NMFS IN THE NEWS

Press Releases (during the past two weeks):

     10/13/94  COMMERCE DEPARTMENT AWARDS SILVER MEDAL TO
               HERBERT W. KAUFMAN

10/07/94 FOREIGN FISH POACHERS AGREE TO FIVE YEARS OF BEING TRACKED BY SATELLITE AND $1 MILLION FINE IN U.S. COURT SETTLEMENT

10/05/94 COMMERCE ANNOUNCES FINAL PLAN FOR DISTRIBUTING $12 MILLION PACIFIC NORTHWEST FISHERIES AID PACKAGE

10/03/94 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ANNOUNCES NEW FISHERIES LAB FOR SANTA CRUZ, CALIF. AND $2 MILLION PROGRAM FOR NEWPORT, ORE., MARINE SCIENCE CENTER

Historical Press Releases (since 6/94)

     9/29/94  NOAA SEEKS GUIDANCE ON TUNA, SHARK MANAGEMENT AT
               PUBLIC MEETINGS

9/27/94 FEDERAL FISH MANAGERS SEEK COMMENT ON SUGGESTIONS TO ENSURE SAFE PASSAGE OF FISH AT HYDROPOWER DAMS

9/26/94 FEDERAL TASK FORCE NAMED TO DEAL WITH SEA LION - STEELHEAD CONFLICT AT WASHINGTON'S BALLARD LOCKS

9/23/94 MID-COLUMBIA SUMMER CHINOOK DON'T NEED ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PROTECTION

9/22/94 NOAA REMOVES CONTROL DATE ON ATLANTIC MACKEREL; MAKES FISHERY MORE ATTRACTIVE TO FISHERMEN

9/06/94 FEDERAL, STATE AGENCIES BEEF UP ENFORCEMENT; NMFS OFFERS REWARD TO STEM TURTLE STRANDINGS OFF TEXAS

9/02/94 $12 MILLION FISHERIES AID PACKAGE PROPOSED FOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST

9/01/94 LONG BEACH'S SOUTHWEST FISHERIES OFFICE ANNOUNCES NEW DIRECTOR

8/31/94 BLUEFIN TUNA TEAM TO PRODUCE NEW MANAGEMENT PLAN

8/26/94 $4.8 MILLION WETLAND PROJECT TO CREATE 3,700 ACRES OF LOUISANA MARSHLANDS

8/18/94 CHILEAN CONSERVATION PROGRAM AVOIDS EMBARGO OF CRAB AND CRAB PRODUCTS

8/17/94 HONOLULU SIXTH IN NATION'S FISHING PORTS FOR 1993

8/17/94 NORTHWEST'S SNAKERIVER CHINOOK RECLASSIFIED AS "ENDANGERED"

8/16/94 FEDERAL EMERGENCY RULE MODIFIES"LIVE ROCK" HARVEST BAN IN GULF OF MEXICO

8/12/94 "GENERAL" CATEGORY BLUEFIN TUNA FISHERY CLOSED TO PROTECT LATE-SEASON QUOTA

8/05/94 NOAA SEEKS ADDITIONAL PROTECTION FOR ENDANGERED CHINOOK SALMON

8/04/94 RARE FLORIDA SEAGRASS HABITAT TO BE LABELED "CRITICAL"

8/04/94 TEXAS TURTLE STRANDINGS FALL

8/03/94 SEATTLE'S NORTHWEST FISHERIES OFFICE ANNOUNCES NEW DIRECTOR

8/01/94 LATEST STATISTICS ON U.S. FISHERIES AVAILABLE

8/01/94 IMPROVED MARINE MAMMAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM ENDS COLOMBIA TUNA EMBARGO

7/27/94 TASK FORCE ESTABLISHED TO EXAMINE REMOVAL OF SEA LIONS AT SEATTLE'S BALLARD LOCKS

7/20/94 NMFS STEPS UP TED ENFORCEMENT OFF TEXAS, THREATENS SHRIMP SEIZURES

7/19/94 EAST COAST SCALLOPERS GET CREW RESTRICTIONS, PERMISSION FOR SPARE DREDGE ON BOARD

7/14/94 ALASKA LEADS NATION IN FISH CATCHES; IN NEW ENGLAND, LANDINGS FALL

7/08/94 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROPOSES LISTING OREGON'S CUTTHROAT TROUT AS ENDANGERED

7/01/94 COMMERCE SECRETARY BROWN ANNOUNCES REGIONAL FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS

7/01/94 FEDERAL AGENCIES AGREE TO PROVIDE

ADDITIONAL WATER FLOWS FOR THREATENED SALMON

7/01/94 IF YOU LOVE DOLPHINS, DON'T FEED THEM,

FEDERAL AGENCY WARNS

6/28/94 SHRIMPERS TO MODIFY TEDS TO HELP SAVE SEA TURTLES

6/28/94 ALGAE GROWTH ENABLES SHRIMPERS TO USE TOW TIMES IN AREA OFF NORTH CAROLINA

6/24/94 RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN SLOW TO ACQUIRE FEDERAL BLUEFIN PERMIT

6/23/94 HADDOCK PROTECTION BECOMES PERMANENT

6/15/94 CALIFORNIA GRAY WHALE REMOVED FROM ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST

6/14/94 GULF AND SOUTH ATLANTIC SHRIMPERS ASKED TO ADJUST TEDS TO HELP SAVE SEA TURTLES

6/06/94 AMERICANS EATING MORE SEAFOOD; CONSUMPTION RISES IN 1993