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PARTNERS WITH U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO HELP SHARKS KEEP
THEIR FINS NOAA
and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have joined forces to expand
their ability to analyze dried shark fins and identify the species
from which they were removed. This new partnership will support
efforts to curtail shark finning, the practice of removing a shark’s
fins at sea and throwing the carcass overboard. Shark finning is
prohibited in federal waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,
the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.“NOAA is pleased
to partner with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in this effort
to promote the protection and conservation of marine resources,”
said John H. Dunnigan, NOAA’s assistant administrator for
the National Ocean Service. “This new collaboration will greatly
improve our ability to aid law enforcement in determining whether
protected shark species are being harvested for fins.” Full
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NEW
ADVANCED HURRICANE MODEL AIDS NOAA FORECASTERS—NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Prediction
and its National Hurricane Center forecasters will now use
the Hurricane Weather and Research Forecast Model to predict
the track and strength of storms this hurricane season. Developed
by scientists at the NOAA Environmental Modeling Center, HWRF
is a new cutting-edge computer model that will serve as the
operational backbone for current and future hurricane track
and intensity forecasts by meteorologists at the National
Hurricane Center in Miami.
NEW
NOAA RESEARCH VESSEL EXCEEDS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AS QUIET
VESSEL— The newly constructed NOAA fishery survey vessel
Henry B. Bigelow has exceeded international standards as an
acoustically quiet vessel, according to a report released by
the U.S. Navy. NOAA received the results from a battery of underwater
acoustic tests done by the Navy on the ship at the Atlantic
Undersea Test and Evaluation Center on Andros Island in the
Bahamas.
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SATELLITES READY FOR ACTIVE HURRICANE SEASON—
With an active Atlantic hurricane season expected for 2007,
NOAA’s high-powered satellites are ready to send forecasters
a steady stream of crisp, detailed images, and other important
data, of any storm that develops in the Western Hemisphere.The
NOAA Satellite and Information Service operates a fleet of spacecraft
that monitor the weather, including conditions that trigger
hurricanes and the tornadoes and floods that accompany them.
The
Emmy award-winning NOAA documentary, Saving
Springer, is a remarkable and inspirational story
about the work that NOAA does every day. Springer, a young abandoned
killer whale, might have faced a solitary existence, left to
make her way as best she could. Instead, the work and dedication
of NOAA professionals gave Springer a new chance at life and
helped her return to her family.
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PARTNERS WITH U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO HELP SHARKS KEEP
THEIR FINS
