIONS RARELY ENFORCED — No Prosecutions for Ships Running Down Whales
May 25, 2004  WHALES DECIMATED BY SHIP STRIKES — NOAA Considering Speed Limits, Buffers and Ship Course Rules in Atlantic
May 19, 2004  WHISTLEBLOWER LEAVES NATIONAL FISHERIES SERVICE — Biologist Cites Misuse of Science
March 19, 2003  WHISTLEBLOWER TESTIFIES AGAINST AGENCY IN KLAMATH FISH KILL — Biologist Says Water Levels Reduced Without Required Analysis
October 28, 2002  KLAMATH RIVER WATER LEVELS SET UNDER POLITICAL PRESSURE — Congressional Leaders Call for Hearings, Whistleblower Protection
Surveys
2005  Political Appointees Pollute Waters at Ocean Agency
Other PEER Activities
Nearshore Coral Reefs in Florida Threatened
Working With NOAA to Save the Sanctuaries
PEER's comments about NOAA's proceeding to organize organize social and economic data collection pertaining to the Bay of Alaska fisheries.
Attack on the Corps Destructive Tendencies
Beach Renourishment along Florida’s Treasure Coast.
Estuary Habitat Restoration
FCC/USACE Damage Reefs
PEER assessment of NOS pending Fair Market Value Rulemaking and Working With NOAA
PEER Campaign: Whale Collisions
Preventing Federal Agencies from Damaging Nearshore Coral Reefs
Read about PEER’s efforts on behalf of the U.S. FWS Critical Habitat Designation of plant species of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
Read PEER's comments in the proceeding designating critical habitat for 37 endangered species on Lanai.
Sedimentation-- a Waste of Resources that Damages Reefs
The second concern of the PEER’s Hawaiian agenda entails proposed restrictions on the ‘take’ of sea turtles in island waters.