News clips September 19-22nd, 2009

More press on National Ocean Policy Draft Recommendations

• Administration Officials Recommend Ocean Policy- Journal of Commerce

• Ocean Task Force Has a Big, Deep Blue Job Ahead- Public News Service- WA- Elliott Norse, President of MCBI, is quoted

• The Blue Squad- E Magazine- by David Helvarg

Marine Spatial Planning

• Zoning the Sea for development, Cape Cod weighs in on Oceans Management Plan

• Groups Spar Over U.S. Offshore Drilling Plan
  

• Panel seeks to prevent more blue whale deaths- Santa Barbara, CA

• Salazar says he may wait on offshore drilling plan

Other News

• UN officials push for creation of monitoring system for marine environment

• Chesapeake dead zones an economic threat
  

• Research ship, Oceana Ranger, discovers dozen new species, off the Canary Isles

• Conservation Bonds Helping Clean California Beaches & Ocean Water- Reuters

• NOAA Scientists Catch Rare Giant Squid- Click link to see photos of the squid

• Project helps find, predict algae blooms

• Stimulus funds devoted to Hawaii watershed restoration

• Mediterranean states pass on bluefin tuna ban

• Oceanographers Examine Mercury Levels Of Pelagic Fish In Hawaii