NOAA Grants Support Small Business Tech Development
and ocean observations and modeling.“Small businesses across our Nation are catalysts for technology innovation, which can produce products and services that support NOAA’s mission while directly benefiting the public and growing the American economy,” said Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross.In December 2019, NOAA’s Small Business Innovation Research Program issued a call for applications for Phase I funding in topic areas including aquaculture; recreational and commercial fisheries, weather service improvement and evolution; next-generation NOAA observing platforms; and next-generat
US Gives $88 Mln Relief to Gulf Fishing Communities
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the allocation of $88 million in fishery disaster funding to Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi, where a catastrophic regional fishery disaster occurred due to extreme freshwater flooding in 2019 associated with the unprecedented opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway.“The Department of Commerce stands with our U.S. fishing communities, especially in times of hardship,” said Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. “These funds will help industries and individuals recover from this disaster, and build resilience for the future.”Funds can
U.S. to send envoy to Saudi Arabia to Stabilize Oil Prices
Venezuela, both of which are OPEC members, and their shipping networks, the officials said. To the extent that Russia is involved in marketing Venezuelan oil, it will be sanctioned, the officials said.A group of nine Republican U.S. Senators, mainly from oil producing states, urged Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross late on Friday to investigate whether Saudi Arabia and Russia were excessively dumping oil on global markets. (Reporting by Timothy Gardner and Jennifer Hiller; additional reporting by Stephen Kalin in Riyadh and Rania El Gamal in Dubai; Editing by Tom Brown, Leslie Adler and Daniel Wallis
Nine US States Seek to Stop Atlantic Seismic Testing
ecosystems and pose a "critical threat" to the natural resources, jobs and lives of New Yorkers. "The Trump administration has repeatedly put special interests before our environment and our communities," Underwood said in a statement.The lawsuit, which names Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and the National Marine Fisheries Service as defendants, says the prospect of seeing marine mammals is an important draw for tourists to the states and helps coastal economies.The Department of Commerce declined to comment.Last month the fisheries office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
US Government Sued Over Atlantic Seismic Testing
waters off the U.S. East Coast.Seismic testing, which uses air gun blasts, violates federal laws that protect marine mammals, endangered species, and national environmental policy, according the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Charleston, South Carolina, against U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and the National Marine Fisheries Service.The U.S. fisheries service in November gave initial permission to five companies to conduct seismic airgun tests beneath a vast region off the East Coast. The permits allow marine wildlife to be harassed but not killed.Conservationists say the testing
NOAA Taps Graham to Lead National Hurricane Center
new role on April 1. “The forecasts in last hurricane season were 25 percent more accurate than average, and with new satellites and other measures they are undertaking, we are very hopeful to keep improving the timeliness and accuracy of our forecasts,” said Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. “Ken will be a great leader of the Department’s efforts in this regard.” “Ken will undoubtedly build on the center’s history of improving forecasts while serving as a vital link to effectively communicate that information to the public and core partners
NOAA Boots Up Its New Supercomputers
climate supercomputing system to among the 30 fastest in the world, with the ability to now process 8 quadrillion calculations per second. “NOAA’s supercomputers play a vital role in monitoring numerous weather events from blizzards to hurricanes,” said Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. “These latest updates will further enhance NOAA’s abilities to predict and warn American communities of destructive weather.” The upgrade completes the third phase of a multiyear effort to build more powerful supercomputers that make complex calculations faster to improve
How Many Red Snapper Are in the Gulf of Mexico?
John Walter, NOAA Fisheries (non-compensated collaborator) David Wells, Texas A&M University at Galveston “American communities across the Gulf of Mexico depend on their access to, as well as the long term sustainability of, red snapper,” said Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. “I look forward to the insights this project will provide as we study and manage this valuable resource.&rdquo
NOAA Awards $9.3 Mln for Aquaculture Research
grants totaling $9.3 million for projects around the U.S. to further develop the nation’s marine and coastal aquaculture industry. “This country, with its abundant coastline, should not have to import billions of pounds of seafood each year,” said Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. “These grants will promote aquaculture projects that will help us reduce our trade deficit in this key industry.” The grants were awarded through two competitions – Integrated Projects to Increase Aquaculture Production and Addressing Impediments to Aquaculture Opportunities