2017 Press Releases | Office of National Mairne Sanctuaries

2017 dr. nancy foster scholarship recipents: Nissa Kreidler, Anna Robuck and Samara Haver

Students selected for 2017 NOAA scholarship honoring Dr. Nancy Foster

Aug. 15, 2017

NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries has selected three graduate students as recipients of the Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship, representing graduate-level areas of study such as marine biology, oceanography and maritime archaeology. The scholarship recognizes outstanding scholarship and encourages independent graduate level research, particularly by female and minority students.

New "sister sanctuary" agreement protects whales from New England to the Caribbean

May 4, 2017

A new "sister sanctuary" agreement signed this spring between NOAA and the government of The Netherlands adds to a network of marine protected areas stretching from New England to the Caribbean Sea, and now provides refuge for North Atlantic humpback whales at both ends of their 3,000-mile annual migration.

Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary supports jobs, business income

Feb. 17, 2017

41 percent of Washington state households visited the region

split image of shipwrecks in mallows bay and a shipwreck and diver in lake michigan

NOAA releases draft plans for proposed national marine sanctuaries in Wisconsin and Maryland

Jan. 6, 2017

New areas would protect shipwrecks from 1800s, World War I, and maritime battlegrounds