12/29/99 Tornadoes of the 20TH Century

12/27/99 1999 Tornado Summary

12/27/99 NOAA'S National Weather Service Has Special Y2K Team Watching the Nation's Weather and Ensuring Readiness

12/22/99 Recent Study off Cape Canaveral Shows Greater Abundance, Biological Diversity and Sizes of Fish in Protected Areas

12/22/99 Commerce Department Proposes New Dolphin-safe Logo

12/21/99 NOAA Calms the Waters amid Fears of "Tide 2-K"

12/20/99 Federal Help Desk Forum Announced

12/16/99 Officials Mark Beginning of New Coastal Polluted Runoff Control Effort

12/15/99 Budget 2000: Protecting Ocean and Coastal Resources

12/15/99 New Regulations Approved for the Recreational and Commercial Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Fisheries

12/15/99 Santa Asks NOAA: Will We Have a White Christmas?

12/15/99 NOAA to Aid NORAD in Tracking Santa Claus

12/15/99 NOAA Fisheries Proposes Closures Of Federal Waters To Protect Swordfish, Billfish, And Other Highly Migratory Species

12/14/99 Army Corps Will Restore 1,000 Acres of Salmon-Friendly Habitat During Channel Deepening

12/14/99 Fisheries Service Proposes New Approach to Protect West Coast Salmon, Steelhead

12/13/99 NOAA's Sea Grant Program Awards Grants to Study Economic Effects of Pfiesteria, Harmful Algal Blooms

12/13/99 Contracts Awarded for Preliminary Design of Environmental Satellite System of the Future, NOAA Announces

12/13/99 NOAA Releases Century's Top Weather, Water and Climate Events

12/13/99 1999: U.S. Experiences Second Warmest Year on Record; Global Temperatures Continue Warming Trend

12/9/99 Defense Meteorological Satellite Planned for Launch December 12

12/9/99 NOAA Fisheries Implements List of Allowable Fisheries; Gear

12/9/99 NOAA Assesses More than $433,000 in Fines and Seeks Permit Sanctions Against North Florida Fishermen Engaged in Massive Fisheries Fraud

12/8/99 NOAA Announces Funding of River Forecast Initiative

12/7/99 Grand Bay Designated as 24th Estuarine Reserve in Nation

12/6/99 Capt. Dean Smehil, NOAA Corps, Assumes Command of NOAA Ship Miller Freeman

12/6/99 Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Beaverson, NOAA Corps, Assumes Command of NOAA Ship Townsend Cromwell

12/6/99 Federal Lobster Rules Support Interstate Management Plan

12/2/99 NOAA's Weather Service Helps Central American Governments Prepare for Hurricanes and Floods As They Reconstruct Early Warning Capabilities After Hurricane Mitch

11/30/99 John Cunningham Named Head of Tri-agency Environmental Satellite Office

11/30/99 NOAA's Hurricane Officials On Target With Pre-seasonal Storm Forecast; Close 1999 Season Reporting Above Average Fury and Floods

11/29/99 North Atlantic Swordfish Rebuilding Program Adopted at International Meeting

11/24/99 Florida Fisherman Assessed $800 Penalty for Taking a Dead Green Sea Turtle

11/23/99 NOAA Seeks Comments on a Proposed Rule to Allow Oil Industry to Disturb Marine Mammals During Northstar Oil Project

11/19/99 NOAA Establishes David Johnson Award for Innovative Use of Earth Observation Satellite Data

11/19/99 Weather Service, Ham Radio Group Run Y2K Backup Test for Reporting Forecasts and Warnings

11/18/99 NOAA's Fisheries Service Seeks Nominations for Advisory Committees That Will Help Protect Dolphins

11/17/99 Federal Government Proposes Endangered Species Listing for Atlantic Salmon in Maine

11/17/99 Greenhouse Warming May Dry Out America's Bread Basket, say NOAA Scientists

11/16/99 NOAA Fisheries Announces New Permit Provider, Expanded Options to Obtain Atlantic Tunas Permits

11/16/99 Federal Agencies Release Four-H "Working Paper" on Salmon Recovery in Pacific Northwest

11/16/99 Washington Weather of 1797-1798 Detailed in Rare Book in NOAA's Central Library

11/12/99 NOAA, Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the Local Community Celebrate GTM Designation

11/10/99 Satellite Processing of 121.5 MHz Emergency Beacons to Be Phased out

11/9/99 Mary M. Glackin Named Deputy at Nation's Weather Satellite Agency, NOAA Announces

11/9/99 New NOAA Space Weather Scales Make Solar Max Effects More Predictable

11/8/99 NOAA's Satellites Getting Ready for Leonid Meteor Showers

11/3/99 NOAA and Partners Launch First-ever Nation-wide Effort to Map All U.S. Coral Reefs

11/3/99 Charting a New Course for Coral Reef Conservation

11/1/99 La Niña to Bring Southwest a Warmer, Drier Winter

11/1/99 Hurricane Floyd and Drought Reports Available on Line, NOAA Announces

11/1/99 NOAA, FAA Test New Buoy Communication System Expected to Improve Flight Safety over Gulf of Mexico

11/1/99 NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown Returns from Around-the-World Cruise to Study Global Climate Variability

10/29/99 Annual Report to Congress: Small Increase in Overfished Species

10/29/99 NOAA and Council Establish Marine Conservation District in Federal Waters off the

10/29/99 Restoring Our Nation's Coral Reefs

10/29/99 Tortugas 2000: Protecting Florida's Coral Reefs

10/27/99 NOAA Fisheries Seeking Comment on Navy Request to Operate Low-frequency Active Sonar

10/27/99 NOAA Fisheries Proposes Cook Inlet Beluga Whale as Depleted

10/27/99 NOAA'S Beaufort Laboratory Marks Century of Service

10/26/99 Fisheries Service Launches Search for Experts to Aid Salmon Recovery

10/26/99 North Florida Commercial Dive Fisherman Loses Permits for Life; Fined $10,000 for Violating Federal Fisheries Laws

10/26/99 NOAA Issues Nation's Official Winter Forecast: Lingering La Niña Will Shape Weather Patterns

10/22/99 Interior Department, NOAA to Host Coral Reef Meeting in St. Croix

10/22/99 Tsunami Test Buoy Reacts to California Earthquake

10/21/9 Hawkins Named Chief of Meteorological Services Division for National Weather Service

10/20/99 NOAA'S National Weather Service Is Y2K Ready

10/19/99 1999 National Watchable Wildlife Conference to Hold Symposium on Marine Mammals and Ecotourism

10/18/99 Projected Increase in Heat Index May Impact Southeast U.S., Say NOAA Scientists

10/15/99 Hurricane Irene Prompts Weather Service Warning on Inland Flooding

10/15/99 NOAA Fisheries Responds to Court Concerns Regarding Protection Measures for Endangered Steller Sea Lions

10/14/99 Commerce Secretary Daley Appoints 20 Experts to Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee

10/14/99 NOAA Scientists, Research Aircraft and Doppler Lidar Join Massive Weather Research Study in Europe

10/13/99 Antarctic Ozone Hole Shows Beginning of Recovery Process

10/13/99 NOAA names winners of 1999 Walter B. Jones Memorial and NOAA Excellence Awards for Coastal and Ocean Resource Management

10/12/99 National Weather Service Selects Contractor For NOAA Weather Wire Service

10/8/99 Status Report Shows Atlantic Salmon Stocks Are Continuing to Decline and Need Additional Protection

10/7/99 Pacific Northwest Faces Another Wet Winter

10/7/99 NOAA Charges Vessel Owners and Operators for Fishing in Florida West Coast Protected Areas

10/7/99 Congressional Report Will Help NOAA Fisheries Resolve Commercial Fishing Fleet Overcapitalization

10/6/99 NOAA, EPA Set to Approve First State Runoff Pollution Plan

10/5/99 Federal Help Desk Registry Established

9/29/99 Atlantic Hurricanes During La Niña Years More Damaging, Costly, Scientists Discover

9/29/99 NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter Returns to Service

9/28/99 International Group Approves New Routes for Large Ships within Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

9/27/99 NOAA Ship that Located JFK Jr. Aircraft Wreckage Is Surveying Hudson River

9/24/99 National Estuaries Day Is Being Celebrated with a Multitude of Events Across the Country

9/24/99 NOAA Supports the Estuary Habitat Restoration Partnership Act of 1999

9/23/99 Congressional Black Caucus Honors New NOAA Corps Director

9/23/99 NOAA National Weather Service Dedication To Usher in New Era of Weather Safety

9/22/99 Clinton Administration Acts to Help North Carolina Fishermen Hurt by Hurricanes Floyd, Dennis

9/22/99 Summer Wraps Up Drier and Warmer than Normal in U.S., Warmer than Normal Globally, NOAA Announces

9/17/99 NOAA Wins One for Gulf Red Snapper Fishermen

9/13/99 Commerce Awards $15 Million Contract for Supercomputer for Weather Forecast Models

9/9/99 No Need to Expand Endangered Species Act Coverage to Oregon and Northern California Chinook, Fishery Agency Says

9/9/99 Fisheries Service Makes Final Decision for Protection of Chinook Salmon Populations in California, Oregon

9/9/99 Satellite Technology Being Used to Study Lobster Population off Maine Coast, NOAA Announces

9/8/99 Donald Knowles Named as NOAA Fisheries Director of Protected Resources

9/7/99 NOAA Charges Louisiana Seafood Dealer and Fisherman with Significant Shark Fishery Violations

9/3/99 Hurricane Dennis Yields More than Longevity, NOAA Hurricane Scientists Say

9/2/99 Vice President Announces New Support for National Marine Sanctuaries

9/2/99 NOAA National Estuarine Research Reserve System Designates New Site in East Florida

9/2/99 Vice President Al Gore Announces $5 Million in Disaster Relief for New England Fishing Communities

9/2/99 Vice President Al Gore Announces New Action to Help Protect and Preserve U.S. Shores and Oceans

9/2/99 NOAA Seeks Nominees for Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panels

9/2/99 Minnesota Lake Superior Historic Preservation, Shoreline Development to Improve

9/1/99 National Weather Service Releases Service Assessment for Oklahoma/Southern Kansas Tornado Outbreak of May 3, 1999

9/1/99 Wildlife Agency Reminds Public of the Dangers of Feeding and Harassing Wild Dolphins

8/31/99 Contract Awarded for Sounder Instrument for Environmental Satellite System of the Future, NOAA Announces

8/26/99 NOAA Places 3-D Satellite Images of Hurricanes on Line

8/25/99 Web Users Now Have Easier Access to National Hurricane Center Site

8/23/99 NOAA Offers Improved Access to Satellite Images of the Gulf of Mexico

8/20/99 NOAA Announces Global Climate for July 1999

8/18/99 NOAA Team Perches atop Washington Monument for GPS "Height" Survey

8/18/99 NOAA Fisheries Delays Implementing List of Allowable Fisheries; Gear

8/17/99 Iceberg Poses Threat to Mariners in the Southern Ocean, National Ice Center Reports

8/17/99 NOAA Fisheries, American Sportfishing Association Announce $50,000 for Local Community Restoration Projects

8/17/99 Hurricane Camille's 30th Birthday Brings Weather Service Reminder

8/13/99 NOAA Fisheries and US Fish and Wildlife Service Join Forces to Help Save Sea Turtles

8/12/99 Great Lakes Temperature Warmer Than Average, NOAA Scientists Say Lake Levels at 30 year Low

8/12/99 NOAA Satellite Imagery of Salt Lake Tornado, Fires, Hurricanes, and Eclipse Available on Line

8/11/99 Sea Grant Aquaculture Project Helps Restore Tribal Fishery

8/10/99 NOAA Confirms Busy Hurricane Season for 1999

8/5/99 Four States in Northeast Have Driest Growing Season on Record, NOAA Reports

8/3/99 Nation's Newest Estuarine Research Reserve Designated in Mississippi

8/3/99 NOAA Scientists Survey Gulf of Mexico's Warm Water Reservoirs, ‘Fuel Injectors' for Hurricane Intensification

8/3/99 NOAA Scientists Begin Another Season of Hurricane Flying to Improve Track and Intensity Predictions

8/2/99 Mt. Baker Holds Snowfall Record, NOAA Reports

8/2/99 Satellite Data Used to Characterize Urban Environment

7/30/99 NOAA Awarded Coast Guard Unit Commendation for JFK Aircraft Search Efforts

7/27/99 Gulf of Maine Cod Limit Raised to 100 Pounds per Day; Cod Trip Limit Approved for Georges Bank

7/28/99 NOAA Seeks to Save Coral Reefs

7/28/99 With New Weather Forecasting System in Place, NOAA Looks to the Future

7/27/99 Rear Admiral Evelyn J. Fields Formally Assumes Command of Office of NOAA Corps Operations and NOAA Commissioned Corps

7/26/99 Coastal Zone 99 Conference to Spotlight Solutions to Coastal Environmental Problems

7/20/99 NOAA Fisheries Partners with Boston Community Centers to Help Kids Fish in Saltwater

7/19/99 Judge Fines Panama City Boat Rental Company and Operator $4,500 for Illegally Feeding Dolphins

7/16/99 NOAA Researcher Named Ocean Champion

7/16/99 Goes-L Launch Delayed, NOAA and NASA Announce

7/15/99 NOAA Corps Cmdr. Daniel R. Herlihy of Lafayette, Colo., Assumes Command of NOAA Ship Rainier

7/15/99 Capt. Alan Anderson, NOAA Corps, Retires After 27 Years Of Distinguished Service

7/14/99 Dutch Harbor-Unalaska Is Nation's Top Fishing Port for 1998

7/13/99 La Niña To Last Through Winter of 2000

7/12/99 Environmental Data Saved from the Ravages of Time, NOAA Reports

7/12/99 C.F. Bean Inc. Lands Bid for Mississippi Delta Project

7/12/99 Americans Ate More Seafood in 1998

7/9/99 Scientists Study Air Quality Around Great Smoky Mountains

7/8/99 Research Meteorologist David Wark Retires, NOAA Announces

7/6/99 Report Outlines Plans to Meet Future Fish Data Needs

7/6/99 NOAA Seeking Research and Development Proposals for Projects to Strengthen and Improve the U.S. Fishing Industry

7/1/99 Rear Adm. John C. Albright, NOAA Corps, Retires After 31 Years of Distinguished Service

6/30/99 Weekly Snow Cover Product Replaced, NOAA Announces

6/28/99 Volunteers Dive in for Science with Great American Fish Count '99

6/25/99 Clinton Administration Unveils New Ship Reporting System to Prevent Collisions with Endangered Right Whales

6/25/99 Final Proposal Released for the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

6/25/99 Commerce Secretary Daley Announces Regional Fishery Management Council Appointments

6/24/99 Girl Scouts and NOAA Fisheries Team Up To Enhance Marine Science Education Opportunities

6/24/99 Rear Adm. Nicholas Prahl, NOAA Corps, Assumes Full Command of NOAA Atlantic and Pacific Marine Centers

6/24/99 NOAA's Fisheries Service Awards Contract for Marine Recreational Fishing Survey

6/23/99 Polar Snow Reveals Secrets of Ozone-depleting Gases

6/21/99 Major Air Pollution Study Begins

6/21/99 Fisheries Service to Conduct "Status Review" of Seven Species of Puget Sound Fish

6/16/99 Radar Troubleshooters Receive Award

6/15/99 Weather Satellite De-mated from Launch Vehicle, NOAA and NASA Announce

6/15/99 GOES-7 Transitioned to Hawaii for Use by PEACESAT Station, NOAA Announces

6/15/99 NOAA Researchers and Colleagues Continue Program To Establish Seafloor Observatory on Volcano Summit

6/14/99 NOAA Civilian James Rowe Assumes Command of Oregon II

6/14/99 NOAA & Navy to Begin Data Collecting Mission on Ironclad Ship Monitor

6/11/99 Coral Reefs Focus of Many NOAA Aquarius 1999 Missions

6/11/99 NOAA Ship Rude Surveys Montauk Harbor and Block Island Sound

6/10/99 National Weather Service's AWIPS System is Only Federal Honoree in Computerworld Smithsonian Awards Program

6/10/99 Activists Fined $59,500 in Sugarloaf Dolphin Release

6/10/99 NOAA Helps Plan Safe Start to Great Chesapeake Bay Swim with Tide and Weather Information

6/9/99 Sea Scallopers Return to Eastern Georges Bank

6/9/99 Commerce Secretary Daley Announces Disaster Relief Program for Fishermen

6/8/99 Now You Can "Surf" To The Depths Of The Ocean

6/8/99 Mid-Atlantic Reels from Drought: NOAA Says Short-term Relief in Sight

6/7/99 NOAA's Space Environment Center Issues Forecasts for Space Weather

6/4/99 Fisheries Service Reminds Anglers to Release Striped Bass in Federal Waters

6/4/99 Workshop on Coral Reefs to Be Held in Hawaii, NOAA Announces

6/3/99 Kurkul Named as NOAA Fisheries Northeast Regional Administrator

6/3/99 Gulf Red Snapper Size Limit to Increase from 15 to 18 Inches to Keep Fishery Open Another Three Weeks

5/28/99 NOAA Seeks Comment on Proposed Authorization for Marine Mammal Disturbance During Oil and Gas Seismic Surveys

5/28/99 Dolphin Feeding And Harassment Is Harmful And Illegal, Federal Agency Reminds Public And Boaters

5/27/99 NOAA Hurricane-hunting Jet Flies Pre-season Gulf Coast Awareness Tour

5/27/99 Fulton Fish Market Dealer Charged With 172 Counts of Magnuson-Stevens Act Violations

5/27/99 Gregory Withee Named Assistant Administrator at NOAA

5/27/99 Be Prepared! Busy Atlantic Hurricane Season Ahead

5/26/99 Steelhead-eating Sea Lions All But Gone from Seattle's Ballard Locks

5/26/99 Silent Menace Threatens World Whale Stocks

5/26/99 NOAA Fisheries, American Sportfishing Association Announce Funding to Help Communities Restore Coastal Environments

5/24/99 NOAA and University of Michigan Scientists Discover Tumors in Freshwater Zooplankton

5/19/99 January Through April Was Seventh Warmest on Record, NOAA Reports

5/19/99 Contract Awarded For Ozone Instrument For Satellite System of The Future, NOAA Announces

5/17/99 NOAA/AFS Book Explores Depths of Fish Habitat Research

5/13/99 U.S. Releases Plan For an Integrated Ocean Observing System

5/12/99 Senate Confirms Capt. Evelyn Fields as Director of NOAA Corps; Fields Promoted to Rear Admiral

5/11/99 Secretary Daley Creates Ombudsman for Marine Fisheries Issues

5/10/99 Hagerstown, Md., Police Chief to Head NMFS Enforcement

5/6/99 Fisheries Service Implements Shrimping Restrictions as Leatherback Sea Turtle Concentration Rises off South Carolina

5/4/99 Texas Shrimper Caught Violating Sea Turtle Protection Laws

5/3/99 Classroom Teachers to Attend Weather Satellite Launch, NOAA Announces

4/30/99 NOAA Ship Rude Surveys Penobscot Bay

4/29/99 METEOSAT Satellite Imagery Aiding Noaa Scientists

4/29/99 Commerce Department Issues Initial Finding on Tuna/dolphin Interactions; Will Adopt New Dolphin-safe Label Standard

4/28/99 Partnership Formed to Improve Weather Warning System

4/28/99 Norman Meteorology Researcher Elected to National Academy of Sciences

4/28/99 Pennsylvania Teacher Wins Trip to Weather Satellite Launch, NOAA Announces

4/28/99 National Weather Service to Automate Local NOAA Weather Radio Broadcasts

4/27/99 Weather Satellite to Be Launched in May, NOAA and NASA Announce

4/26/99 NOAA Sea Turtle Investigation Snares Trawler

4/26/99 NOAA Seeks Nominations for "Coastal Heroes" Awards

4/26/99 West Texas Areas Get New Weather Warning System

4/26/99 Suspected Vandalism on Buoy 51004

4/26/99 NOAA Sea Grant Restores Black Ash along St. Lawrence

4/26/99 NMFS Issues First Comprehensive Fishing Rules for Atlantic Migratory Fish

4/22/99 International, National and Local Teamwork: Goal of U.S. Hurricane Specialists' Visit to East Coast

4/22/99 Aquanauts, New Submersibles Launch into Depths of the Ocean

4/21/99 Stormlink Seeks Severe Weather Reports

4/21/99 NOAA Helps Teachers Explain Effects of Natural Disasters

4/21/99 New Satellite Instrument Helps Scientists Distinguish Snow from Clouds, NOAA Announces

4/21/99 What's up with Ozone-depleting Gases in the Atmosphere? Will They Continue to Decline?

4/21/99 NOAA Research Office Recognizes Local Environmental Heroes

4/21/99 NOAA Research Office Recognizes Local Environmental Heroes
- New York

4/21/99 NOAA Research Office Recognizes Local Environmental Heroes
- Hawaii

4/20/99 Great Lakes Environmental Lab Celebrates 25th

4/19/99 International Teamwork: Goal of U.S. Hurricane Specialists' Visit to Caribbean Islands

4/19/99 NOAA Lab Plans Briefing on Tennessee Air Quality Forecast System

4/16/99 NOAA Issues Civil Penalties for Violating Turtle Excluder Device Regulations and Taking a Sea Turtle

4/16/99 Fisheries Service Follows State Rules to Protect Atlantic Sturgeon; Bans Fishing in Federal Waters

4/15/99 Oceans Retain More Carbon Dioxide During El Niño Events

4/14/99 Hawaiian Whale Watching And Research Operation Assessed

4/14/99 Fisheries Services Releases Draft Science Report on Snake River Dam Options

4/12/99 Kimpel Selected President Elect of American Meteorological Society

4/12/99 NOAA Fisheries and Marine Educators Team up to Enhance Marine Science Education

4/12/99 Weather Service Declares River Forecast Demonstration A Success; System Helps Predict Flooding

4/12/99 National Weather Service's AWIPS System Honored by Computerworld Smithsonian Awards Program

4/9/99 National Weather Service Announces Appointment of Southern Region Deputy Director

4/9/99 NOAA Announces Initiatives at the U.S. - China Forum on Environment and Development

4/8/99 Chinese Fishing Vessel Assessed $105,000 Civil Penalty for Violating Federal Fishing Regulations

4/6/99 NOAA Fisheries Announces Two Senior Management Changes

4/6/99 Commerce Department Promotes NOAA Fisheries Director

4/1/99 NOAA Fisheries Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Propose to Add One Cutthroat Population, Drop Another from Endangered Species List