Coastal areas

Tour Highlights Local Economic & Environmental Benefits of Shellfish Aquaculture in Coastal Bays

OCEAN CITY, MD (August 13, 2008) – Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley today, joined by Bay Cabinet members and Worcester County official, toured Chincoteague Bay, visiting a local oyster aquaculture business to explore and discuss the potential economic and environmental benefits of expanding Maryland’s aquaculture industry.    » read more »

Aug 13, 2008 -- NEW ORLEANS – Today, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal announced plans for more than $1 billion in coastal protection and restoration projects in Louisiana. This announcement of projects today represents the largest investment in coastal protection programs in Louisiana history and includes $300 million in funding the Governor called for in his second special session of the legislature earlier in the year, $200 million in surplus funding from the 2007 legislative session, $510 million from the Coastal Impact Assistance Program, $83 million from the state trust fund/capital outlay and $68 million from the Coastal Wetlands Planning Protection and Restoration Act.    » read more »

Preliminary Injunction Limits Use of Low-Frequency Sonar to Reduce Harm to Marine Mammals; A Different Court Ruled Against the Navy Monday on Mid-Frequency Sonar.

LOS ANGELES (February 6, 2008) – A federal court in San Francisco today issued a preliminary injunction limiting the area in which the U.S. Navy may train with a low-frequency sonar system, known as Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active sonar (SURTASS LFA), that blasts vast areas of the oceans with dangerous levels of underwater noise.    » read more »

January 24, 2008 -- HILO – The Hawaii Governor’s East Hawai‘i Community Advisory Council will meet on Thursday, Jan. 31, 5:30 p.m. in the Hawai‘i Innovation Center Conference Room (the old Bank of Hawai‘i building) located at 117 Keawe Street in Hilo. The public is invited to attend.    » read more »

Jan 23, 2008 -- BATON ROUGE – Today, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal signed an executive order to maximize the efficiency of Louisiana’s coastal restoration and hurricane protection efforts by requiring all state agencies to comply with the Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast which lays out coastal and hurricane protection priorities as recognized by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, including the Department of Transportation and Development, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Governor’s Office of Coastal Affairs.    » read more »

December 6, 2007 -- Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein (both D-CA) today introduced two pieces of legislation aimed at preventing oil spills like the one that resulted after the Cosco Busan struck a bridge piling on November 7th, spilling more than 58,000 gallons of toxic bunker fuel into the San Francisco Bay.    » read more »

Nov 29, 2007 -- PAULINA, La. - Louisiana and its coastal parishes will soon share $510 million in federal funding over four years to help offset the impact of outer continental shelf energy production, after Louisiana became the first state to receive approval from the U.S. Department of the Interior for its Coastal Impact Assistance Program plan.

Louisiana is the first state to receive federal approval of its coastal assistance plan under this new program.    » read more »